Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 - )
Sandra Day grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona. She received undergraduate (1950) and law (1952) degrees from Stanford University. Upon her graduation she married a classmate, John Jay O'Connor III. Unable to find employment in a law firm because she was a woman - despite her academic achievements, one firm offered her a job as a secretary - she became a deputy district attorney in San Mateo county, California. After a brief tenure, she and her husband, a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, moved to Germany, where she served as a civil attorney for the army (1954-57).
Upon her return to the United States, O'Connor pursued private practice in Maryville, Arizona, becoming an assistant attorney general for the state (65-69). In 1969 she was elected as a Republican to the Arizona Senate (69-74), rising to the position. She later was elected a Superior Court judge in Maricopa county, a post she hed from 1975 - 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona court of Appeals in Phoenix. In July 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated her to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justie Potter Stewart. Described by Reagan as a "person for all seasons," O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and was sworn in as the first female justice on September 25, 1981.
In 2006 O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court and was replaced by Samuel Alito. She was the author of several books, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Cocktail:
Villar Perosa
1 oz gin
.5 oz elderflower liquer
1 oz grapefruit juice
Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: FR abstains due to grapefruit - the others were not as enthusiastic
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
NYC chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails
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September, 2018 - Margaret Murie - Maple Smash
Margaret Thomas Murie (1902-2003)
Born in Seattle Washington, and relocated at the age of 5 to Fairbanks, Alaska, “Mardy” is recognized as the “Grandmother of the Conservation Movement” by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society. After becoming the first woman to graduate from the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, and marrying her husband in 1924, she moved to Jackson Wyoming where she accompanied her husband in studying ecology and the elk populations in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. She was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the passage of the Wilderness Act of 2964, and the recipient of the Audobon Medal, the John Muir Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. After her husband’s death in 1963, Mardy continued the conservation work and became writing articles and letters, as well as making public speeches. She returned to Alaska to survey for the National Parks Service, and worked on the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act signed by Carter in 1980, doubling the size of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Drink:
Maple Smash
1 oz gin
1 oz maple brandy
juice from half a lemon
7-8 blueberries
1/4 oz maple syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Accessibility: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: *AZ requests to lower Accessibility to at least 3 retrospectively. The maple liquor wasn't that easy to find.
From "Women in Conservation" hosted by Alabazam and Boiler Maker
Born in Seattle Washington, and relocated at the age of 5 to Fairbanks, Alaska, “Mardy” is recognized as the “Grandmother of the Conservation Movement” by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society. After becoming the first woman to graduate from the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, and marrying her husband in 1924, she moved to Jackson Wyoming where she accompanied her husband in studying ecology and the elk populations in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. She was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the passage of the Wilderness Act of 2964, and the recipient of the Audobon Medal, the John Muir Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. After her husband’s death in 1963, Mardy continued the conservation work and became writing articles and letters, as well as making public speeches. She returned to Alaska to survey for the National Parks Service, and worked on the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act signed by Carter in 1980, doubling the size of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Drink:
Maple Smash
1 oz gin
1 oz maple brandy
juice from half a lemon
7-8 blueberries
1/4 oz maple syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Accessibility: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: *AZ requests to lower Accessibility to at least 3 retrospectively. The maple liquor wasn't that easy to find.
From "Women in Conservation" hosted by Alabazam and Boiler Maker
September, 2018 - Florence Baily - Bramble Variation
Florence Augusta Merriam Baily (1863 – 1948)
Born in Locust Grove, NY, grew to became not only an ornithologist,
and one of America’s first activists for the protection of birds, but also
published the first bird field guide, Birds
Through an Opera-Glass, published in 1890.
When she first started her study, the standards were based on
collections of skins; but she wanted to study the living birds in the field.
After college, she moved to Washington and helped organize the Audobon Society
of D.C. in 1897, and began to teach classes on birds the following year. Because of her activist work, she was also
instrumental in the passing of the Lacey Act of 1900 that banned illegally
traded wildlife to be sold across state lines. After marrying she would do
extensive field work with her husband in the American West, and documented her
studies in several books, including The
Handbook of Birds of the Western United States and The Birds of New Mexico. In 1908, a subspecies of mountain
chickadee was named in her honor; and in 1992, a mountain the southern Oregon
Cascade Range was named in honor of both her and her husband by the Oregon
Geographic Names Board.
The Drink
Bramble Variation
3 blackberries
1 oz gin
1 oz berry mead
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz honey syrup
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3
Accessibility: 1
Taxic Diversity: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "AZ, you'd better find more raspberry mead, because we're going to need more of this for the Christmas party."
From "Women in Conservation" hosted by Alabazam and BoilerMaker
The Drink
Bramble Variation
3 blackberries
1 oz gin
1 oz berry mead
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz honey syrup
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 3
Accessibility: 1
Taxic Diversity: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "AZ, you'd better find more raspberry mead, because we're going to need more of this for the Christmas party."
