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Charles H. Baker

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Jimmie Roosevelt Cocktail

Today is New Year’s Eve! In other years that would have meant nights on the town and kissing the person you love on a dance floor as the ball drops. But this year with the Delta and Omicron variants raging,…

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Remember the Maine

I’ve mentioned before that I prefer to drink brown liquors when it’s dark and stormy, and boy has it been dark and stormy. In the last four weeks we’ve had record amounts of rain. It’s been cold and windy and…

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Rum & Honey

It’s been hot here. I mean really hot. Unseasonably hot. It’s February and the temperature is over 80°F. I’m actually wearing shorts and tank tops. In February! Okay, now that I’ve done my little rant, there is a reason behind…

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Sunday Morning Cocktail No. II

What are the two most common drinks served at Super Bowl parties? Beer and more beer with maybe the occasional cider thrown in. But what about those people (like me) who don’t like beer? Yes, I love cider but cider…

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Baker Horse Collar

Yes, I’m doing another hot cocktail this week. But unlike last week, today’s cocktail doesn’t have beer. As I’ve said in the past I’m not a big beer fan. So, after two weeks of hot beer drinks, I’ve decided to…

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Tewahdiddle

It may have stopped raining here in Los Angeles, but it’s still cold. I got up this morning and it was 47 degrees outside. I know that’s not that cold compared to other states in the country, but that’s chilly…

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Auld Man’s Milk

For the past several months all we’ve been hearing about here in California is the El Niño. It’s a serious rain storm that comes from the warming of the oceans. We’ve been waiting and waiting for all this cold rain…

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The Jersey Lighthouse

So, I’ve been reading and hearing about the El Nino and how it’s coming to Southern California. Well, it’s the second week of December and we still have yet to see a drop of rain. The rest of the country…

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