@evanrail.bsky.social
He / him. Author of “The Absinthe Forger.” Monthly drinks columnist at VinePair, freelance contributor to the NYT, WSJ, etc. Included in Best Food Writing, The NY Times Book of Wine and elsewhere. Ran The Prague Post's food desk 2000-2006. Jdeme na jedno.
Našli jste dnes v Praze zrcadlovku?
Náš roztržitý teenager dnes v Praze ztratil Nikon D3500 s obj. Nikon AF-D 35 / f2 (asi u CineStar Anděl).
Found a DSLR in Prague today?
Our absent-minded teen lost a Nikon D3500 w/ an older Nikon 35 / f2 lens in Prague today (probably by CineStar Anděl).
Literally crying (and I’ve seen it before).
Want to know more about WHY Americans eat so much meat?
The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat On America.
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420! I am headed offline for a couple hours so if anyone wants to help the momentum, please do! Folks can also donate to the TCP directly: tcpipeline.org
today I learned there is a brewery in Virginia named lickinghole creek brewery, named after a nearby creek.
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Czechia pitcher Ondřej Satoria calls his changeup The Worker and honestly, kudos on the name. nailed it.
just got word that I’ll be moving on from my position here at Alcademics at the end of they day to take up the role of Special Envoy for The Shitfaced of the Americas at the bar
Oh, it’s a lovely city, with great food. I’d love to hear about your connection there.
Travel articles usually take about a month to write & edit. This might be my record: I got back home late on a Sunday; 10 days + 5 hours later, “36 Hours in Bologna, Italy” went live on @nytimes.com.
Great food, beer (Ca’ del Brado!) art & more.
Gift Link:
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More or less the same at the edge of 31, very different by 36 or so. 🤷🏻♂️
Ain’t no ibuprofen gonna fix that
The Czech word for lower back pain or lumbago is hexenšus, which is borrowed from a German word, Hexenschuss.
The first time I heard it I was like, “Oh, like a witch just shot you in the back? That’s what you think happened?”
Dear reader, at one point, that’s exactly what they thought.
One response linked to Martin’s bottle at Zufanek.cz. That bottle found at the same time as the example in the museum and dates to the same era. Personally, I believe it’s closer to 1848 than 1800, but that’s about as good as it gets.
Hi, author of “The Absinthe Forger” here. I’ve looked through a few books, my own photos and the replies to this post so far. The oldest bottles we know of are Swiss vertes, like this one, from before 1848 and “probably from the start of the 19th century,” at the Maison d’Absinthe in Môtiers.
I finished “Uncertain Sons and Other Stories” by Thomas Ha last night. This is excellent, hitting a real high point with the long title story at the end. Amazing stuff: creepy, to be sure, and plenty weird, but also deeply moving and just beautifully written. I’m wowed.
One of the best things @gregpak.net did tonight was to unite a shit ton of Bluesky nerds by getting us all to realize the sheer magnitude of people who loved this series as children and didn’t realize we had that in common.
Oh, good to hear! Enjoy the riffs and weirdness.
If you enjoyed Angine de Poitrine’s KEXP show, you can currently get their full discography from Bandcamp for $6.76 CAD, or about $5 USD / $3.70 GBP / €4.20.
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Please join me on 24 February at 6 pm Polish time (5 pm British time) for the Gender and History hybrid seminar. I will be talking about my latest book project @ncn.gov.pl , 'Prodigal Wives: Women, Alcohol and Legal Incapacitation in Nineteenth-century Poland'. @drinkingstudies.bsky.social 1/2
No prizes for guessing where I’m spending this weekend.
Looks like mailed on Friday, received on Wednesday. A bit of joy at the best possible moment. Thanks.
"Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen.” — Agent Cooper
This week I got CARNATION by @wordkunst.bsky.social aka Alexander Booth in the post. Easily the best part of my week.
Order someone’s book. It’s super fun when it shows up.
which one of you fucking jazz nerds gave the french artists more access to amphetamines smh
Twelve-tone scales and standard time signatures are OVER
Raising my glass. Well done.
Nothing like this has never happened to me so this is quite cool: THE LAST KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD is a Southern California best-seller!
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Not every day I get to drink yuzu saison from Godspeed in Prague.
Obviously, Scandinavian wine production won't make up for losses in France. Sweden currently has just 185 hectares (457 acres) devoted to wine grapes. France is planning to destroy at least 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of vines.
To compare: Napa Valley has some 47,216 acres of grapevines.
Things are weird in the wine world: In France, the government is paying growers to tear out vines. Meanwhile, wine grapes are expanding into other regions — including Scandinavia. In Sweden, wine grape acreage could jump by 20% this year.
Read more at @vinepair.com.
vinepair.com/articles/fra...
