Cocktailia

The fourth and final bar we stopped by on our recent visit to London was 69 Colebrooke Row, a nondescript bar in the Islington neighborhood. Our other stops in London were Portobello Star and the Connaught and…

If you ask around about noteworthy bars in London, you won’t get far without hearing about the bars at the Connaught Hotel. There are two: The casual Coburg Bar near the hotel entrance, and the fancier Connaught…

On my recent visit to Portobello Star, a cocktail bar in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood, I was particularly impressed by their beautiful embossed menus (as well as by their fantastic Manhattan).

Designed in the style of the original…

As I mentioned previously, my recent visit to London included stops at a small handful of the nicer bars around the city. It’s always interesting to see what they’re doing in other cities around the world and comparing them…

We returned home from Iceland, and the UK before that, early this week, entertained house guests that arrived the next day, and are now finally getting back to our usual schedules and routines. I’ve finished sorting through a mountain of…

When I travel, I like to try out the best of what my destination city has to offer in the way of cocktails. This is why I recently sought out Varnish in Los Angeles and Knee High Stocking…