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BLOG: 30 Bars in 30 Days… more bars!

BLOG: 30 Bars in 30 Days… more bars!(0)

March 12, 2010

Here’s what Parched March is about: friends around a table, nursing favourite cocktails, swapping stories, savouring tastes and aromas, welcomed by warm hosts and soothed by music.

BLOG: 30 Bars in 30 Days… more bars!
BLOG: 30 Bars in 30 Days: Week One

BLOG: 30 Bars in 30 Days: Week One

When we started our 30 Bars in 30 Days odyssey, we were expecting great drinks and bars. But Parched March is much more than that. So far, it’s been a leisurely stroll through life’s finer pursuits: conversation, friendships, food, music, stories, ideas, interesting strangers, curios, history, philosophy and even a smattering of science. And a giant bull’s head..

BLOG: Parched March by Amy Cooper

BLOG: Parched March by Amy Cooper

As I wrote a couple of weeks ago in my Sun-Herald column, the concept of abstinence as the new black makes me uncomfortable. While I applaud anything that raises charity money…

Parched March: 30 Bars in 30 Days by Amy Cooper

Parched March: 30 Bars in 30 Days by Amy Cooper

Get set for a month of bar crawling with the Sun-Herald’s party person, Ms Amy Cooper, as she attempts to have a drink at as many licensed venues as possible in March, focusing on the variety, quality and originality of Sydney’s bar scene and promoting “responsible, mindful enjoyment of alcohol.”

Tales from the Humidor: The non-Cuban Revolution

Tales from the Humidor: The non-Cuban Revolution

“It doesn’t have to be Cuban to be good,” declares Norman Stein, owner of one of Sydney’s finest cigar shops ‘Bogart’s House of Fine Cigars’. ” Increasingly cigar makers based in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras and Brazil are producing cigars of similar, if not better quality, than those coming out of Cuba.”

Havana Club Masterclass: Cocktail Inspiration

Havana Club Masterclass: Cocktail Inspiration

Our lucky winners of the Havana Club Masterclass trip to Cuba have put their new knowledge to work and created some Cuban-inspired cocktails…

EDITOR’S BLOG: The Pub with no Pool Cues

EDITOR’S BLOG: The Pub with no Pool Cues

We have seen legislative changes including lockouts, increased security, bans on certain drinks and of course, the bans on glassware to reduce the number of glassing incidents. The latest call has been for a ban on pool cues and glass ashtrays.


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