The Lifestyle of the Cocktail

I really love cocktails, they are bloody lovely. For a while I have been looking for the best music for mixing cocktails, and found it largely depends on what sort of cocktails you are making and for what event. Although admittedly shake your booty by KC and the sunshine band is always fun and informative. To be honest the music may depend much more on what sort of event you are shaking cocktails for, and if you are not shaking cocktails for an event but merely for yourself then don’t put on music, just stop what you’re doing. In any event I always mix cocktails and cook better to upbeat music, usually hip hop but that doesn’t always go that well with a cocktail party unless you like drinking martinis out of pimp cups.

Next there is the difficult question of what to wear, it’s always tempting to wear a white shirt but if you are making anything other than a martini, and especially if you are making cosmopolitans you end up looking like an extra from a Persil advert, and not in a good way. I actually have very little constructive advice on what to wear when shaking cocktails except for a dark coloured linen shirt is always good, it is more difficult to see any stains on, it is fairly easy to wash and it is light because shaking actually makes you quite warm, however this is advice is pretty much shit for winter but if you’re still that worried you probably just worry too much.

Also there is an art when drinking cocktails, of always looking good but not like an enormous ponce, i.e like Cary Grant, a man who looked seriously cool with a cocktail,

but not looking like you’re trying too hard to be Cary Grant. Also once you have lost your poise it is importance to do it without breaking things and with an air of artistic aplomb.

the man, the myth, the legend.

NYC.

I think this premier blog must be dedicated to my recent trip to New York. Was amazing, a week long orgy of amazing food, amazing clothing, amazing art, it was just fantastic. Stayed at the chelsea hotel, seriously cool, also hve to mention the comme de garcon shop around th corner on 22nd and tenth, amazing clothes, including the largest array of the Junya watanabe and Brooks brothers collaberation I've seen, the shop is also sick; a lot smaller but architecturally more inpressive than the Dover Street.



Although the fact I was shopping in NYC seemed to make me in a small minority the clothing was as amazin as ever, and the prices compared to London pretty well, 95 dollars for a Fred Perry polo shirt, and around 80 pounds for the same in London, also just in case anyone was in NYC the new stock for FP came in on wednesday, also the saddle/shooting bag in black is one of the best travel/daily bags I have seen in a long time. If you're there the adidas originals store is right across the street as well, not sure whether or not they still have any of Jeremy Scotts left but hopefully, unfortunately the first round of the JS Wings sold out in 20 minutes, managed to get myself a pair of the Artillery high tops in the faux snake skin.

There really are more sick stores in New York than I could write about or Know, although Nom De Guerre needs to get a m,ention, mosty for most ridiculously difficult shop to find, no signs, nothing, simply written on the pavement next to a quite dodgy looking flight of stairs down was written Nom de Guerre, the shop was good though although the Tshirts were the only thing I could afford.
The most amazing shop possibly ever has to be the Tom Ford boutique on Madison, it is absolutely amazing, beyond belief, more luxury than I have ever seen or draemed of in a men's store.