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On this day, in 1901, J. P. Morgan acquired Carnagie Steel to form U.S. Steel. The buy made Andrew Carnagie the world’s richest man. To celebrate J.P. Morgan’s buy, I’d like to introduce to you a drink he supposedly had something to do with. At the very least, even if it was meant to be […]
It dawned on me that I’m into March already and I haven’t gotten into some of the common drinks that are served everyday in bars throughout the country. Since I’ve given you some oddball choices to this point, I’m going to take the day off from that and introduce you to a drink that has […]
Here’s another Pre-Prohibition Cocktail worthy of print. It’s named after the Algonquin Hotel which is known for its “Algonquin Roundtable Lunches”, where beginning in 1917 and going daily for over ten years, a group of writers, actors, musicians, and some noted politicians would meet and gossip about current events during lunch. It is not known […]
Prohibition killed a lot of popular drinks at the turn of the 20th century. The Artisan Cocktail Movement is now in full swing to bring the drinks, once popular in the pubs of that era, back into the limelight. One of those drinks is the one I’ll be introducing to you today. The Clover Club […]
On this day, in 1987, “Iron” Mike Tyson becane the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time when he won a twelve round decision over James Smith in Las Vegas. Tyson was twenty years, four months and twenty-two days old. Prior to this fight, Mike’s boxing career was one fight after another of people who […]
The Renaissance Man himself, Michelangelo Buonarrati, was born on this day in 1475. If you’re unfamiliar to who he is, he is the man who gave us some of the most popular artwork to date, such as the sculpture, David, the paintings of the “Creation” and nine episodes from the Book of Genesis on the […]
Annie Oakley, known for her sharpshooting skills in the late 1800s and early 1900s, accomplished something on this day, in 1922, that most couldn’t do on their best day in their prime. Annie successfully hit 98 out of 100 clay targets in trap shooting, from 16 yards out. She did this at the age of […]
Knute Rockne, in the history of Notre Dame football, will and shall be considered the best football coach that college has ever seen. If it wasn’t for a plane crash that shortened his life, he would have left with many more victories and few more college championships. He has the highest winning percentage of all […]
Kind of funny to see our National Anthem being part of a drink of the day, heh? You won’t be thinking that after reading this story. The musical score that most of us today know as the “Star-Spangled Banner” was originally written as a drinking song in 1780 by John Stafford Smith as the song, […]
On this date, in 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in Springfield, Mass. If you don’t already know this, he is known for his children’s books and the movies that were made from them. He wrote and illustrated 44 well known books which have sold over 200 million […]
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