Posts Tagged ‘Happy Hour’

They have a number of energy efficient strategies in place lik, motion sensors and more energy-efficient chiller and freezers. Their spent grain is given to local farmers rather than sent to the landfill and brewery waste water is treated on site.

Drink Responsibly on Earth Day – Sustainable Craft Breweries

April 22, 2013

From Inhabitat – Here’s a list of America’s favorite sustainable craft breweries. We enjoy Sierra Nevada, Harpoon IPA, and Boulevard. Have you tried these or the others on the list? I’m going to check out Fairway to see if they carry these other brews. Kudos to these small craft breweries. They are fine examples of [...]

2013 | Events, Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Scare away the demons…

December 25, 2012

Not sure where or when we heard this legend, but it’s a good one, so we indulge. We do like to indulge. It is said that there should be a devil on every tree, to scare away the demons and welcome the good. This is ours. Tweet

2012 | Art for Art's Sake, The Work | Tags: , , , , , , Comments (0)

Zagat tells us how to spot a good restaurant – They forgot to add “if you’re a moron with money”

August 29, 2012

Zagat recently published a list of what they call “Telltale Signs of a Good Restaurant. I plodded through the sideshow, apparently, Zagat thinks readers need to see pictures of things like ice, soap and napkins. These are the things Zagat “super users” look for to spot a good restaurant. 1. Your napkin gets folded every time [...]

2012 | Gastronauting, Humor | Tags: , , , Comments (0)
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Kitchen Design is always Set Design, but this one, or these, especially…

April 17, 2012

Well, of course, every kitchen is a set, and every kitchen requires great lighting, ideally real and artificial. In this case, just artificial. Like most all of our projects, we can’t discuss the client or the use until long after the work has been built, filmed, edited, and aired. At least for film and television. [...]

2012 | Television, The Work, VectorWorks | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Cool space, but the photography makes me think the food must suck…

February 2, 2012

It’s grand, it’s elegant, it’s modern, but the photography makes the place look as if it has been designed at Operatic scale and that size operation probably doesn’t work well for elegant food service. Ever had a good meal at a wedding? Likely not. Certainly not a good meal when it is produced at a [...]

2012 | Architecture, Gastronauting | Tags: , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Wish we liked this, but bad design is bad design…

December 15, 2011

 Sure, it’s not all bad, but it is schizophrenic. These designers could use some set design training. You know, that day where design cohesiveness and Gestalt are discussed. Almost all of the individual elements are interesting, but it looks like they set out to make a soup of cool, with too many chefs. The  Sky [...]

2011 | Architecture | Tags: , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Hurricanes & Painkillers

August 25, 2011

While we’re waiting for the latest news on Irene’s track, as a service to our readers, here’s a weekend plan for riding out the impeding storm. Because we’re all responsible adults, I know you already have batteries, flashlights, water, cash, gas, etc ready. Now, let’s get to what will really get us through the week-end, [...]

2011 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Death in the Afternoon

August 19, 2011

Regular readers of my happy hour posts know that I mix and mix and mix and sip and sip and sip until I get a cocktail right before I post about it here. Today, I must say that I haven’t tried this one yet, and quite frankly doubt that I will. However, when something like [...]

2011 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Humor | Tags: , , , , Comments (1)
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Happy Hour: Summer Sparklers

July 1, 2011

I’m always in the mood  for a light, refreshing summer cocktail. While I usually write about the classics, these sparkling gems caught my eye while I was flipping through Vegetarian Times. These recipes serve 6-10, so invite a few people over to enjoy, preferably around a pool. These recipes also work very well without the [...]

2011 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , Comments (0)
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Always Have Rhythm In Your Shaking

June 10, 2011

“The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to foxtrot time, a Bronx to two-step time, but a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.” – Nick Charles Where is that cabana boy with my drink? If you aren’t sitting near water with a cocktail [...]

2011 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Humor | Tags: , , , , , Comments (0)
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There really should be Palm Trees

June 2, 2011

Other than that, not sure we could have designed a more perfect setting. Inhabitant turned us on to Royal Botania furniture. We blogged about the Wave lounge here sometime back. This is the Surf model at left. Subtle differences in the elegant designs. In January, when we featured the Wave, it was in the midst [...]

