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Archive for March, 2007

Did you miss the Taste of the South End?

Posted in Bitters, Broads, Charity, Cocktails, Gin on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Then you missed the lovely ladies of LUPEC spreading the love through tiny little cocktails in tiny little plastic cups! Here’s a bit about our cocktail of the evening! PEGU CLUB COCKTAIL1.5 oz Plymouth Gin.5 oz Orange Curacao.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice1 dash Angostura Bitters1 dash Orange Bitters Forty miles up the Rangoon River, the [...]

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Anne Whitney

Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Broads, Cocktails, Vermouth, Women's History on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Revered poet and sculptor, Anne Whitney was a passionate opponent of slavery and advocate for women’s rights. Using her art to reflect her political beliefs, Whitney sculpted the busts of many suffragists and abolitionists including Lucy Stone, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frances Willard. In 1875 Whitney was commissioned for a statue of Samuel Adams which [...]

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Don’t Spoil a Good Story By Telling the Truth

Posted in Broads, Women's History on March 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

At a time when Boston was being run by the descendants of the Puritans, Isabella Stewart Gardner was known for stylish and eccentric tastes. Sporting the latest in Paris and New York fashions, this philanthropic patron of the arts was full of surprises-such as the time she persuaded the Boston Zoo to loan her two [...]

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The New Woman

Posted in Broads, Women's History on March 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

“The bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.”- Susan B Anthony On June 25, 1894 Annie Cohen Kopchovsky stood before a crowd of suffragists, supporters and curious onlookers in front of the Massachusetts State House and declared that she would cycle around the world. Leaving her three children behind, [...]

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