About the Ladies

Pink Gin

daylighting gig: Engineer

favorite dive: Charlie Flynn’s and Jack Lynch’s Webster Lounge (RIP both)

Pinky Gonzales

hometown: Boston by way of Cleveland with a stopover in Taos

daylighting gig: Artist, restaurant vet

favorite cocktail: gin martini

base spirit of the moment: gin, tequila

favorite bar: Drink

favorite dive: Druid

hangover cure: Go back to bed. Have spicy pho, delivered. Water. TV. Bitty evening cocktail, for balance. Fall asleep on couch. I’m doing it now actually.

if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why? something served in a pineapple with straws.

cocktail of your youth: “7 & 7″. Easy to order, and it took me years to realize what i was drinking was in the name. Duh.

gateway cocktail: Margarita (in New Mexico)

favorite bar food: steak tartare, white anchovies, hot pretzel with mustard

most prized bar possession: original Trader Vic Pinky Gonzales mug, a gift from my sweetheart. Come to think of it, he’s my most prized bar possession.

forebroads who inspire you: “Anonymous” (her accomplishments are endless)

hilarious cocktail story: “Night of the Punches” – the gathering which ended with Barbara West giving cartwheel lessons in my dining room. Yay!

hilarious cocktail recipe: “Sex on my Face” from the classy Macho Man’s Drinkbook: equal parts Yukon Jack, Malibu, Southern Comfort, & banana liqueur with a splash of oj, splash pineapple. Mix in tall glass over ice. Hilarious and soberingly vile.

Moscow Mule

alter-ego cocktail name: Kicking Donkey

daylighting gig: Super Starched Corporate Event Manager

base spirit of the moment: Rye

favorite bar: Hanky Panky’s kitchen

hangover cure: Sleep

cocktail of your youth: Either my mom’s kickass Pina Coladas or Rolling rock- how far we’ve come….

gateway cocktail: Sidecar

favorite bar food: dirty rotten loaded nachos

most prized bar possession: My screwdriver of course

Fancy Brandy

hometown:  “the valley,” ma

when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m… an account exec by day, theater manager by night

favorite cocktail:  Clover Club, Perfect Pal, Old Cuban

favorite bar:  the independent

favorite dive:  the crystal by lechmere station

cocktail of your youth:  warm tequila in the back of a pickup.  (dude, it was rural.)

gateway cocktail:  the b-side’s orange creamsicle thing

favorite bar food:  steak tartar

most prized bar possession:  rooster shaker

Hot Toddy

alter-ego cocktail name:  Lady Lush

hometown: St.Louis, MO/Portland, ME

daylighting gig: Bartender @ The Starlight Lounge

favorite cocktail: Manhattan

base spirit of the moment: Bourbon, always!

favorite bar: Rouge…R.I.P. Present: Silvertone

favorite dive: Anchovies

hangover cure: crab rangoon, couch, cat, gingerale, brainless television/movies

if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why? something sweet, spicy, salty, and tangy…hmm…

cocktail of your youth: Ouzo. neat. – my mother is a Greek, it was always in the liquor cabinet

gateway cocktail: Captain & Ginger cuz it tasted like cream soda!

favorite bar food: CHEESE PLATES, chicken wings & spring rolls

most prized bar possession: Porto-Bar!

Pink Lady

hometown: Amherst, NH, the site of the first printed reference to the word “cocktail”; together, we’ll put that sleepy town on the map. And Milltown, NJ.

when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m…: a writer/publicist/waitress/yogi

favorite cocktail(s): Sours, Scofflaws, and most anything with Applejack

favorite bar(s): Drink, Toro, ES, GS

favorite dive: Anchovies

hangover cure: sleep, water, sleep, water, and (once food stays down) a sampler plate of goldfish crackers, saltines, coca cola, and fizzy water.

cocktail of your youth: Long Island Iced Tea (“I can’t figure out WHY I was so drunk last night – I only had two drinks! What’s in this again?”), Cosmopolitan

gateway cocktail: Sidecar

favorite bar food: what do you have that’s fried?

most prized bar possession: 1930s edition of out of print cocktail book “Shake ‘Em UP” discovered in the liquor cabinet at my grandparent’s house

forebroads who inspire you: Aunt Kay, my mom, and many, many more…

Hanky Panky

hometown:  born Mexico MO, raised Green Bay WI

when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m…  shakin and stirrin

favorite cocktail(s):  impossible question!  It’s like asking a mother to pick her favorite child!

