Pink Gin
daylighting gig: Engineer
favorite dive: Charlie Flynn’s and Jack Lynch’s Webster Lounge (RIP both)
Pinky Gonzales
hometown: Boston by way of Cleveland with a stopover in Taos
daylighting gig: Artist, restaurant vet
favorite cocktail: gin martini
base spirit of the moment: gin, tequila
favorite bar: Drink
favorite dive: Druid
hangover cure: Go back to bed. Have spicy pho, delivered. Water. TV. Bitty evening cocktail, for balance. Fall asleep on couch. I’m doing it now actually.
if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why? something served in a pineapple with straws.
cocktail of your youth: “7 & 7”. Easy to order, and it took me years to realize what i was drinking was in the name. Duh.
gateway cocktail: Margarita (in New Mexico)
favorite bar food: steak tartare, white anchovies, hot pretzel with mustard
most prized bar possession: original Trader Vic Pinky Gonzales mug, a gift from my sweetheart. Come to think of it, he’s my most prized bar possession.
forebroads who inspire you: “Anonymous” (her accomplishments are endless)
hilarious cocktail story: “Night of the Punches” – the gathering which ended with Barbara West giving cartwheel lessons in my dining room. Yay!
hilarious cocktail recipe: “Sex on my Face” from the classy Macho Man’s Drinkbook: equal parts Yukon Jack, Malibu, Southern Comfort, & banana liqueur with a splash of oj, splash pineapple. Mix in tall glass over ice. Hilarious and soberingly vile.
Moscow Mule
alter-ego cocktail name: Kicking Donkey
daylighting gig: Super Starched Corporate Event Manager
base spirit of the moment: Rye
favorite bar: Hanky Panky’s kitchen
hangover cure: Sleep
cocktail of your youth: Either my mom’s kickass Pina Coladas or Rolling rock- how far we’ve come….
gateway cocktail: Sidecar
favorite bar food: dirty rotten loaded nachos
most prized bar possession: My screwdriver of course
Fancy Brandy
hometown: “the valley,” ma
when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m… an account exec by day, theater manager by night
favorite cocktail: Clover Club, Perfect Pal, Old Cuban
favorite bar: the independent
favorite dive: the crystal by lechmere station
cocktail of your youth: warm tequila in the back of a pickup. (dude, it was rural.)
gateway cocktail: the b-side’s orange creamsicle thing
favorite bar food: steak tartar
most prized bar possession: rooster shaker
Hot Toddy
alter-ego cocktail name: Lady Lush
hometown: St.Louis, MO/Portland, ME
daylighting gig: Bartender @ The Starlight Lounge
favorite cocktail: Manhattan
base spirit of the moment: Bourbon, always!
favorite bar: Rouge…R.I.P. Present: Silvertone
favorite dive: Anchovies
hangover cure: crab rangoon, couch, cat, gingerale, brainless television/movies
if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why? something sweet, spicy, salty, and tangy…hmm…
cocktail of your youth: Ouzo. neat. – my mother is a Greek, it was always in the liquor cabinet
gateway cocktail: Captain & Ginger cuz it tasted like cream soda!
favorite bar food: CHEESE PLATES, chicken wings & spring rolls
most prized bar possession: Porto-Bar!
Pink Lady
hometown: Amherst, NH, the site of the first printed reference to the word “cocktail”; together, we’ll put that sleepy town on the map. And Milltown, NJ.
when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m…: a writer/publicist/waitress/yogi
favorite cocktail(s): Sours, Scofflaws, and most anything with Applejack
favorite bar(s): Drink, Toro, ES, GS
favorite dive: Anchovies
hangover cure: sleep, water, sleep, water, and (once food stays down) a sampler plate of goldfish crackers, saltines, coca cola, and fizzy water.
cocktail of your youth: Long Island Iced Tea (“I can’t figure out WHY I was so drunk last night – I only had two drinks! What’s in this again?”), Cosmopolitan
gateway cocktail: Sidecar
favorite bar food: what do you have that’s fried?
most prized bar possession: 1930s edition of out of print cocktail book “Shake ‘Em UP” discovered in the liquor cabinet at my grandparent’s house
forebroads who inspire you: Aunt Kay, my mom, and many, many more…
Hanky Panky
hometown: born Mexico MO, raised Green Bay WI
when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m… shakin and stirrin
favorite cocktail(s): impossible question! It’s like asking a mother to pick her favorite child!
