Sumach Open!
What a joy! Small bits of wonder and delight. I’m sitting outside my favourite coffee shop wishing I could be inside chatting with my barista friends, but so happy they are back and I could…
Hammock
Early in the pandemic, Morgan ordered a hammock and has spent a lot of time in it. This morning I’m enjoying the gentle rocking, cool air and watching the sunrise Feeling pretty good here, but…
Paper plane throwdown
Pretty excited that Old Town Bodega near us was doing take-away Paper Planes. That’s one of my go-to cocktails and I was both excited to get out in the neighborhood and compare mine to their’s.…
Doughnuts
Walking the neighborhood in these strange, stir-crazy times I discovered that some of the racket lately was clearly asshats driving in parks and spinning doughnuts. The city has wisely used cement blocks to limit the…
Prep
Cocktail ingredients chilling. Rich syrup, lime cordial and honey syrup. The first two are destined for classic daiquiris. Mmm.









