Mixology
December 2025
Dec 5, 2025The Sunset Strip’s Cocktail Scene Strikes a Perfect Chord Between Rock Nostalgia and Modern Mixology
Few stretches of road carry as much music lore as the Sunset Strip. Here, on separate balconies of the hotel nicknamed the Riot House, Robert Plant proclaimed himself a golden god during Led Zeppelin’s rise, and Keith Richards hurled a television during a fit of drunken boredom. Down the street at Whisky a Go Go, house band The Doors was ultimately fired because of Jim Morrison’s perpetually erratic behavior. During its glorious yet gritty heyday, the Strip epitomized rock and roll at its most raw, raucous and self-indulgent. Today it’s in the middle of a modern revival, shedding some (but not all) of its bad boy past. It’s a guilty pleasure to vicariously follow in the footsteps of icons and look for their nods in glasses at old-school haunts and modern spots.
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November 2025
Nov 7, 2025Trace New Orleans’ Liquid Lineage at Experiential Sazerac House
In no other city are spirits and cocktails so inextricably linked than in New Orleans. Here you can sip a Vieux Carré, named for the French Quarter, while seated at a stool around the slowly revolving Carousel Bar where it was invented; or marvel at the lengthy hand-shaking required for the silky-smooth emulsification and mile-high airy foam of the Ramos Gin Fizz, an ethereal, heady drink created by Henry Ramos in 1888.