{"id":570,"date":"2012-07-10T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2012\/07\/so-yeah-its-been-a-while.html"},"modified":"2012-07-10T15:54:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:54:48","slug":"so-yeah-its-been-a-while-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"So Yeah, It&#8217;s Been A While"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mlkshk.com\/r\/D9EQ\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which isn&#39;t to say that I haven&#39;t been busy. I&#39;ve been writing a lot elsewhere, but will renew my efforts to keep up the ship here. For you. Yes, you. You&#39;re my favorite.<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ve been writing for CNN:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eatocracy.cnn.com\/2012\/05\/30\/national-mint-julep-day\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"May 30\">National Mint Julep Day<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eatocracy.cnn.com\/2012\/06\/14\/make-it-a-double-june-14-is-national-bourbon-day\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"June 14\">National Bourbon Day<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eatocracy.cnn.com\/2012\/06\/19\/national-dry-martini-day\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"June 19\">National Dry Martini Day<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eatocracy.cnn.com\/2012\/07\/02\/national-anisette-day\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"July 2\">National Anisette Day<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eatocracy.cnn.com\/2012\/07\/10\/national-pina-colada-day\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"July 10\">National Pina Colada Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I&#39;ve been reviewing new and new-ish cocktail bars in New York for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Diffords Guide<\/a>&#39;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/index\" target=\"_self\"> CLASS Magazine<\/a>, which has been tons of fun. Here are links to my reviews:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2011-10-12\/page-4\/about-town\" target=\"_self\">October 12, 2011<\/a>, when I reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aifiorinyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Ai Fiori<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thelanternskeep.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Lantern&#39;s Keep<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbirdny.com\/\" target=\"_self\">JBird<\/a> (the original location, before they decamped to the Upper East Side), White &amp; Church, Theater Bar, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edisonrumhouse.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Rum House<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2011-11-29\/page-3\" target=\"_self\">November 29, 2011<\/a>, when I reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/On-The-Rocks\/121678991228816?sk=info\" target=\"_self\">On The Rocks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.5thavenue.andaz.hyatt.com\/hyatt\/hotels-newyork-5thavenue-andaz\/entertainment\/dining_detail.jsp?itemDesc=fboutlet&amp;itemId=1004599\" target=\"_self\">The Bar Downstairs at the Andaz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bathtubginnyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Bathtub Gin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetippler.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Tippler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amoryamargo.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Amor Y Amargo<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanikainy.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Lani Kai<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2012-02-28\/page-3\/about-town:-new-york\" target=\"_self\">February 28, 2012<\/a>, when I reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/thebeaglenyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Beagle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MothersRuinNYC\/info\" target=\"_self\">Mother&#39;s Ruin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primanyc.net\/\" target=\"_self\">Prima<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/vaultatpfaffs.com\/landing\/\" target=\"_self\">The Vault at Pfaff&#39;s<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/silverliningbar.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Silver Lining<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/whitehall-nyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Whitehall<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2012-04-17\/page-4\/about-town-new-york\" target=\"_self\">April 19, 2012<\/a>, when I reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momofuku.com\/restaurants\/booker-and-dax\/info\/\" target=\"_self\">Booker &amp; Dax<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrennyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Wren<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewaylandnyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Wayland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nydistilling.com\/the-shanty\/\" target=\"_self\">The Shanty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anejonyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Anejo<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulquerianyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Pulqueria<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2012-06-19\/page-5\/about-town-new-york\" target=\"_self\">June 20, 2012<\/a>, when I reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.experimentalcocktailclubny.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Experimental Cocktail Club<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ginnyssupperclub.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Ginny&#39;s Supper Club<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedaily-nyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Daily<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenomadhotel.com\/#\/dining\/bar\" target=\"_self\">The Library at NoMad<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demimondeny.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Demi Monde<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madamgeneva-nyc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Madam Geneva<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More TK as I write &#39;em!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which isn&#39;t to say that I haven&#39;t been busy. I&#39;ve been writing a lot elsewhere, but will renew my efforts to keep up the ship here. For you. Yes, you. You&#39;re my favorite. I&#39;ve been writing for CNN: National Mint Julep Day; National Bourbon Day; National Dry Martini Day; National Anisette Day; and National Pina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housekeeping","category-seen-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}