the SF Chronicle is hiring a food reporter, I assume because Elena Kadvany took the Associate F&W Editor job that had been open a long time and this was her former gig. eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Last night at Omnivore Books with @davidwondrich.bsky.social

Christmas bars are starting to feel desperate to me. I already know of 5 this year in SF.

Nile Rogers and Sikh #mashupbandsandreligion

Giving away a copy of this book to a newsletter subscriber soon. alcademics.com/alcademics-n...

I made cards for my little history tours.

I will also decline to reconsider gay marriage BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE OF YOU TO ASK

I am adding an evening tour the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and another on Black Friday in the afternoon. www.airbnb.com/experiences/...

“Whatever could be causing a loneliness epidemic?” you ask the internet, sitting in a driverless car wearing headphones that you never take off in public, as an anonymous shopper makes contactless delivery of your meal kits using the keypad entry of your condo atop empty ground floor retail space

This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!

Special Thanksgiving week cocktail and bar history walking tours. www.airbnb.com/experiences/...

do job-having people in the US get Thanksgiving week off or just Thursday/Friday?

Good story. Cocktails also have been “too-mami”. Gift article: www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

How to make ice cubes, by me. alcademics.com/the-ice-book...

I wrote about everyone’s favorite topic: how ice cubes are made. www.foodandwine.com/how-cocktail...

did the thing. didn’t get my ballot in the mail so went in person. was the 14th in-person voter at 8:30.

“Whatever could be causing a loneliness epidemic?” you ask the internet, sitting in a driverless car wearing headphones that you never take off in public, as an anonymous shopper makes contactless delivery of your meal kits using the keypad entry of your condo atop empty ground floor retail space

Didn’t someone in the cocktail world write an article about Dorothy Draper and swizzle sticks? @wcurtis.bsky.social maybe you? google ain’t googling for me.

Let's take it to the stage! I'll be out west for the next couple of weeks, talking about the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Here's the list, but note I'll also be in Mystic, Connecticut signing books this Saturday (Nov.8), & at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta Nov. 24th. Come on down and say howdy!

Learn about these bartenders on my SF Bar and Cocktail History Tour. www.airbnb.com/experiences/...

from the alcademics archives:

Think your freezer ice smells? This guy’s ice is 6 million years old! www.iflscience.com/the-oldest-i...

In my second piece for SFGate published in the last 12 hours, here’s a write-up of Stephen Curry’s new bar in San Francisco. (headlines be headlining) www.sfgate.com/food/article...

This is the news I wrote today: www.sfgate.com/food/article...

Just got my copy in the mail yesterday!

Learn about these bartenders on my SF Bar and Cocktail History Tour. www.airbnb.com/experiences/...

Change one letter, ruin a candy: Milky Gay

Micro-spirits festivals are a mini-trend in San Francisco. alcademics.com/the-spirits-...

Cocktail pricing is getting weird - they’re now less expensive in many fine dining restaurants than in cocktail bars.

the neighbor kids and i would FREAK OUT whenever this was on tv.

TOMORROW: Author Jordan B. Smith will discuss his new book THE INVENTION OF RUM, which explores the history of rum from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world, in a virtual event hosted by @jcblibrary.bsky.social! bit.ly/43dxv8o

post like nobody’s reading

CocktailSafe was down but now is up again. www.cocktailsafe.org

It’s a crab crab crab crab rangoon world

This book is up my alley and I really enjoyed the Kew Gardens tonic water book.

not to sound too San Francisco, but the disco cowboy who won this year’s Hunky Jesus posed on his mirror ball bison behind Steph Curry at the opening party of his reservations-only whiskey bar last night

New October drink books: alcademics.com/new-drink-bo...

I finally (finally!) launched the Library of Wonders newsletter. Give it a read if you like weird facts and artifacts, couched in a little bit of forgotten history Welcome to the Library open.substack.com/pub/libraryo...

"Diageo has temporarily ceased whiskey production at its Balcones and George Dickel distilleries with the loss of 17 jobs, as it re-evaluates its ‘productivity goals’" www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/09/diag...

To celebrate the launch, BuzzBallz has also introduced KettleBallz, a five-pound, grape-scented kettlebell modelled after the brand’s Biggie drinks. The kettlebell can hold up to 1.5 litres of cocktail and comes with grape-scented sweatbands, wristbands and a cooling towel for US$20.

Gotcha!

See you in November omnivorebooks.myshopify.com/products/dav...

NERD ALERT: Charles Neal, importer and author of definitive books on Calvados and Armagnac, has a new 700+ page book out on Cognac! www.charlesnealselections.com/buy-books.html amzn.to/4pBZzMs

I went to LA and taught ice diamond carving classes today. Back home already!

A flip-through of @davidwondrich.bsky.social new book, out Sept 23. Love the size and format. Link to Amzn if that how you roll: amzn.to/46e6fqX

Preparing a talk on the SF craft cocktail renaissance and citing this banger I wrote in 2006 when Bourbon & Branch first opened. www.sfgate.com/wine/article...

the plural of “database" should be “databae”

made u a tiktok

I wrote about Tequila Wars: www.foodandwine.com/jose-cuervo-...