•previously posted in DigBoston by Pink Lady Amelia Earhart was already famous when she set out for her first solo flight across the Atlantic on May 20, 1932. She made headlines as the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight four years earlier in 1928. The widely publicized event skyrocketed Earhart to international fame, earning [...]
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LUPEC: A TOAST TO LADY LINDY’S MAIDEN VOYAGE
Posted in Applejack, Blue Skies, Gin, Uncategorized on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
LUPEC: 9 COCKTAILS, 9 STORIES
Posted in Cayenne Pepper, Cocktails, FIHIMAFIHI, Gin, lemon juice, Rosemary Gin on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
*previously posted in DigBoston by BILL SHANER What’s up, nerds? That’s right, we’re pretty sure reading this column means you’re a nerd about cocktails or history or both. And since you’re reading your alt-news, we’ll go so far as to guess that you may also be a book nerd too. In that case, do we [...]
LUPEC: LADIES OF THE WORLD, UNITE
Posted in Applejack, Cocktails, Eggs, Gin, Grenadine, lemon juice, Pink Lady, Plymouth gin, Women's History on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
*previously posted on March 9, 2012 in DigBoston International Women’s Day is upon us, dear readers! The March 8th holiday isn’t something we celebrate with much gusto here in the states, but it’s celebrated heartily in other corners of the world. We first learned about Women’s Day from an ex-pat friend who lives in Italy, where [...]
LUPEC: LEAP DAY
Posted in Cocktails, Creme de Cassis, Gin, Lillet, Scarlet Petticoat on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
*previously posted in DigBoston Happy Leap Day, readers! Ever wonder why we add an extra day to our calendar every four years? It’s simple: the Earth actually takes 365 days and six hours to rotate around the sun, and the extra day keeps us on track with the astronomical and seasonal year. More [...]
LUPEC: THE SNOWBALL
Posted in Cocktails, Eggs, Gin, Pink Carnation on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
*as posted in DigBoston It’s easy to get the blues this time of year when the only holiday on the horizon is Valentine’s Day. You need a cocktail. Thus we bring you THE SNOW BALL—a LUPEC Boston Winter Prom. On January 30 the ladies of LUPEC Boston will transform the back room at Silvertone [...]
Who said drinks and cemeteries don’t mix?
Posted in Broads, Events, Gin, Women's History, tagged Forest Hills, Gin, lemon juice, Lucy Stone, Orange Juice on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
by Pinky Gonzales Some of us served drinks at a cemetery on Tuesday. As part of their annual Solstice celebration, the beautiful Forest Hills Cemetery asked LUPEC to serve up a drink of our choice to some odd 250+ attendees. In honor of a Forest Hills “permanent resident”, Lucy Stone, we made Stone Rickeys, and [...]
On Pink Gin
Posted in Bitters, Gin, Weekly Dig, Pink Gin, angostura bitters, Pinky Gonzales, tagged Bitters, Gin, Weekly Dig, Pink Gin, Plymouth, Hendricks, Drink, British Royal Navy on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
by Pinky Gonzales For those of you who consider the Pink Gin an old familiar friend (not to be confused with LUPEC member Pink Gin), below you’ll find an array of comments on its existence. For the unacquainted, or who read this week’s Dig column to the bitter end, Pink Gin is a keep-it-simple, Zen-like [...]
Feels Like the Very First Time
Posted in angostura bitters, Bitters, Bourbon, Bourbon Belle, brandy, Cocktails, Cointreau, French Vermouth, Gin, gincident, Grenadine, Hanky Panky, lemon juice, Mixology Monday, Pink Gin, Pink Lady, Pinky Gonzales, Plymouth gin, Rye, Scoff Law, Uncategorized, Vermouth, Whiskey, tagged Mixology Monday on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LUPEC Boston is honored to be hosting today’s Mixology Monday at our humble abode. Inspired by a chance encounter that Pink Lady had with a cocktail novice, we’ve decided to consider those cocktails that would be suitably delicious for the first timer. Obviously there are a couple things to consider when offering up advice to [...]
Bourbon Belle Takes L.A.
Posted in Bourbon Belle, Cocktails, Gin on February 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
by Pink Lady We’re thrilled to announce that our very own Bourbon Belle is a finalist in the Marvelous Hendricks’s Limerick & Cocktail Competition taking place tonight at the Edison in Downtown Los Angeles! Some of you may recall Bourbon Belle’s glorious victory at the Hendrick’s Gin Beantown Bartender Battle last August with her delicious [...]
“Are We Downhearted?”
Posted in Atta Boy Cocktail, Broads, Elsie Janis, French Vermouth, Gin, Grenadine on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As you well know, LUPEC will celebrate lady veterans of all stripes at the LUPEC Boston “USO Show” on November 21, a 1940s themed cocktail party and retro-variety show. Before the USO even existed, there was trailblazing entertainer Elsie Janis “the sweetheart of the A.E.F.”, for whom we raise a in this week’s Dig column. [...]
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