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SAVANNAH DAYDREAMIN’
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea lasted one month and six days, culminating on December 21, 1864, when he spared...
Susan Welsh
Jun 193 min read
Old World Garden, New World Charm
There’s a small hotel, reopened with that wishing well ---inspiration for the eponymous Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart song featured in...
Susan Welsh
Sep 20, 20242 min read
RIP Nabisco Famous Wafer, Long Live the Ice Box Cake
The Ice Box Cake has been a celebratory dessert tradition for many families for decades. Years ago, I was lucky enough to discover Ina...
Susan Welsh
Jun 28, 20232 min read
East Side, West Side, All Around the Town
This weekend we were lucky enough to be escorted throughout Manhattan by our friends Suzanne and Ali—consummate New Yorkers, fellow...
Susan Welsh
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Happy National Pretzel Day
The first pretzel to arrive in America is rumored to have come over on the Mayflower, brought by pilgrims to trade with Native Americans...
Susan Welsh
Apr 26, 20231 min read
Tasting the Rubicon
In the decade of my birth, bon vivants were drinking whiskey sours, Tom Collins, and Mai Tais. Fast forward to one of my favorite...
Susan Welsh
Mar 30, 20232 min read
The Irish of March
Typical March—waking up to a dusting of snow and a chaser of sun that melts it all before my first cup of coffee. Nothing cinematic like...
Susan Welsh
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Bar Cart Brief: Sotol or Until I Fly to Mexico
It’s been a winter of little sun, no snow, and the aroma of petrichor everywhere. “Petrichor” is from the Greek “petra” meaning stone,...
Susan Welsh
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Everything's Coming Up Rosés
Last week, Stephanie and I rang in another New Year with a bottle of champagne and a1970 episode of Lawrence Welk’s New Year’s show. The...
Susan Welsh
Jan 9, 20232 min read
"My Favorite Cracker is Salami"
Savour, a gourmet grocery and cheese shop in Lambertville is an epicure's dream and owner Shawn Robbins is the perfect spirit guide to...
Susan Welsh
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Jeoparetif!
These days my aperitifs are less potent potables and more quotes and quotables. That is to say, the 7 o’clock broadcast of Jeopardy...
Susan Welsh
May 11, 20222 min read
TOP NOTCH BUNS!
Sweden gave the world Abba, one of the greatest pop bands of all time. But there is so much more—white nights, northern lights and a...
Susan Welsh
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
The art collection in my father’s liquor store was a random hodgepodge of local scenes by local artists, a cheap knockoff of Édouard...
Susan Welsh
Dec 7, 20212 min read
The Magic Bar
These days I’m always looking for magic—any dose of something otherworldly and utterly enchanting, so Amy and Tim’s invitation to their...
Susan Welsh
Jul 20, 20213 min read
What's in Your Wine Glass?
Today is National Wine Day in America—that’s every day in our household. Holiday, or not, you should choose your 600-800 grapes...
Susan Welsh
May 25, 20211 min read
Yesterday's Wine
My father will forever speak to me through glasses of Sauvignon Blanc, his favorite varietal before giving up wine altogether. Too bad I...
Susan Welsh
May 4, 20212 min read
Tomboys & Antenna TV
There are a ton of things I’m looking forward to once the world opens up again. Travel, for instance. Paris and Barcelona are on the...
Susan Welsh
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Bar Cart Briefs: BITTERS
In 1919 US Congress ratified the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. That same year, in...
Susan Welsh
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Celebrated Leap Frogs
One winter’s night in the mid 70's my parents and I took the journey along a narrow, twisting road overlooking the Delaware River to the...
Susan Welsh
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Bar Cart Brief: The Classics
Book carts and bar carts—these are a few of my favorite things. For decades, when I walked into Farley's bookstore I would head straight...
Susan Welsh
Feb 10, 20212 min read
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