Steven Grasse of Art in the Age
Art in the Age is a store in Philadelphia’s Old City named for one of German essayist Walter Benjamin’s most famous works. It is the brainchild of advertising executive Steven Grasse. After reading two...
View ArticleGreat American Flask
“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.” – W.C. Fields With wedding season fast-approaching, and graduation and father’s day not far beyond,...
View ArticleBasil Hayden’s: Whiskey Among Other Things
I’ve been tapped to travel and write for the brand new website for Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, Basil Hayden’s, basilhaydens.com. We’re calling it “Whiskey Among Other Things.” A couple years...
View ArticleParson’s Chicken & Fish
When I was a little kid, a family friend of ours, a general contractor named Greg Elder, was hired to give a facelift to the Kentucky Fried Chicken in our small Kansas town. From time-to-time, Greg...
View ArticleBrasserie by Niche
On a recent trip to my hometown of Saint Louis, Missouri, I swung into Brasserie by Niche for Basil Hayden’s Whiskey… Among Other Things. It was there I met Layla Linehan who devised a special cocktail...
View Article#GOODBEERBUCKSHOT No. 2
I started All Plaidout on a dare. In a rut with work, one of my oldest and closest friends found me a job assisting him at a publishing company in New York. While there, he encouraged me to start...
View ArticleThis is My Denver
Thanks to a partnership with entertainment site The A.V. Club, Basil Hayden’s is putting me on the road to mix it up with fans of our bourbon and fans of their site. We call this tour “This is My….”...
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