After Dark feat. Dodge City Distillery


This past show season, we at Cocktails, 365 were honored to be chosen as the bar manager for a new venture in a historic western Kansas town. You see, we’re in Dodge City, Kansas with writers in Chicago and Toronto. But, Dodge City is still Cocktails, 365’s home. There’s a beautiful jewel of metropolitan culture in […]

Smoking Loon


April 30, 2011 (Day 33) — Smoking Loon A true man knows how to smoke a tobacco pipe. But smoking is bad for you. So you’re kind of a loon. Here’s a drink for you. Smoking Loon 1 1/2 oz. Bacardi Gold Rum .5 oz. Peach Schnapps 3 oz. Cranberry Juice 1 oz. Orange Juice […]

Sapphire Alpine


April 18, 2011 (Day 20) — Sapphire Alpine Last night we focused a drier, more bitter iteration of the classic martini. The Sapphire Alpine heads to the sweeter side, using orange-flavored blue curacao and peach schnapps in place of the traditional vermouth.  After a six hour day out in the sun fixing our flower beds […]

Ghostbuster


October 25, 2010 (Day 268) — Ghostbuster “Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of […]

ORIGINAL — End of Hell


October 11, 2010 (Day 254) — End of Hell Hey, look! Another theater post! This one will be brief because we’re all worn out and ready to hit the hay. I’ll have some longer posts this week. Much love! Traditionally at our theater, we rehearse for four weeks, then have a four-week run. That last […]

Cheshire Cat


July 25, 2010 (Day 176) — Cheshire Cat “Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever say in my life!” — Alice “We’re all mad here.” — The Cat The Cheshire Cat. Fading in and out. Dancing, laughing, rolling. Disturbed. Disturbing. […]

Blushing Bride


May 31, 2010 (Day 121) — Blushing Bride “The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.” — William Shakespeare Okay, I hate schmaltz just as much as you guys do. The egoism inherent in most couples — that no […]

Tropical Heat


March 8, 2010 (Day 37) — Tropical Heat When Jenn and I got married almost two years ago (wow… already) during our honeymoon, we usually ended up finishing up our night at the hotel‘s bar. Now, that may sound kind of well… loserish. But trust me when I say the Driftwood Room was a far […]

Northern Lights


February 05, 2010 (Day 6) — Northern Lights Schnapps has never really been something that’s shown up in my liquor cabinet. Ever, really. To me, schnapps smacks of high school booze parties, getting wasted out in the country and trying to figure out who was sober enough to drive back into town without killing anyone […]