February Experiment: Your Eulogy, First Draft
Suggested Song: That Was Me, Paul McCartney Suggested Drink: Guinness Extra Stout (The Irish have mastered a good sendoff) This is the...
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Bill Magill
- Jan 15
- 5 min
January Experiment: The Wheel of Life
Suggested Song: Find Yourself, Brad Paisley Suggested Drink: Virgin Mojito (staying in theme with my dryish January) With this year’s...
Bill Magill
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
Thanks Giving
Suggested Song: I Thank You, Sam & Dave (See ZZ Top’s amazing live rendition, 2011) Suggested Drink: Your favorite herbal tea. (Pure joy...
Bill Magill
- Oct 29, 2022
- 3 min
Brand New You
Suggested Song: Changes, David Bowie Suggested Drink: Shapeshifter cocktail: vodka, crème de violette, lemon juice, bitters, egg white. I...
Bill Magill
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
Happy
Suggested Song: Happy, Pharrel Williams Suggested Drink: Virgin Mojito (Stella’s favorite drink when on the Quai in Cannes!) I gave...
Bill Magill
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
The Case for Blissful Obliviousness
Suggested Song: All Day and All of the Night, The Kinks. Suggested Drink: Negroni Sbagliato: Prosecco, Campari, Sweet Vermouth. Ignorance...
Bill Magill
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
Rule #8
Suggested song: Leap of Faith, Bruce Springsteen Suggested drink: Paternel Rosé, AOP Côtes de Provence (any pale Provence rosé should...
Bill Magill
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Coming Out. It Starts With Yourself.
Suggested song: The Real Me. The Who. Suggested drink: Curtain Call cocktail. Rum, champagne, lemon juice, simple syrup, bitters. Honesty...
Bill Magill
- May 12, 2021
- 5 min
The Post-Corona Blues
Suggested Song: Virus, Björk Suggested Drink: Strawberry gin and tonic. Strawberries, gin, tonic water, bitters, lime. It’s mid-May and...
Bill Magill
- Mar 18, 2020
- 13 min
Dispatches from a Pandemic
Play this Song: This is the End, The Doors Make this Drink: Negroni (to my friends suffering in Italy): Campari, vermouth, gin. Now...
Bill Magill
- Dec 20, 2019
- 3 min
Letting Go
Suggested Song: Let It Be, The Beatles. Suggested Drink: Champagne, your choice (it’s almost New Years!) A brief aside Few cities are...
Bill Magill
- Sep 14, 2019
- 3 min
The Masturbation Ultimation
Suggest song: Dancing With Myself, Billy Idol Suggested drink: Sex on the Beach cocktail. Vodka, peach schnapps, crème de cassis, orange...
Bill Magill
- May 27, 2019
- 4 min
Science Skeptic and the Mystic Tarot
Suggested Song: Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In. The 5th Dimension Suggested Drink: Mystic Martini. Vodka, absinthe, olive brine, green...
Bill Magill
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
Analog: It’s Back, and the New Black
Start this song: The Human Touch, Bruce Springsteen Sip this drink: Anything on the cocktails menu at Analogue in Greenwich Village, NY....
Bill Magill
- Feb 11, 2018
- 2 min
Of Toasts And Something Deeper
Suggested Song: Wall of Death, Richard & Linda Thompson Suggested Drink: a frothy pint of Guinness. Let the toasts begin. I was in...
Bill Magill
- Oct 15, 2017
- 2 min
The Human Touch
Suggested Song: The Human Touch, Bruce Springsteen Suggested Drink: Communion cocktail: vodka, creme de menthe, orange juice, grenadine...
Bill Magill
- Aug 5, 2017
- 2 min
A Year of Goodbyes
Suggested Song: Hello, Goodbye, the Beatles Suggested Drink: Memory Lane cocktail: rye whisky, shrub, bitters, lemon juice Goodbyes can...
Bill Magill
- Nov 29, 2016
- 4 min
Thriving in the Trump Era
Suggested Drink: Chateau Simone. Any year, any color will bring a smile. Suggested Song: Deeper, Ella Eyre Are you feeling exasperated...
Bill Magill
- Jul 29, 2016
- 7 min
Quit Your Job, Leave Your Spouse, Move
Suggested Song: My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), Neil Young Suggested Drink: Jackhammer cocktail: Jack Daniels whiskey, Amaretto “Every...
Bill Magill
- Jun 11, 2016
- 3 min
Admiral for a Day
Suggested Song: Sunny Afternoon, the Kinks Suggested Drink: 2015 La Rose Des Ventes rosé, Cotes de Provence Your author hard at work....
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