Purchase Of The Week (E-Books)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by mheusler

Since getting the Ipad about four months ago I’ve read almost all of my magazines and books on the device. I’m still sort of disappointed with Apple’s limited selection in the IBooks store so I’m quite thankful that Amazon has made its Kindle app available for free and Barnes and Noble has done the same [...]

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Simply The Best Post #35 (Magazines)

Posted on June 5, 2010 by mheusler

Maybe it’s because my mother always had issues of Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle around the house; because for some reason I’ve always loved magazines. When I was younger I had every single issue of metal magazines like Circus, Hit Parade, Thrasher etc. Later I would move on to sports magazines like Sports Illustrated and hip [...]

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Purchase Of The Week Mo’ Books (Ant Farm and Free Range Chickens By Simon Rich and Sh*t My Dad Says By Justin Halpern)

Posted on May 31, 2010 by mheusler

Normally I don’t look to find humor in books because I’ve never been able to do so before. Even Artie Lange, who I love, last’s book, Too Fat To Fish, wasn’t so funny as it was interesting, inspiring and finally a tad bit heart breaking. Not too long ago a friend of mine mentioned that [...]

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Cocktail Of The Week (The Blood Orange Margarita)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by mheusler

If you missed my passionate post on the margarita you can check it out here While I’m completely against using artificial sweeteners or syrups in most cocktails I think that using fresh fruits, herbs and botanicals to enhance classic cocktails and create new ones is essential to mixology. Living in New York City I’ve been [...]

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Purchase Of The Week: Barnes & Noble (Mob Star: The Story Of John Gotti, Game Change & The Mental Floss: History Of The World)

Posted on March 8, 2010 by mheusler

Reading has always been a big part of my life and if I don’t finish at least a book a week then something’s wrong. One of my favorite things is to go to a big book store and walk around for an hour or so. The Barnes and Noble on 54th and Third and the [...]

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Cocktail Of The Week (The Claridge)

Posted on February 16, 2010 by mheusler

This is quite a delightful drink that comes to us via the excellent Savoy Cocktail Book. It really is just a sweeter Martini with orange and apricot liqueurs cutting through the dryness of the vermouth and gin.  I think it’s a great drink for those who like the idea behind a Martini but find the [...]

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Cocktail Of The Week (The Blinker)

Posted on November 9, 2009 by mheusler

This delightful cocktail made it’s initial appearance in Patrick Gavin Duffy’s The Official Mixer’s Manual (1934).  The three ingredients are pretty standard so this is an easy drink to make. The only ingredient one may have some trouble procuring is the raspberry syrup but if you have a large supermarket or ethnic market nearby (Italian [...]

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PopCrunch Lists The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time

Posted on October 25, 2009 by mheusler

10. Blindness Blindness is a book with a truly horrifying scenario at it’s heart: what if everyone in the world were to lose their sight to disease in a short period of time? The answer is actually somewhat predictable, but that doesn’t lessen the bleakness as society collapses quickly in this novel by Portugese author [...]

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Simply The Best Post # 11 (Fiction Books)

Posted on October 18, 2009 by mheusler

(My mother is an accomplished, published author and I was taught at an early age both how to read and appreciate books. I started off at school book fairs pleading with my parents to buy me Bernstein Bear books and later Hardy Boy mysteries and even later everything by Roald Dahl and John Bellairs. It [...]

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The Hennessy Got Me Not Knowing How To Act…….

Posted on October 8, 2009 by mheusler

There’s a dope vintage ad.

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