happy summer zodiacal intoxicants! intoxicated zodiac’s taking a little vaca, poolside. see you in august tipsy tipplers! cheers, gwen

picked up one of these little guys at the NEW YORK BAR SHOW a while back. perfect for any outside event in the hot north american summers! there are little holes in the bottom of the scoop to allow for seapage. available for a five note at DRAINSCOOP.COM.

some interesting events to attend if you happen to reside in or nearby the big apple. i just found out about this neat little place while i was at the BAR SHOW a few weekends ago… ASTOR CENTER NYC is offering some pretty cool events:

this tuesday, the The 2008 Indy Spirits Expo is being held… $25 will get you in for tastings, demonstations and discussions on sorts of new and offbeat intoxicating liquids.

VISIT THE ASTOR CENTER HERE for their upcoming classes which include:

Elements of Mixology: The Cocktail Lab

Slow U: Slow Spirits - Greenmarket Inspired Mixology

Blend Your Own Whisky

PDT Presents: Home Bar Basics

honor. remember. celebrate. those three words serve as the new BRAVE SPIRITS” tagline and their weight is heavy. as is the $2 donation that is donated from the sale of each bottle of AT EASE RUM, FIRST IN WHISKEY, VALOR VODKA and STANDING GUARD GIN.

an american company, with the exception of some of the gin’s juniper berries, every single ingredient and component is also american made. happy 4th of july!

at the moment, BRAVE SPIRITS is available in a handful of states (PA, NJ and DE). but the concept behind this brand is so creative, novel and generous that it’s only a matter of time until it’s available everywhere. my brother in law is vice president of his construction union. he’s very pro-american labor, obviously. he visited me for a fourth of july bbq and fell in love with the complete set of four soldier bottles. he has asked me to find out when he will be able to purchase them online because wants to buy all four asap. he was beyond impressed with this product!

i especially love the bottle design. the shape cleverly emulates the silhouette of a soldier and the label poses as his uniform arm patch. the names are quite ingenious as well.

the brainchild of David and Jennifer Fox, BRAVE SPIRITS or 20% of it’s $20 retail cost to the Brave Spirits Foundation. Composed of retired members of America’s services, the foundation chooses how to properly distribute the funds among charities and organizations that support America’s servicemen and women and their families.

check them out today, sign up for the newsletter, maybe they’ll be holding a tasting near you… BRAVE SPIRITS

Another five star martini month is coming your way dear Aries. Lucky you! Adopt Capricorn’s mantra: work hard, play hard, drink hard. The goat won’t steer you wrong. Make sure and hit all the happy hours you can with work buddies to boot.


This is a feel good month. It fact, it may be too feel good a month. Everything will be wonderful… your sex life, your career, your grandest dreams and your most creative cocktailian concoctions… just remember that moderation is key!

Sweep off Mercury retrograde’s cobwebs dear Gemini and get that analytical mind cracking. you’ve got things to think and tipples to drink, and remember thinking and drinking alone is not a bad thing. This month, it could be just what the dr. ordered.

New beginnings, new culinary libations, new just about anything, are all possible this month. Face the music and it will tell you which way to turn dear Cancer. You’ll be dancing those cute little cancerian buns off before you know it. Good times are a comin!

Dear Leo, I do hate being the one to tell you this, but you won’t be getting your money mojo on until the end of the month. Then you can act like the ridiculously generous lion you really are. So go ahead, buy the whole bar a round… just wait until July’s last days.

Strap on your party shoes… this is set to be a wild month… in your cubicle. Looks like you’ll be clocking in quite the hours, but at least you’ll have the support of some serious celestial energy to help. Pyourself, with the job and the drinks.

This won’t be a month of high highs or low lows, but one of a steady nature… not unlike yourself dear Libra. Be a steady drinker, while life’s latest turns you thinker. You’re mind is subconsciously readying itself for the path not taken.

The universe is treating you to an open bar all month long dear Scorpio! Enjoy it, but don’t go running around drinking it’s most expensive and exotic liqueur. Even you are capable of getting a hangover. You’re not immortal–don’t overestimate yourself.

As you well know dear Sagittarius, you are the sign of too much. But in a good way of course! Too much spending, too much eating, too much working, too much drinking… This month you’re especially prone to your expansive tendencies. Be careful.

There’s a paaaarty in the Capricorn’s pants. And if you’re exceptionally attractive, socially connected or monetarily loaded you’re welcome to attend. Stock the bar, invite your friend’s friend’s friends in for a drink. Move over work, this month, you’ll be scaling a mountain of fun.

Dear Aquarius, like your eccentric but endearing personality traits drive the rest of us wild, this month will drive you wild. As in wild ride… fun and frustrating. So get your cocktail on and don’t be afraid to hit the bottle. Alcohol really does relax the nerves.

SssZzzz! For the cool fish, you’re hot this month dear Pisces. Get out there and reel in a new lover. You won’t even need to speak, they’ll fall for you hook, line and sinker. Who wouldn’t?

prince charles has become one of the world’s leading celebrity environmentalists, and the most wealthy too i might add. his natural foods company and distillery are both doing quite well.

charles instructed his mechanics to outfit his aston martin, a 21st birthday present from queen elizabeth, with a bioethanol engine which he’s taken to running on surplus wine. waste not, want not… even for the royal family, whose royal train runs on biodiesel. this is a great video to watch… especially the ending, where the reporter suggests a jet that runs on leftover champagne.

WATCH CHARLES’ VIDEO HERE.

VIA GREEN MSN