Life After Happy Hour

Late to the party, but here for what endures

  • Our “Home Bar,” Such as It Is

    It’s been a while since I last posted, so I wanted to start again by showing what our “home bar” currently looks like. We don’t have an actual home bar with a counter, barstools, or a back bar. Instead, our setup is distributed across several rooms in the house. Drink preparation happens around the kitchen… Read more

  • A Journey Toward Continentalism

    Not long ago, I woke up one morning with a question I’d never asked myself before: What would it mean to regard myself as a North American? In Europe, people have layered identities. A French person might describe themselves as Breton, French, and European — all at once. A German might feel Fränkisch, Bavarian, and… Read more

  • Conversations that endure

    Recently I’ve felt the impulse to return to journaling my experiences as a blog. I once kept a blog years ago, but eventually shut it down in favor of Facebook. At the time, social media felt like the easier, livelier place to share updates. Over time, though, I discovered that Facebook didn’t give me the… Read more

  • Welcome

    This blog is where I’ll share my experiences with posts about cocktail culture and the practice of making mixed drinks as a hobby — along with any other topics that might naturally revolve around them. Some of them will be about life in my adopted hometown of Atlanta: the people I meet, the places I… Read more