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“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.” You were an amazing little guy and I'm going to miss you so much.
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Forced Arvo selfie. He's not happy about this but I can't resist. He's done with his antibiotics as of tonight and seems to be doing well. So much fluff. #bunny #arvo #rabbit #rabbitsofinstagram #lagomorph
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Arvo sleeping with one eye open. (Cue "Enter Sandman.") My ailing bunny is now on a total of three medications twice daily and is not at all happy about that. I ply him with treats every chance I get but being a 14.5-year-old bunny rabbit is tough.
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New prohibition-era booze arrival: National Brand New England Rum made by the Everett Distilling Company of Everett, Massachusetts, distilled 1917 and bottled 1929. Old New England rum is fascinating to me as rum production was once a large industry aroun
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I love that Arvo has really taken to the tiny plush "cat" bed that I bought for him. I think it helps ease the pain from his arthritic joints.
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My cousin just sent me this photo of young me holding my bunny Fiver and having some kind of crisis with my face.
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The mighty beast has no regard for your standards of beauty. Or, my sweet ailing bunny adorned with a crown of hay.
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I couldn't resist one properly Irish cocktail to close out Saint Patrick's Day. This is the McGlashan from the brilliant minds at New York's @deadrabbitnyc, specifically co-owner @jackmcgarry1. And it's probably my favorite Irish whiskey cocktail, combini
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Celebrating my Irish heritage on this Saint Patrick's Day by drinking whatever I damn well please, and tonight what I please is tiki. Okay, that's pretty much every night, but tonight is a new one for me. The Bum Barrel, Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's 2007 versi
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Giving Arvo his daily dose of Metacam, a pain reliever to help with his arthritis. He loves the stuff and laps it up willingly from the syringe.
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"The Strange Game of Forbidden Fruit" by those famous Parker Brothers of Salem, Mass, copyright 1887. Because sometimes you just have to buy a vintage board game. This one is reasonably complete if a bit faded and weathered from 129 years of abuse and neg
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Happy 13th adoption anniversary to my boy Arvo.* Here he is about to demolish a large pile of greens for the occasion. (*Technically the anniversary was yesterday but I fell asleep early last night and forgot to post the photo. Sorry Arvo.)
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Working on a vertical of Chartreuse minis. A few are empty (alas) but the middle years are surprisingly mint. Left to right: 1930-1935 (Fourvoirie distilled, pre-landslide), 1941-1950, 1951-1956, 1956-1964, 1965-1970, and early 1980s.
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One of my favorite cocktail ephemera pieces I've acquired recently is this mint condition rectangular Laird's Applejack recipe booklet published in February of 1934, a mere two months after the repeal of Prohibition. It's a beautifully assembled booklet p
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Golden Wedding Rye circa 1940, a rare blend of straight whiskies bottled by Jos. S. Finch & Co., Schenley, PA, complete with original holiday box and a "Merry Christmas" tag to Bill from Nat. Apparently Bill was a teetotaler so it remains unopened for 75
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Chartreuse Yellow, circa late 1960s. This period has proved oddly elusive and was one of the few eras I didn't yet own an example of. Until now.
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Continuing with my Tiki-in-January theme, here is the signature drink of the hands-down best bar I visited on my trip to Chicago last summer, and more recently @imbibe magazine's 2016 Cocktail Bar of the Year award winner, @lostlaketiki, helmed by the inc
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It's now officially the worst week of the year (tail end, thankfully) so I couldn't resist the allure of a Mai Tai to diffuse the post-holiday January malaise and remind myself of sunnier days. This despite the fact that the only bottle of orgeat I curren
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Red Heart Jamaican Rum circa 1940s. Shipped by Henry White & Co. of London and imported by National Distillers.
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Arvo sleeping with one eye open while cozied up against my foot this morning. #bunlife #rabbitsofinstagram
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Finally picked up a bottle from the El Dorado Single Barrel series over the weekend. I'd been interested in these for a while but the $80 price tag kept me from taking the plunge until now. "Single barrel" here is something of a misnomer since really each
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Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1973. Popped another vintage champagne to celebrate Christmas. Happily this one fares just as well as the 1970 Dom Perignon I opened a few months ago. Very fine bubbles that dissipate quickly becoming almost
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Enjoying a perennial holiday favorite on this Christmas Eve Eve. This is @sazeracla's Réveillon Cocktail, a fragrant and flavorful combination of calvados, allspice, and pear brandy, accented with sweet vermouth and a dash of bitters. I opted for a few dr
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Warm fruitcake with rum raisin ice cream and seasonal Bing Crosby tunes in front of a blazing internet Yule log. Christmasing like a boss.
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Just chillin' with one foot in the food bowl. I know how it is. #arvo #bunlife #fluffmonster
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Something wonderful arrived today. Two 500 ml jugs of vintage 1857 Rhum Clement. At 158 years old this is without a doubt the oldest spirit I am ever likely to taste, decanted from an original 10-liter demijohn. Most of this will be distributed among frie
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Daredevil (Redbreast 12, McKenzie Rye, Black Dirt Applejack, Combier Elixir, Cardamaro, Aquavit, cardamom, demerara, Orinoco bitters).
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Fashionista, a beautiful cognac and sherry cocktail at the Dead Rabbit (Remy 1738 cognac, manzanilla sherry, plum, fennel, vanilla, lemon, allspice).
