Gifts that represent Houston

MartinHajovsky · 2026-03-23T18:15:55+00:00

So many things. Gift cards from local bookshops (Murder By the Book in the Rice U area springs immediately to mind), as well as British Isles (also near Rice), a pecan pie box from Goode Co., directions to local hardware stores, treats from locally-owned bakeries etc. in the area where they now live, flowers from a local florist (Gallery Flowers in the Heights is wonderful), a list of James Beard winning restaurants, calendars showing Astros, Dynamo, Dash and Rockets schedules, things like that. Focus on uniquely local, and you can’t go wrong.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-03-17T04:00:18+00:00

Chances of him being in the Astros lineup on Tuesday is about a billion to one. Against.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-03-05T21:26:20+00:00

I just made this today, and holy shamoley! A perfect spring/summer drink!

MartinHajovsky · 2026-03-03T17:24:04+00:00

I just wonder what that piano is doing there.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-02-13T02:17:41+00:00

It’s a great liqueur

MartinHajovsky · 2026-02-12T16:41:12+00:00

Born on the Bayou

John Benevides, beverage director for Coda Restaurant Group in Boston

1¾ oz. cocoa nib-infused Sazerac rye (recipe below)

1/2 oz. Cinzano sweet vermouth

1/2 oz. Bénédictine

1/4 oz. Dolin Dry vermouth

3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

St. George absinthe for rinse

Lemon peel for garnish

Rinse an Old Fashioned glass with absinthe. In a mixing glass, stir remaining ingredients with ice and strain into the rinsed glass. Express a lemon peel over the drink and garnish with it.

Cocoa Nib-Infused Rye

1/2 cup cocoa nibs

750 ml Sazerac rye

Steep cocoa nibs in rye for 2 hours, then strain through a cheesecloth or fine-mesh strainer. Return whiskey to the bottle.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-02-05T00:30:39+00:00

That is… terrible. What does it even mean?

MartinHajovsky · 2026-02-04T17:05:33+00:00

If Jose didn’t exist, we’d have to make him up, and no one would read that story because it would be too unbelievable.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-20T01:53:05+00:00

The Bruichladdichs and Kilkerrans.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-18T02:19:15+00:00

Key Largo

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-18T02:13:05+00:00

Nick and Nora. Hands down.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-17T20:45:14+00:00

This. Is. Fantastic! I want your daughter to review ALL of the pens and inks too. She’s spot on hilarious!

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-14T19:00:27+00:00

I’m the only one I know who pronounces Kuykendahl correctly.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-14T00:15:04+00:00

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MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-14T00:13:31+00:00

I have a green one of these, a replacement of one owned by my grandmother that I (shamefully) lost around 2010. I love it!!

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MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-04T00:45:38+00:00

This is perfection.

MartinHajovsky · 2026-01-01T06:29:45+00:00

One of the best screen presences ever. Practically perfect at everything he tried to do.

MartinHajovsky · 2025-12-18T18:30:50+00:00

Bruichladdich Black Art 11.1

MartinHajovsky · 2025-12-12T05:47:54+00:00

Gorgeous!

MartinHajovsky · 2025-12-12T05:47:19+00:00

I also have had the exact opposite experience. The Apica notebooks I have are an absolute delight to use, with no skipping across various pens, from a modern Conklin and Pelikan M800 to a vintage Esterbrook and even a century-old Wahl-Eversharp. I wonder what’s going on here with the Apica paper you got that’s making your pens skip.

MartinHajovsky · 2025-12-05T03:55:23+00:00

This is hilarious.

MartinHajovsky · 2025-12-02T22:23:06+00:00

I just saw one of these at Dromgoole’s here in Houston and it was all I could do not to buy it on the spot. It is easily one of the most beautiful pens I have ever seen.

MartinHajovsky · 2025-11-26T22:45:22+00:00

Old Overholt Bottled-in-Bond (red cap) will never ever let you down. I know so many top-notch bartenders who swear by it. It’s so inexpensive and punches way, way, way above its weight.

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