favorite bar(s): Death & Co in NY, French 75 in NOLA, Int Aepjen in Amsterdam
favorite dive: Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge in NOLA
hangover cure: fernet branca, cynar, or any other bitters within arms reach
cocktail of your youth: sippin out of my dad’s scotch on the rocks
gateway cocktail: Gin: bee’s knees. Whiskey: Blinker. Brandy: Champs Elysees Chartreuse: Last Word
favorite bar food: anything salty!
most prized bar possession: my vintage glassware. drinking out of it makes me feel glamorous!
forebroads who inspire you: Ada Coleman of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel
Saucy Sureau
hometown: Sturbridge
when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m… Making sure St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur continues to be hottest brand out there
favorite cocktail(s): Negroni, Perfect Rye Manhattan, the St-Germain Cocktail
favorite bar(s): Toro, Green Street, Eastern Standard, Highland Kitchen
favorite dive: Ralph’s Diner
hangover cure: Vodka and Tab or Advil, water and a couch nap during a previously viewed movie
cocktail of your youth: Shots of my parent’s Green Chatreuse
gateway cocktail: The Hemingway Daiquiri
favorite bar food: Deviled eggs, buffalo tenders, olives
most prized bar possession: Vintage liquor travel case
forebroads who inspire you: Wanda Jackson and my Grams
Joe Rickey
alter-ego name: Stone Fence
hometown: Topeka, KS
when not cocktailing for cause: Bartending at Drink in Fort Point
Favorite cocktail: Hearst
Favorite bar: Anchovie’s
Favorite dive: Costello’s tavern
hangover cure: fat and Fernet
if I was a cocktail: I’d be a bottle of aged spirits. Without pretense, aging, and not sorry about it.
cocktail of my youth: blended bourbon out of the half-pint bottle.
gateway cocktail: Gimlet (made with Plymouth, of course)
favorite bar food: wings! wings! wings!
most prized bar posession: A violin case that has been modified into a portable bar. Looks old enough to have been used during Prohibition.
forebroads: Valerie Plame Wilson, Ella Boole, Evelyn Hooker
cocktail story: There is no amount of bitters that can fix a Sazerac at the Hotel Monteleone. Just sayin.
Mimi
hometown: hmm. the world!
daylighting gig: GM at Restaurant Toro
favorite cocktail: the next one.
base spirit of the moment: campari
favorite bar: right now I’m partial to the Franklin cafe
favorite dive: wally’s
hangover cure: sleep, hot shower, lots of water and mindless tv
cocktail of your youth: is boone’s strawberry hill a cocktail?
gateway cocktail: cosmo.
favorite bar food: french fries
forebroads who inspire you: Alice Paul
hilarious cocktail recipe: I saw an article about a local bar serving a cocktail in a bento box (as a gel). really? Is it a cocktail if you can’t actually drink it?
Bourbon Belle
alter-ego cocktail name: Whiskey Smash
hometown: Greenfield, NH
daylighting gig: Bar Manager at The Franklin Cafe and The Franklin Southie
favorite cocktail: Green Point
base spirit of the moment: Rye
favorite bar: The Independent
favorite dive: Charlie’s Kitchen
hangover cure: Sleep, soda water, and Revive Vitamin Water. Then more sleep.
if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why? Bijou. Smooth, silky, & GREEN! (well, it has Green Chartreuse in it. Close enough!)
cocktail of your youth: Gin & Tonic
gateway cocktail: Sidecar
favorite bar food: Almonds and Olives
most prized bar possession: My small collection of vintage glassware
hilarious cocktail story: Hosed down all the guests at my bar with a double batch of bright red Raspberry Gimlets when my shaker seal broke. Best part is that the one dude who was really mad and really rude to me about it, got berated by all of my regulars. It’s nice to be defended when you screw up!
hilarious cocktail recipe: I think it has to be the Cement Mixer. Who doesn’t like a good practical joke “cocktail”!
MEMBERS EMERITUS:
Barbara West
hometown: Gilford, NH
when not cocktailing, I’m… Working at MIT, writing about the people and activities that make the place tick.
favorite cocktail(s): Barbara West, Old-Fashioned Old Fashioned
favorite bar(s): Eastern Standard, Green Street, Drink
favorite dive: Charlie’s (Harvard Square), the Old Colony (Provincetown)
hangover cure: Eggs, bacon, OJ, coffee, Excedrin
cocktail of your youth: White Russian, Old Milwaukee
gateway cocktail: Dirty Bombay Sapphire Martini
favorite bar food: Pickled vegetables, warm nuts
most prized bar possession: Heavy, all-glass cobbler shaker from the 1940s
broads who inspire you: MFK Fisher, MIT Prof. Angela Belcher