From "Women in Conservation" hosted by Alabazam and BoilerMaker
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
March, 2016 - Sage Cowles - Income Tax
Sage Cowles
Former LPGA Tour Member Janie Blaylock, softball legend Joan Joyce and tennis icon Billie Jean King, founded the International Women's Professional Softball Association in 1976. The fledgling association survived four seasons before lack of funds, high travel costs and inadequate facilities ultimately led to its demise. In 1982, the NCAA began to sanction the Women's College World Series, a move that led to increased participation and exposure for the sport. Along with her collegiate head coach John Horan, former Utah State University player Sage Cowles, owner of the Cowles Media Company, who agreed to provide financial backing for the endeavor. Eight years of successful research and planning finally culminated in May 1997, with the Cowles family and title sponsor AT&T Wireless Services launching Women's Pro Fastpitch. ESPN2 televised over 30 games from 1999 to 2001. The broadcasts consistently out-rated those of Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. On Nov 21, 2002, WPSL announced a rebranding strategy and officially name changed to National Pro Fastpitch. The 2004 season was distinguished by 178 league-wide games, 96 of the best female softball players in the country, the continued support of Major League Baseball, NPF playoffs, and the inaugural NPF Championship with the NY/NJ Juggernaut capturing the Championship Cowles Cup with a victory over the New England Riptide, fourth place finisher in the regular season.
Sage Cowles passed away in 2013 at the age of 88. In her life she was "mother, wife, grandmother, friend. Philanthropist, fundraiser, benefactor. Networker, cajoler. Feminist, political activist, educator. Softball and fitness enthusiast. Artist: choreographer, performer, dancer", according to a profile written for the Walker Arts Center in Minnesota. In addition to the Cowles Cup in softball, Sage helped make the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts a reality, giving Minnesota its long-awaited flagship for dance; and helped establish the Sage Cowles Land Grant Chair in Dance at the University of Minnesota, which brings in visiting artists. In 2005, the Sage Awards for Dance were created to honor her profound contributions. Outside of the arts, Sage served on the board of Planned Parenthood. She and her husband were fellows at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs , where she taught the other fellows to engage with their bodies during movement workshops and wrote a paper calling for a more holistic educational model as the body isn't "a second-class citizen, separate from the mind."
The Drink:
Income Tax
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz orange juice
2 dashes Angostura
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity:4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1
Comments: it was very diverse, but not a good tasting blend of flavors.
From FR's "Women in Sports with Awards Named After Them" themed meeting.
Former LPGA Tour Member Janie Blaylock, softball legend Joan Joyce and tennis icon Billie Jean King, founded the International Women's Professional Softball Association in 1976. The fledgling association survived four seasons before lack of funds, high travel costs and inadequate facilities ultimately led to its demise. In 1982, the NCAA began to sanction the Women's College World Series, a move that led to increased participation and exposure for the sport. Along with her collegiate head coach John Horan, former Utah State University player Sage Cowles, owner of the Cowles Media Company, who agreed to provide financial backing for the endeavor. Eight years of successful research and planning finally culminated in May 1997, with the Cowles family and title sponsor AT&T Wireless Services launching Women's Pro Fastpitch. ESPN2 televised over 30 games from 1999 to 2001. The broadcasts consistently out-rated those of Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. On Nov 21, 2002, WPSL announced a rebranding strategy and officially name changed to National Pro Fastpitch. The 2004 season was distinguished by 178 league-wide games, 96 of the best female softball players in the country, the continued support of Major League Baseball, NPF playoffs, and the inaugural NPF Championship with the NY/NJ Juggernaut capturing the Championship Cowles Cup with a victory over the New England Riptide, fourth place finisher in the regular season.
Sage Cowles passed away in 2013 at the age of 88. In her life she was "mother, wife, grandmother, friend. Philanthropist, fundraiser, benefactor. Networker, cajoler. Feminist, political activist, educator. Softball and fitness enthusiast. Artist: choreographer, performer, dancer", according to a profile written for the Walker Arts Center in Minnesota. In addition to the Cowles Cup in softball, Sage helped make the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts a reality, giving Minnesota its long-awaited flagship for dance; and helped establish the Sage Cowles Land Grant Chair in Dance at the University of Minnesota, which brings in visiting artists. In 2005, the Sage Awards for Dance were created to honor her profound contributions. Outside of the arts, Sage served on the board of Planned Parenthood. She and her husband were fellows at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs , where she taught the other fellows to engage with their bodies during movement workshops and wrote a paper calling for a more holistic educational model as the body isn't "a second-class citizen, separate from the mind."
The Drink:
Income Tax
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz orange juice
2 dashes Angostura
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity:4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1
Comments: it was very diverse, but not a good tasting blend of flavors.
From FR's "Women in Sports with Awards Named After Them" themed meeting.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
November, 2015 - Nelly Bly - Aviation
Nelly Bly
American journalist Nellie Bly (a.ka. Elizabeth Jane Cochrane) is best known for her world-changing expose' for which she went undercover to reveal the abuse going on at Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. But on November 14, 1889, Bly took on a new challenge for Joseph Pulitzer's paper, the New York World.
Inspired by Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days, Bly set out to beat the fictional globetrotting record. Traveling in ships, trains, and rickshaws, on horseback and on mules, Bly made her way from England to France, Singapore to Japan, and California back to the East Coast. And she did all this in 72 days. Well, 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds to be precise. Naturally, Bly's bold endeavor made for a series of thrilling new stories, as well as a memoir - Around the World in Seventy-Two Days.
