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The Pumpkin Pie Cocktail is October 31st Drink of the Day!!

October 30, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Happy Halloween! This is eve of All Saints Day, when the ghosts and goblins celebrate and all the good kiddies are given a treat over a trick. This is a day to dress as someone, or something, different without getting strange stares. This is also the time to get something different to enjoy in regards […]

The Happy Days Cocktail is October 30th Drink of the Day!!

October 30, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Henry Winkler’s was born on this day in 1945. If you’re as old as I am, you’ll remember the show that made him a household name as “The Fonz”. Happy Days was one of the most popular shows back in the 70s, where a group of teenagers showed us how they lived back in the […]

The Black Tuesday Cocktail is October 29th Drink of the Day!!

October 29, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

In what would be the day that would signal the coming of the ten year Great Depression, on this date in 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed. This would cause mayhem in the streets and would be the beginning of many years of Depression that would take many years to overcome in this country. […]

The Volstead is October 28th Drink of the Day!!

October 28, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

On this date in 1919, the world of the liquor industry in this country was about to come to an end. The senate would pass the law, would be vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson, then would be passed again by the senate within a twenty-four period. The National Prohibition Act, the Eighteenth Amendment of the […]

The Stock Market Crash Cocktail is October 27th Drink of the Day!!

October 27, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Everyone should have known that this was going to happen one day. After eight years of positives in the technical markets, home pricing going up double digits, and unemployment so low that people would do a double-take on the numbers, the sign of the inevitable showed us its ugly head for the first time in […]

The Hillary Clinton Cocktail is October 26th Drink of the Day!!

October 26, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Today is Hillary Clinton’s birthday. If you don’t know who she is, be sure to get out from under your rock and I’ll tell you. She has been in politics for many years. She came into the national scene as the First Lady of the United States, when her husband Bill was President. She has […]

The Picasso Cocktail is October 25th Drink of the Day!!

October 25, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Pablo Picasso was one of the most recognized artists of the 20th Century and enjoyed fame and popularity for his accomplishments for most of his life. His father was an artist in his own right and was so impressed with his son’s abilities he had him enrolled in art school at the age of 13. […]

Silk Stockings Cocktail is October 24th Drink of the Day!!

October 23, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

The name of the drink of the day is the predecessor of the history we’ll be talking about. However, it’s something that has such a strong history, I felt it was a good place to talk about it. Today marks the anniversary of when nylon stockings went on the market. Silk stockings just weren’t able […]

The Dirty Johnny Cocktail is October 23rd Drink of the Day!!

October 23, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Johnny Carson, along with sidekick Ed McMahon, graced us with their humor and quick wit for thirty years on the Tonight Show. With their guests and some of the personalities they would come up with, along with some skits from up-and-coming comics, this show was a must see if you were having a hard time […]

The Black Magic Cocktail is October 22nd Drink of the Day!!

October 22, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Harry Houdini, one of the best showmen/magicians of his era, and probably one of the most known names in the world for his trade, was in the middle of a tour when something tragic would happen. Feeling tired and ill from what many now believe was appendicitis, he was resting after a show in his […]