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                            GLASS HALF FULL                                        

Glass Half Full - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart        *Featured in The L.A. Weekly and on Squid Ink

Glass Half Full - Hungry Like A Wolf                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

Glass Half Full - A Day And Night Of Beauty In L.A.     *Featured in The L.A. Weekly and on Squid Ink

Glass Half Full - K-Town

Glass Half Full - Fourth Of July

Glass Half Full - L.A. Weekend   

Glass Half Full - Octopus

Glass Half Full - I Should Have Stayed Home

Glass Half Full - The Misunderstood

Glass Half Full - Top Ten Ways To Avoid Getting Into A Fight With Your Plus 1 At The Holiday Party

Accolades for Glass Half Full                                    

COCKTAILS

The Zombie                                                            *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Cocktail of Epic Proportions and Mindless Effect

And The Morn Shall Be Filled With Cocktail                 *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink       
The Champagne Cocktail's Start

Looting The Family's Liquor Cabinet
                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
How To Make An Atholl Brose

The Hot Toddy                                                         *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Drink That Revives, Cures, and Kills

The Sidecar Cocktail                                                *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Classic Beset by War, Whimsy, and A Bit On The Side

The Blood and Sand Cocktail                                    *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Drink one in honor of Rudolph Valentino

The Moscow Mule
                                                    *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Cocktail That's Still Kicking

Pretty In Pink                                                         *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Whiskey Sour                                                  

The Scofflaw                                                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Drink Deadwood Fans Would Love

The Bees Knees                                                      *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Prohibition-Era Cocktail You Don't Have To Hide Behind

Drink Like Fitzgerald and Hemmingway                     *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Classic Daiquiri Recipe

YOUR SERVER'S OTHER JOB

Tobias Jelinek                                                         *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Nickel Diner, Point Break Live, Carnie Sideshows and Buddhist Monks

Meet Eric Tecosky                                                    *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Bartender/Writer/Olive Juice Maker/Zeppelin Fan and Inventor of the Surfer On Acid

Chris Doyle                                                             *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Bartender Who Remembers When The Job Came With Salary, Room and Board

The Great Upsetter                                                  *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
How Bartender Matthew Biancaniello Joined The Ranks of L.A.'s Top Cocktailians

Gina Clover                                                             *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Hostess, Cocktail Waitress, Box Girl, Scribe

Viola Sator                                                              *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Waitress, Actress, Hypnotist

Brian Summers                                                       *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Library Bar Cocktailian and Musician

Naomi Schimek                                                       *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Gardening, Gambling and The Grenadier


COCKTAIL CULTURE

Just Don't Do It: Bar Etiquette 101                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

Things To Be Excited About In The New Year             *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Bar "Con Sugar" That You Can't Wait To Visit

The New Year's Most Exciting New Bar UPdate          *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
La Descarga

Top Ten Things Guaranteed To Happen At The Monthly Guest Bartender/Specialty Cocktails/Performance Art/Steam Punk Extravaganza                                                          *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

On The Rocks                                                          *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Looking For America's Next Top Model, I Mean Bartender

A Guide To Dressing For Classic Cocktail Fans            *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

Sweet Sixteen                                                        *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Doheny Hosts a Chartreuse Competition

No Rest For The Wicked                                          *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
DTLA'S "Brotherhood of Bartenders" Tequila Contest

'Twas The Punch Before Christmas                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Search For The World's Best Punch

Where To Spend New Year's Eve                              *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
In A Place Where Everyone Knows Your Name

The Edison's Bartender Xchang Program                   *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

The Seven Grand Whiskey Society                            *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Booze And A Secret Handshake

Drinking In The Afternoon                                       *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Scotch Tutorial

The Hungry Cat's New Cocktail List                          *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
The Introduction Of The Hard Stuff

In The Drink                                                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

Fuzzy Math For The Home Bartender                        *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

James Beard Foundation LA Invitational                    *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Eat, Drink, Repeat

The Last Radio Room                                               *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Of The Year Or Ever?

L.A. CULTURE

Local 1205 Opening In November                             *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
Bringing New York City To The Beach

The Apple Sisters and Pickles                                   *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
A Match Made In Heaven

Q&A With The Apple Sisters                                     *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life

Some Odd Rubies                                                   *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A fashion story 

Breakfast with Scott Burns                                      *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life

Jones Hollywood Restaurant & Bar                           *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink
15 Years of Food, Drink and Rock 'n' Roll

Cole's Famous French Dip Celebrates 101 Years        *Featured on L.A. Weekly's Squid Ink

BOOKS

God Likes Squid Best                                               *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A book review

In Hops We Trust                                                    *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A book review

Ben Greenman                                                       *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A Q&A

Hillary Carlip's A La Cart                                          *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A book review

RELIGION

What's With The Story Of Babel?                              *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life

Grappling With God's Regret                                    *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life

Curling Up With The Word Of God                             *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life

OTHER

A Happy Ending in Puerto Vallarta                             *Featured on The Economist's, More Intelligent Life
A travel story

Excerpts from The Economist's Los Angeles Travel Guide
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