The View From The Bar

Putting an end to my daiquiri drought

By Jason WilsonSpecial to The Washington Post

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

In the unrelenting deluge of fancy new cocktails to sample, I often forget about important things. Like, for instance, I completely forgot how good a daiquiri can be. By some strange turn of events, I went almost a whole year without thinking about daiquiris. Then, suddenly, during one particularly gross, sweaty midsummer-evening trudge home, it struck me: You know what would be pretty awesome right about now? A daiquiri.

via Putting an end to my daiquiri drought.

FCC Commissioners Copps, Clyburn Strongly Support Open Internet

By: David Dayen Friday August 20, 2010 6:10 am

Two FCC Commissioners and one US Senator slammed the Google-Verizon joint policy agreement and strongly endorsed the principle of net neutrality last night at a hearing before hundreds of citizens in Minneapolis, giving the Chairman of the federal agency Julius Genachowski all of the support he would need to regulate broadband Internet, if he so chose.

via FCC Commissioners Copps, Clyburn Strongly Support Open Internet | FDL News Desk.

BY MATT STAGGS ON AUGUST 19, 2010

Mark Frauenfelder is the author of Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World, a paean to the pleasures of doing it yourself and a manifesto for living a more meaningful and happy life in a consumer-driven society. Frauenfelder is also the founder of the most popular blog in the world, www.boingboing.net, and the editor in chief of Make magazine. He recently spoke with Suvudu about the secret link between chickens and T. Rex, learning to be self-reliant, and how the worlds of makers and science fiction fans aren’t so different after all.

via An Interview with Mark Frauenfelder, Author, “Made by Hand” « Suvudu – Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games.

Name Your Potion: Bourbon, Cardamom, Twinkies?

Evan Sung for The New York Times

By FRANK BRUNI

Published: August 19, 2010

It wasn’t a question so much as a setup, a taunt. “You can make a drink with anything?” the young man asked.

Before Michael J. Neff could answer, the man added, “Then make a drink with this.” And slapped it on the bar, in all its spongy glory.

A Hostess Twinkie.

via The Tipsy Diaries – Customized Cocktails at Ward III in TriBeCa – NYTimes.com.

Very cool.  We need stuff like this in Dallas.

The Wandering Marionettes’ Gorgeous Masked Performances

Liz Ohanesian at 4:19 PM Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010

Guestblogger Liz Ohanesian is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers music, manga, art and more for LA Weekly.

Photo: Shannon Cottrell/LA Weekly from “Hello Kitty’s Bats and Cats Masquerade @ Royal/T”

The Wandering Marionettes are a performance troupe based in Los Angeles who have become an important part of the city’s nightlife. They appear frequently at clubs and other events (like Labyrinth of Jareth) across L.A. dressed in black and white and wearing sleek masks, using music and dance to tell a story of mysterious dolls.

via The Wandering Marionettes’ Gorgeous Masked Performances – Boing Boing.