Drinking in Context

Hello,

Welcome to Drinking in Context, here you’ll find some deep dives into bar award data and trends, thoughts and writings about the importance of hospitality and the people who provide it, trip reports from our global bar crawls, and, occasionally, boozy candy.

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Ask me about my bar…(charts) I’ve been to Montreal in a blizzard (February 2019) and an ice storm (December 2025) - let’s see how June treats us! My sweet girl Nyx (pictured here with her favorite toy) joined Frodo on the patio in the sky tonight. Her kidney disease progressed rapidly at the end and when she stopped eating, or loudly bringing us toys at night, we knew it was time. While I anxiously await the @tales_of_the_cocktail Spirited Awards Top Ten and Media announcements that start tomorrow, I put some energy into figuring out my seminar plan for July. This year’s agenda didn’t have an “add to calendar” option and it really helps me to have a visual schedule so I can see which seminars conflict with one another - so (of course) I built a spreadsheet.