favorite bar(s):  Death & Co in NY, French 75 in NOLA, Int Aepjen in Amsterdam

favorite dive: Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge in NOLA

hangover cure: fernet branca, cynar, or any other bitters within arms reach

cocktail of your youth:  sippin out of my dad’s scotch on the rocks

gateway cocktail: Gin: bee’s knees.  Whiskey: Blinker.  Brandy: Champs Elysees  Chartreuse:  Last Word

favorite bar food: anything salty!

most prized bar possession: my vintage glassware.  drinking out of it makes me feel glamorous!

forebroads who inspire you: Ada Coleman of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel

Saucy Sureau

hometown: Sturbridge

when not cocktailing for a cause, I’m… Making sure St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur continues to be hottest brand out there

favorite cocktail(s): Negroni, Perfect Rye Manhattan, the St-Germain Cocktail

favorite bar(s): Toro, Green Street, Eastern Standard, Highland Kitchen

favorite dive: Ralph’s Diner

hangover cure: Vodka and Tab or Advil, water and a couch nap during a previously viewed movie

cocktail of your youth: Shots of my parent’s Green Chatreuse

gateway cocktail: The Hemingway Daiquiri

favorite bar food: Deviled eggs, buffalo tenders, olives

most prized bar possession: Vintage liquor travel case

forebroads who inspire you: Wanda Jackson and my Grams

Joe Rickey

alter-ego name: Stone Fence

hometown: Topeka, KS

when not cocktailing for cause: Bartending at Drink in Fort Point

Favorite cocktail: Hearst

Favorite bar: Anchovie’s

Favorite dive: Costello’s tavern

hangover cure: fat and Fernet

if I was a cocktail: I’d be a bottle of aged spirits. Without pretense, aging, and not sorry about it.

cocktail of my youth: blended bourbon out of the half-pint bottle.

gateway cocktail: Gimlet (made with Plymouth, of course)

favorite bar food: wings! wings! wings!

most prized bar posession: A violin case that has been modified into a portable bar. Looks old enough to have been used during Prohibition.

forebroads: Valerie Plame Wilson, Ella Boole, Evelyn Hooker

cocktail story: There is no amount of bitters that can fix a Sazerac at the Hotel Monteleone. Just sayin.

Mimi

hometown: hmm. the world!

daylighting gig: GM at Restaurant Toro

favorite cocktail: the next one.
base spirit of the moment: campari

favorite bar: right now I’m partial to the Franklin cafe

favorite dive: wally’s

hangover cure:  sleep, hot shower, lots of water and mindless tv

cocktail of your youth:  is boone’s strawberry hill a cocktail?

gateway cocktail: cosmo.

favorite bar food: french fries

forebroads who inspire you:  Alice Paul

hilarious cocktail recipe:  I saw an article about a local bar serving a cocktail in a bento box (as a gel).  really?  Is it a cocktail if you can’t actually drink it?

Bourbon Belle

alter-ego cocktail name:  Whiskey Smash

hometown: Greenfield, NH

daylighting gig: Bar Manager at The Franklin Cafe and The Franklin Southie

favorite cocktail: Green Point

base spirit of the moment: Rye

favorite bar: The Independent

favorite dive: Charlie’s Kitchen

hangover cure:  Sleep, soda water, and Revive Vitamin Water. Then more sleep.

if you were a cocktail, which would you be and why?  Bijou. Smooth, silky, & GREEN! (well, it has Green Chartreuse in it. Close enough!)

cocktail of your youth: Gin & Tonic

gateway cocktail: Sidecar

favorite bar food: Almonds and Olives

most prized bar possession: My small collection of vintage glassware

hilarious cocktail story:  Hosed down all the guests at my bar with a double batch of bright red Raspberry Gimlets when my shaker seal broke. Best part is that the one dude who was really mad and really rude to me about it, got berated by all of my regulars.  It’s nice to be defended when you screw up!

hilarious cocktail recipe:  I think it has to be the Cement Mixer. Who doesn’t like a good practical joke “cocktail”!

MEMBERS EMERITUS:

Barbara West

hometown: Gilford, NH

when not cocktailing, I’m… Working at MIT, writing about the people and activities that make the place tick.

favorite cocktail(s): Barbara West, Old-Fashioned Old Fashioned

favorite bar(s): Eastern Standard, Green Street, Drink

favorite dive: Charlie’s (Harvard Square), the Old Colony (Provincetown)

hangover cure: Eggs, bacon, OJ, coffee, Excedrin

cocktail of your youth: White Russian, Old Milwaukee

gateway cocktail: Dirty Bombay Sapphire Martini

favorite bar food: Pickled vegetables, warm nuts

most prized bar possession: Heavy, all-glass cobbler shaker from the 1940s

broads who inspire you: MFK Fisher, MIT Prof. Angela Belcher

The Contessa