2011 | Architecture, From the Road, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , , Comments (0)
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Scotch Review: Tomatin

October 27, 2010

In the Spring, a young man’s mind turns to love. It is Fall now in the Northern Hemisphere and this young man is thinking about the warming effects of a proper drink. There were few things that my university design professors agreed upon. One of those things would be the statement “You will not be [...]

2010 | Gastronauting | Tags: , , , , Comments (1)
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Trendy, almost tragically, by Design

August 30, 2010

This little bit of kitschy, trendy, one might say tragic,  bit of Tiki talk landed in my email box today – a tad late or early for our usual Happy Hour postings. Then again, there’s only one rule I follow while wearing my mixologist’s hat – NO gooey, cloying, crap laden bottled mixes. NO No [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Humor | Tags: , , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Italian Soda Pop

August 20, 2010

“It’s Italian soda pop!”  our friend Joseph DeLucia said as he handed Kevin and I each a glass of Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco. I noticed pear, apple, maybe a bit of white peach as the crisp, citrus delightfully pleasing bubbles skipped over my tongue and then vanished – a perfect pool side sip on a [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Painkiller

August 6, 2010

Summertime and the living is easy, right? Well, here at KLAD its been one of those weeks, and it’s not over yet. So, while our hard working set designers won’t be indulging quiet yet, when the time is right, I’m going to mix up a batch of Painkillers and spend a few hours drinking about [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Humor | Tags: , , , , Comments (2)
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Happy Hour Friday: Aloha!

June 25, 2010

Note from Kathleen – I’m reposting this for our new readers, because I love a good Mai Tai and now is the perfect time to enjoy one! Aloha! I enjoyed gastronauting in Hawaii so much last week that I decided to stay. And really, no visit to Hawaii would be complete without enjoying a perfect [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (2)
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They Named This IPA For Me!

June 11, 2010

RAGING BITCH. Yes, that’s the name of the 20th Anniversary Brew from Flying Dog Brewery in Fredericksburg Maryland. And no, I don’t really believe they named that beer after me, but they certainly could have. Did I buy this beer because of the name? Partially. Perhaps it was the label art that caught my eye. [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments (2)
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Happy Hour Friday: Old Speckled Hen

April 9, 2010

My introduction to Old Speckled Hen was at the Red Dot, a Belgiumesque cafe in Hudson, New York. Why an English Ale at a Belgium cafe? Well, it is in Hudson, and it makes perfect sense, given Hudson’s eclectic mix of earthy locals and Hamptons refugees. The last time I visited the Red Dot, I [...]

2010 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , Comments (1)
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Happy Hour Friday – Roman Holiday

February 12, 2010

I was reading about a new Danny Meyer restaurant, Maialino, on The New York Times  Diner’s Journal blog – I know you’re all surprised – when I’m not cooking or eating or blogging about food, I’m reading about food and in between I manage to design things and manage KLAD projects. In the comments section, [...]

2010 | From the Road, Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: CHOCOLATE meet BEER

December 4, 2009

We’re heading into winter ale season, and I have a few brews in mind to talk about, but before we dive into winter ales, let’s take a quick look at two specialty  chocolate stouts. Beer + Chocolate – really, what could be bad? Many brewers call a stout chocolate because the malt used is a [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Humor | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (2)
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Happy Hour Friday -Pumpkin Ales

November 6, 2009

Today, I’m doing something a little different with my happy hour post, I am trying my hand at mini reviews of two seasonal ales I’ve tried recently. Its almost the polar opposite of Kev’s Vectorworks reviews, he’s technical, I’m um, fun maybe? Silly? I’m not sure, but I hope you’ll let me know in the [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments (1)

Happy Hour Friday: Grill, Baby, Grill!

September 18, 2009

We’ve been crazy busy here at KLAD HQ, and I haven’t been contributing to the blog lately. My bad. I popped in to see what was going on, and I see that one of our resident evil geniuses has hijacked the blog and is having a VectorFest. Don’t get me wrong, I love Vectorworks and [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Comments (1)
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Happy Hour Friday: Limoncello Revisited

September 4, 2009

We’re on the verge of the last official week-end of summer, and I realized today that I have been remiss in posting cocktail recipes for the KLAD test kitchen’s Limoncello adventure. if you’re new to the blog, or missed the series, here they are: Two Summer Cellos Two Summer Cellos – continued Two Summer cellos [...]

