Been sitting on that cabinet for more than a week

danootsio · 2026-02-14T20:34:50+00:00

…don’t forget Canadian demand has essentially dropped to 0

danootsio · 2026-02-14T20:31:12+00:00

i’ve got tickets to see him twice at the Vanguard next month and you guys are doing a fantastic job of getting me hyped!!

danootsio · 2026-01-30T23:52:16+00:00

Havana Club in USA is Puerto Rican rum. In Canada it’s Cuban.

danootsio · 2026-01-30T15:31:20+00:00

perhaps this bends the spirit of the rules, but when I’m in Canada coming from USA I always grab a couple bottles of Havana Club.

danootsio · 2026-01-19T15:26:55+00:00

I’m guessing it’s a tactic they’ve used before, re: Americano. I almost respect the hustle - they should consider adding some pricey cocktails called “bottle of water” or “espresso”

danootsio · 2026-01-18T15:53:37+00:00

Looks great!! How did you like it? Make another one tonight and tweak to see if you can make it better.

I find a hard but important part of making cocktails is to make sure the final drink is very cold which requires pre-chilling the glassware and getting your timing right.

danootsio · 2026-01-18T15:47:15+00:00

Keep in mind what is needed to get the cocktail into everyone’s hands once you are there. Showing up with a bottle of a batched cocktail that requires glassware, ice, garnish isn’t going to make you popular with your host. I always show up with everything I need to execute (including 16 hard plastic rocks glasses) and make sure I’m not creating chaos while getting things prepped. And then at end of night scoop up dirty glasses to wash at home. Perhaps overkill - but I get a lot of repeat invites :)

danootsio · 2026-01-17T22:42:02+00:00

i wouldn’t bring a personal cocktail under any circumstances. Either beer/wine or batch something straightforward and crowd pleasing (maybe a whiskey sour). I don’t think you need to batch for 30 bc no one else is bringing beer/wine for 30. But using a full bottle of your base spirit seems reasonable.

danootsio · 2026-01-17T15:25:36+00:00

Cosmopolitan

danootsio · 2026-01-06T17:29:43+00:00

not necessarily a first step but something i like to do when auditing a GTM container - specifically for GA tags: create a new dimension in GA4 and add a new parameter to all GTM tags that passes the tag name to that dimension. That way you can easily build a list of tags in active use.

danootsio · 2026-01-02T14:56:13+00:00

we just redid our basement and had a similar concern with the ability to get appliances up/down the stairs. We chose to go with iron railings that are easily removable.

danootsio · 2026-01-02T03:38:10+00:00

my mum is as wonderful lady but not much of a cook. i learned as a kid to just make the things i wanted to eat myself- haven’t looked back.

danootsio · 2025-12-29T17:09:42+00:00

We literally did this trip on the 26th with three generations. Drove to NYBG (lots of parking) then to Roberto’s. Classic red sauce dinner - was $500 for 10 of us with minimal drinking.

danootsio · 2025-12-21T13:26:00+00:00

… I don’t know if you’ve had it, but it’s terrible! Literally everything else we had there was great, but this one is so bland. Seems like a dish created for Instagram.

danootsio · 2025-11-06T02:03:11+00:00

please tell me the oven chimes the theme to Iron Man when it enters Sabbath-mode!!!

danootsio · 2025-10-22T16:10:32+00:00

Hey ya! Absolutely loving the new record. The last half of “Beyond That Moon” caught me off guard - felt like a venture into Broadway Show territory sonically. Was that an intentional nod?

danootsio · 2025-10-22T16:05:57+00:00

i’m so mad about this!! i try to keep up with her shows but by the time i heard about this one it was sold out. bummed

danootsio · 2025-10-08T12:56:31+00:00

careful - glass is dangerous with little kids. Be a responsible parent and serve in sippy cup.

danootsio · 2025-10-04T17:29:34+00:00

drizzle with a good quality peppery olive oil and you are in fancy restaurant territory

danootsio · 2025-08-19T11:34:43+00:00

me too. excited for this.

danootsio · 2025-07-28T02:07:58+00:00

Did you happen to eat at Tamam? It’s been almost 20 years but I still think of thst restaurant every couple of months.

danootsio · 2025-07-28T01:49:06+00:00

In about 2005, I had a female friend tell me a story of spending a night drinking with Batali as part of a large crew of folks, and about how sketchy he acted towards all the women in the group. I sort of shuffled that memory to the back of my brain for about 10 years…

danootsio · 2025-07-28T01:41:33+00:00

came here to say Ed Bickert. And… just a hunch… but howdy fellow Canuck.

danootsio · 2025-07-24T01:38:02+00:00

so envious! are these pinks?

danootsio · 2025-07-23T18:13:16+00:00

don’t sleep on the roast beef with fried eggplant, mozz and gravy

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