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This was such an interesting drink, in regards to sweet vermouth being the main ingredient, that I had to choose this for the drink of the day. Plus, the bonus of this part of history pertaining to the ship, The Mayflower, makes it that much more intreguing. Did you know that logs on the voyage […]
The logo is known worldwide. The roar of the lion to start off any production from this studio is one of the most known sounds in the world today. You hear it and know that you’ll be watching an MGM Studio’s movie. On this day, in 1928, the start of the roar began when it […]
Ah yes, the dreaded income tax. We are all well aware on how much money this takes out of our take-home every pay. Amazing that the politicians in Washington can sleep at night knowing that they are actually spending more than what we’re giving to them. Now, after years of undisiplined spending and countless bad […]
At the beginning of the 20th Century, if you had the biggest fleet and the fastest ships, you owned the waterways. This would explain the reasoning for Germany to begin it’s submarine attack on the bigger fleets during WWI. But, what the Germans on did on this day in 1915 was inhumane and would bring […]
Noah Webster, a religious man in his own right, felt that there should be a more secular appoach to teaching, so all children could learn read and write no matter what there religious backgrounds were. Five generations of children learned from the blue hard-bound speller books. On this day, in 1843, Webster copyrighted the first […]
In 1853, Vincent Van Gogh was born in Zudert, Netherlands. Though he lived a very short life, he left a huge footprint in the art world. In fact, also on this date in 1987 when we were celebrating 134th birthday, his piece, “Sunflowers” sold for 39.85 million dollars, more than triple the record for an […]
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 […]
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