2009 | Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Attack of the killer tomatoes

August 28, 2009

Thanks to Mary Kennedy and her tomato bounty – she’s my inspiration for this post Summer’s twilight is upon us, and tomatoes are everywhere. What’s a gardening cocktailer to do? If you’ve got a big stainless steel pot and a strainer, you make tomato juice. Its a great way to use the few extra pounds [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday: Terry and Harvey

August 7, 2009

A few days ago Kevin was walking our Bichon, Sophia and started chatting with our neighbors, Terry and Mary. Mary shared her garden (I guess I need to give her husband Jim some credit, just in case he reads the blog) cucumber bounty with the neighbors. Kevin asked Terry what she was going to do [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour, Inspiration, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Comments (2)
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Happy Hour Friday – Thursday Edition

July 23, 2009

Bob and Maureen just returned from across the pond – with goodies from Marks and Spencer, Wimbledon just wrapped up, and Cricket season is in full swing. Ahhh…..summer in England, and my thoughts are stirred, not shaken, by a vastly underappreciated sip of sunshine, a Pimm’s Cup. Reaching back to the very deep dark corner [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (1)
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Happy Hour Friday: Coladarama

July 10, 2009

The sun’s out, its almost quitting time, so let’s go back to Cuba for a visit with one of my favorite summertime indulgences, a Pina Colada. Ok, ok, you’re all laughing now, I know it. There’s just so much to make fun of here. Yet another sickly sweet piece of crap rum drink that real [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Comments (1)
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Two Summer Cellos – Finale

June 24, 2009

Our cellos had been busy fusing away in their dark, cool resting place for about two months, so its time to return to the KLAD test kitchen once again for the finale of our cello making adventure. If you are new to the blog, or missed our original posts, here are quick links Two Summer [...]

2009 | Gastronauting | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (0)

Happy Hour Friday – Book ‘em Dano!

June 5, 2009

Its a rainy Friday here in New Jersey, so let’s go to Hawaii for Haole Style Happy Hour! Let’s start with a recipe my Hawaiian friend Jennifer gave me years ago, Coconut Shrimp. As I do, I changed the recipe just a bit, I swapped out regular breadcrumbs for Panko. If you are unfamilliar with [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (1)
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Happy Hour Friday – Cubano

May 22, 2009

Here’s a twofer for this week-end. My previous posts have focused  on cocktails, so I thought today I’d get in touch with my inner gastronaut and head out in search of a refreshing adult beverage and a little nosh.  After all, proper cocktailing requires a little something something to pick at, while you’re contemplating dinner. [...]

2009 | Gastronauting, Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Passport DC

May 19, 2009

As Kevin mentioned in his post on Roadside Architecture, we spent a week in the DC area moving and installing sets. We arrived two days early to spend some time in our favorite DC neighborhood, Dupont Circle. We like the area so much that we stayed in Dupont Circle all week, and commuted to our [...]

2009 | From the Road | Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments (2)
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Happy Hour Friday

May 15, 2009

While I was sitting on 95 in bumper to bumper traffic, wondering if we’d ever get out of Maryland, and thinking about the great opportunity I was missing to write about Mint Juleps in honor of the Derby, I thought about some famous cocktails from the past. I saw a beautiful wild red roses on [...]

2009 | Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (0)
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Happy Hour Friday

May 1, 2009

Today marks the beginning of May in Montclair, a month long celebration of, well, lots and lots of fun things to do, and TULIPS TULIPS TULIPS. After you’ve taken the kids to dance around the May Pole, and Tulip gazed all around Montclair, gather your frazzled parent type friends and dazzle them with this pretty [...]

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Happy Hour Friday – UPDATE

April 25, 2009

Thanks to my very astute friend Terry, who commented on the original post: “Lovely, but I have to say my mint is only just beginning to peak out of the ground – so no mojito down the street. For me spring bounces out of the good old fashioned shaken drinks – our favorite the negroni [...]

2009 | Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , Comments (3)
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Happy Hour Friday

April 24, 2009

The sun’s out, the weather’s warm, it is late Friday afternoon, and  time for Happy Hour on the patio! Lots of things say spring to me, and one of my favorites is making the switch from fall/winter drinks like Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence to spring/summer drinks – like, say, a classic Mojito. I know most of [...]

2009 | Happy Hour | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Comments (5)
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