Born in Toronto as Gladys Marie Smith, Mary Pickford became the biggest celebrity of the Silent Era. She came to be known as “The Girl with the Golden Curls” and “America’s Sweetheart.” Mary was possibly the first celebrity to shrewdly make sure her public persona as America’s Sweetheart stayed in tact. She was never pictured… Continue reading Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Mary Pickford
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The American Pulps Drink Like A Character Series
Because any excuse to drink is a good excuse we’ve started a series called, Drink Like a Character. Whether it’s a drink from a TV Show (the Flaming Moe perhaps?), a book, or a movie – we want to make it. Regardless of genre or taste, we’re not picky. If you’ve got any requests, email… Continue reading The American Pulps Drink Like A Character Series
Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Daiquiri
It’s widely accepted that Jennings Stockton Cox is the man who invented the Daiquiri in the Cuban town of, well, Daiquirií in 1898. But it was the bartender at the El Floridita, Constantino Ribalaigua Vert who crafted the drink for Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gary Cooper and of course Ernest Hemingway, made El Floridita in… Continue reading Prohibition Era Cocktails: The Daiquiri