You know what the worst thing about Tales of the Cocktail is? Well, other than oppressive heat in New Orleans in July (solution — stay inside and drink!), forgetting to avail yourself of the spit bucket while tasting spirits all day long (ooh, learned that one the hard way) or having two fantastic seminars taking [...]

Marleigh Riggins is a print production artist and cocktail enthusiast in Los Angeles. She publishes the blog SLOSHED! The thing about Tales is that it is always a sort of barely controlled chaos. You begin your day with a plan: session, lunch, meet some friends, grab drinks, get dinner. Somehow in the midst of all [...]

Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages. Heck-ola … that went well! It seems that last year’s “Where y’all wanna eat?” post was quite popular, with printouts of it sticking out of people’s pockets as they wandered the streets of New Orleans [...]