Category Archives: Liquids

Let’s Just Forget That Ever Happened.

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Michael Procopio

Let’s just forget these past few months ever happened, shall we? Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids | Tagged absence, cats, cocktail, poppies, poppyseed liqueur | Comments Off

Hello, Vandergelder!

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Michael Procopio

My readership might not be vast, but it’s comprised of some marvelously smart people who consistently manage to leave comments composed not only in complete sentences, but with wit and great care. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids | Tagged absinthe, champagne, cocktail, Dolly!, gratitude, Hello, Horace Vandergelder | 61 Comments

The Kraft Singles Bar

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Michael Procopio

It all started rather innocently, as terrible things often do. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids, Rants and Stories | Tagged bad ideas, cocktails, Kraft Kocktails, Kraft Singles Bar | 16 Comments

Meet Me at The SCOTUS Bar.

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Michael Procopio

[W]hat was needed was a cocktail sufficiently strong-yet-understated that it might help persuade a group of sober judges to become decidedly less so. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids, Rants and Stories | Tagged cocktails, lavender, Marriage Equality, SCOTUS | 14 Comments

I’ll Drink to That

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Michael Procopio

[She] often sounded as if someone had soaked a chain-smoking cat in scotch, then attempted to beat it to death with a megaphone. Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Liquids, Rants and Stories | Tagged cocktail, Company, Elaine Stritch, Ladies Who Lunch, Las Vegas, Stephen Sondheim, vodka stinger | 20 Comments

Pride Week Drink: The Debbie Gibson

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Michael Procopio

Named in honor of the Queen of 80s Bubblegum Pop, the consumption of which might cause you do to forget whatever you might need to. Including the career of Ms. Gibson herself. Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Liquids | Tagged Dame Judith Anderson, Debbie Gibson, Gay Pride, gibson cocktail, pink, Tiffany | 18 Comments

I Killed Audrey Hepburn

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Michael Procopio

It’s true that travel can broaden the mind but, in rare cases, it can also lead to an international celebrity killing spree. Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Liquids, Rants and Stories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged airplanes, arsenic poisoning, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charade, death, old fashioned cocktail | 31 Comments

Holiday Spirit: The Coping Mechanism

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Michael Procopio

…consume the drink in one or two large gulps, and tell everyone who’s been staring at you for the past three minutes that you’re just fine.
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Posted in Holidays, Liquids | Tagged Bourbon, cocktails, coping mechanism, maple syrup, nervous breakdowns, stress, thanksgiving | 6 Comments

When Life Gives You Melons…

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Michael Procopio

The only thing I have trouble reconciling is the fact that this melon has a thick skin, which doesn’t quite jibe with the legend of this famed Lesbian* poet of antiquity hurling herself off a cliff when she found her love unrequited. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids | Tagged dyslexia, melonade, melons, piel de sapo, Sappho | 8 Comments

The Potion of Oblivion

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Michael Procopio

I can drink sangria and watch Il Maesto’s films without tiring of either until death overtakes me. Or oblivion. Whichever one comes first. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids, Rants and Stories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged cocktails, fellini, juliet of the spirits, sangria, thirst, wine | 15 Comments