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To write about Scotch at this moment is counter to everything that my body is feeling. Los Angeles is mired in a heatwave and the temperature topped the 100 degree mark for the third straight day, today. But, I have…Continue Reading ›
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“This whisky will set you back $700.” The words still the chatter, the breath, of thirty strangers into submission. The wizened man with the strange accent standing in the middle of the room eases a glass of bronze liquid to…Continue Reading ›
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As I stated in my recent post, Lost in Translation, I’m going to be doing more regular reviews of whiskies. I promise not to ramble on and on about what I’m tasting by evoking esoteric imagery. I’ll save that for…Continue Reading ›
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“For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.” Bill Murray gamely tries to be enthusiastic with that line take after take in the 2003 movie “Lost in Translation.” His character, Bob Harris, has fame and has money – including a cool…Continue Reading ›
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One of my favorite Clint Eastwood Westerns is “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” Clint plays an outcast who, despite his best intentions to journey through life alone, keeps collecting an odd assortment of fellow travelers. The growing crew eventually arrives at…Continue Reading ›
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There’s a certain kind of sadness at the end of every story. Even stories with the happiest of endings – the Dark Lord’s impossible defeat, the princess stirred from an unnaturally deep slumber by the lips of her true love,…Continue Reading ›
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What is in a name? For Shakespeare, a rose was a rose no matter what name arose. For ol’ Will, Four Roses would still be a whiskey by any other name. But, that word, whiskey, has shifted its meaning to…Continue Reading ›
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Today, a 340-ton boulder hovered some ten feet above me. Yes, ABOVE. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art unveiled its latest outdoor artwork, Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass,” which hangs heavily above an open air subterranean walkway. The artwork opened…Continue Reading ›
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I was reading a post by writing guru Jeff Goins the other day which talked about the work that goes into blogging and writing. Not the inspiration, the idea, the enthusiasm or the attempt at fame, fortune and love from…Continue Reading ›
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“What’s your favorite whisky?” If I were given a dram for every time I am asked this question, everything I type for the rest of my life will look like this: asbjklfhkdsfds, When people hear you’re a whisky aficionado that’s…Continue Reading ›