Eat, drink and freak out!
Posted 17 May 2010
Daily Life, Drinks, Food, Places, Weird | 8 Comments
You know how a lot of restaurants put a bit of their “background story” inside their menu?
At a small restaurant in Bangalore I noticed this little blurb, and one line in particular struck me as odd.
Located at Rayal Comforts on 5th floor, Attic is a cool place to eat, drink and to freak out.
Really? To freak out? Is that what you want people to associate with your restaurant? Is that what you want people to DO at your restaurant? Really!?
Liquor ruins country, family and life
Posted 30 Apr 2010
Daily Life, Drinks | 8 Comments
Or so I’ve been told by this bottle of beer in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India.
I hope they did not list these in order of importance, because I think ruining my life and my family is a bit more of a compelling reason not to drink than ruining my country.
Still, I tend to think that while it might ruin some countries, families and lives, we should not get too carried away with over generalizations printed on EVERY bottle.
Universal appeal
Posted 22 Apr 2010
Daily Life, Drinks, People, The Little Things | 5 Comments
The other day, I enjoyed an excellent latte at a local coffee shop. The presentation of the latte, combined with its wonderful taste, really made my afternoon.
The latte also got me to thinking about how many people the world over like coffee. Millions of people, in every country of the world, on every continent of the world (including Antarctica), and from every culture enjoy coffee. Is the reason for such a tremendous number of people enjoying coffee the result of some essential and (practically) undeniably good element of coffee or … is it more the shared qualities of our humanity that induces so many people to like the same thing?
When good water goes bad
Posted 10 Apr 2010
For some reason, I found myself really craving more and more of this water even after only a few sips.
New Pint Glasses Invented
Posted 9 Feb 2010
Daily Life, Drinks, Places | 4 Comments
The British government introduced new shatterproof pint glasses last week. Below is an excerpt from the first part of the article:
There are about 87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks each year, with many resulting in hospital visits, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said as he introduced the two prototype shatterproof pint glasses.
Really? That many? And the CMD Creative Editor and I discussed how safety was not our first thought when we learned of the new pint glass. It would just be nice to not clean up all that mess when one breaks!
The article points out that the new versions were developed using glass instead of plastic because glass feels good in the hand, it feels cold. Plastic is warm. I definitely agree, but does the new glass weigh the same? That would be crucial for me.
In addition, one of the versions uses a double wall and therefore the glass could keep the beer colder for longer. In my opinion, if you need a special glass to keep your beer colder for longer then you are drinking too slowly.
