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The End of Days. The perfect cocktail to enjoy from the deck of the Titanic.

tipsy modernist

Nov 71 min read

The End of Days. The perfect cocktail to enjoy from the deck of the Titanic.

This is not the cocktail that I wanted to accompany my post on Ulrich Franzen. Did you miss the post on Ulrich Franzen? Check it our here...

tipsy modernist

Nov 12 min read

The Mexican Old Fashioned

Today is Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead in Mexico. When the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead are at their thinnest,...

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Sep 102 min read

The James Bond

While pretty much everyone associates the vodka martini with James Bond, I thought this lesser known easy cocktail would be perfect to...

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May 62 min read

The Atomic Cocktail

Considering the nuclear secrets that were being served up at the Isobar , how could I resist this cocktail? (Did you miss that post?...

It's cherry blossom season, so why not enjoy a Cherry Cobbler?

tipsy modernist

May 62 min read

It's cherry blossom season, so why not enjoy a Cherry Cobbler?

"After we had seen the great man's drawings, he suggested that he and his charming wife would go and have a drink at a special place. We...

The Campari Radler - the perfect cocktail for day drinking!

tipsy modernist

Sep 11, 20231 min read

The Campari Radler - the perfect cocktail for day drinking!

Enjoy Negroni week and celebrate the life and legacy of Carlo Scarpa with this light and refreshing cocktail! Easy to make and low in...

The Sbagliato-the perfect cocktail for indulging in an orgy of ornamental excess...

tipsy modernist

Sep 11, 20231 min read

The Sbagliato-the perfect cocktail for indulging in an orgy of ornamental excess...

Enjoy Negroni week and celebrate Italian design with this refreshing alternative to the Negroni. I like to imagine Gae Aulenti laughing...

The Caipirinha. A classic cocktail to celebrate the legacy of modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi.

tipsy modernist

Mar 29, 20232 min read

The Caipirinha. A classic cocktail to celebrate the legacy of modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi.

What else would you celebrate Lina Bo Bardi's Brazilian style of modernism with than a Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail? Although...

The Josephine Baker cocktail- a (millenial) pink cocktail as beautiful as the celebrated singer.

tipsy modernist

Feb 28, 20232 min read

The Josephine Baker cocktail- a (millenial) pink cocktail as beautiful as the celebrated singer.

When I wrote about Josephine Baker last summer, (Did you miss the post on Josephine Baker? You can link to it here.) I did not include...

It's not New Year's without a Champagne cocktail!

tipsy modernist

Dec 24, 20222 min read

It's not New Year's without a Champagne cocktail!

We’ve got three easy and gorgeous Champagne cocktail recipes, inspired by the legendary parties at Philip Johnson’s Glass House. Did you...

Milk Punch. A deliciously boozy way to make it through your 99th viewing of "Love Actually."

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Nov 29, 20221 min read

Milk Punch. A deliciously boozy way to make it through your 99th viewing of "Love Actually."

So the holiday season is upon us, and with it lots of Hallmark movies and Nancy Meyers ROMCOMS. Some boozy milk punch is the perfect...

The Harlem Mule-the perfect way to celebrate Add Bates and mid-century modern Harlem

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Oct 27, 20222 min read

The Harlem Mule-the perfect way to celebrate Add Bates and mid-century modern Harlem

The Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem created a bourbon riff on the Moscow Mule which they called the Harlem Mule. The recipe below is my...

The Old-Fashioned: the perfect cocktail to toast Paul Rudolph; the architect who was anything but.

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Jul 1, 20222 min read

The Old-Fashioned: the perfect cocktail to toast Paul Rudolph; the architect who was anything but.

With its muddled orange peel and bourbon, its the perfect cocktail to celebrate architect Paul Rudolph, who was born in Kentucky but got...

The Slivovitz Sidecar-the Balkan cousin of the Margarita

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Apr 1, 20222 min read

The Slivovitz Sidecar-the Balkan cousin of the Margarita

Many have described the Side Car as the wintry cousin of the Margarita because it combines almost the same ingredients, citrus and...

tipsy modernist

Aug 13, 20212 min read

Libations for Preservation

Join the Boston Preservation Alliance this coming Wednesday night, August 18th, on a harbor cruise and enjoy a selection of cocktail...

Celebrate the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker with a Barbotage.

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Jul 14, 20211 min read

Celebrate the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker with a Barbotage.

What better way to celebrate the effervescent performer and French resistance fighter than with this subtly orange flavored champagne...

The Man of Distinction. A cocktail to celebrate the life and legacy of Hilyard Robinson.

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Jun 18, 20212 min read

The Man of Distinction. A cocktail to celebrate the life and legacy of Hilyard Robinson.

Not only was Hilyard Robinson a prolific, modernist, black architect, he was also the subject in one of a series of advertisements by...

It's Mint Julep season-the perfect time to talk about the Black bartenders who invented it.

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Apr 30, 20214 min read

It's Mint Julep season-the perfect time to talk about the Black bartenders who invented it.

Last year I wrote about the history of the Mint Julep here, since then I have become better educated, thanks to writers like David...

The Aviation. What better way to toast architect, aviator and dandy, Robert Mallet-Stevens

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Apr 23, 20212 min read

The Aviation. What better way to toast architect, aviator and dandy, Robert Mallet-Stevens

Invented in New York, by a German barkeep and made with a rare spirit named after a Belle Époque French actress, it seems like the...

The Champagne Cocktail- always stylish always delicious.

tipsy modernist

Feb 26, 20211 min read

The Champagne Cocktail- always stylish always delicious.

Paris and Champagne just seem to go together like well, gin and tonic, so of course we selected a Champagne cocktail to pair with...

Obsession, Betrayal, Jealousy and Modernism
The Modernists Guide to Cocktails is a meeting place for fans of modernism who love a good cocktail along with gossip about architecture's most notorious scandals. Conversely,it's also a site for cocktail lovers who happen to be design curious. It takes an unvarnished look at modernism via social histories, juicy anecdotes, and the favorite cocktails of the founders of modernism. And let's face it we all need a strong drink these days...