The Drink
Aviation
4.5 cl gin
1.5 cl lemon juice
1.5 cl maraschino liquer
1/4 oz creme de violette
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: **
Comments: ** we have had this at a few parties before, and it's a favorite of BallBuster and Alabazam
From Women Who Traveled, hosted by Bandit Queen
American journalist Nellie Bly (a.ka. Elizabeth Jane Cochrane) is best known for her world-changing expose' for which she went undercover to reveal the abuse going on at Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. But on November 14, 1889, Bly took on a new challenge for Joseph Pulitzer's paper, the New York World.
Inspired by Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days, Bly set out to beat the fictional globetrotting record. Traveling in ships, trains, and rickshaws, on horseback and on mules, Bly made her way from England to France, Singapore to Japan, and California back to the East Coast. And she did all this in 72 days. Well, 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds to be precise. Naturally, Bly's bold endeavor made for a series of thrilling new stories, as well as a memoir - Around the World in Seventy-Two Days.
The Drink
Aviation
4.5 cl gin
1.5 cl lemon juice
1.5 cl maraschino liquer
1/4 oz creme de violette
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: **
Comments: ** we have had this at a few parties before, and it's a favorite of BallBuster and Alabazam
From Women Who Traveled, hosted by Bandit Queen
Sunday, October 11, 2015
September, 2015 - Ella Baker - Capri
Ella Baker (1903 - 1986)
Baker was born in Norfolk Virginia and grew up in North Carolina. She studied at Shaw University in Raleigh, and graduated as valedictorian. She moved to NYC to join social activist organizations. In 1930, she joined the Young Negroes Cooperative League, whose purpose was to develop black economic power through collective planning. She began to work with the NAACP in 1940 as a field secretary and then served as a director of branches from 1943-6. In 1957, she moved to Atlanta to help organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1960, she left to assist the new student activists from North Carolina A&T University who refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Under her mentorship, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was born. SNCC joined with the Congress of Racial Equality to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. She was highly respected civil rights leader who mostly worked "behind the scenes" advising, supporting, and mentoring greats like WEB Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. Baker's reputation as a leader and movement builder earned her the nickname "Fundi," Swahili for a person who teaches craft to the next generation.
The Drink:
Capri Cocktail:
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz limoncello
.25 oz peach schnapps
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz mango juice
dash of orgeat syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Baker was born in Norfolk Virginia and grew up in North Carolina. She studied at Shaw University in Raleigh, and graduated as valedictorian. She moved to NYC to join social activist organizations. In 1930, she joined the Young Negroes Cooperative League, whose purpose was to develop black economic power through collective planning. She began to work with the NAACP in 1940 as a field secretary and then served as a director of branches from 1943-6. In 1957, she moved to Atlanta to help organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1960, she left to assist the new student activists from North Carolina A&T University who refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Under her mentorship, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was born. SNCC joined with the Congress of Racial Equality to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. She was highly respected civil rights leader who mostly worked "behind the scenes" advising, supporting, and mentoring greats like WEB Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. Baker's reputation as a leader and movement builder earned her the nickname "Fundi," Swahili for a person who teaches craft to the next generation.
The Drink:
Capri Cocktail:
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz limoncello
.25 oz peach schnapps
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz mango juice
dash of orgeat syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
September, 2015 - Dorothy Height - Antibes
Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
Born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of a building contractor and a nurse, Height moved with her family to Pennsylvania in her youth. She was awarded a college scholarship after winning a national oratory competition, and attended NYU, where she would ear a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in psychology. Height joined the staff of the Harlem YWCA in 1937 where she met educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Mary McLeod Bethune. Height soon volunteered with the NCNW. One of Height's major accomplishments at the YWCA was directing the integration of all of its centers in 1946. She also established its Center for Racial Justice in 1965. In 1957, Height became the president of the NCNW and helped to organize the March on Washington. But she was not invited to speak that day despite her oratory skills. Height later wrote that the event had been an eye-opening experience for her. Her male counterparts "were happy to include women in the human family, but there was no question as to who headed the household." In 1971, she helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004) and died on April 20, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
The Drink:
Antibes
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz benedictine
2 oz grapefruit juice
orange slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3.5
Comments: split vote depending on how you feel about grapefruit juice
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of a building contractor and a nurse, Height moved with her family to Pennsylvania in her youth. She was awarded a college scholarship after winning a national oratory competition, and attended NYU, where she would ear a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in psychology. Height joined the staff of the Harlem YWCA in 1937 where she met educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Mary McLeod Bethune. Height soon volunteered with the NCNW. One of Height's major accomplishments at the YWCA was directing the integration of all of its centers in 1946. She also established its Center for Racial Justice in 1965. In 1957, Height became the president of the NCNW and helped to organize the March on Washington. But she was not invited to speak that day despite her oratory skills. Height later wrote that the event had been an eye-opening experience for her. Her male counterparts "were happy to include women in the human family, but there was no question as to who headed the household." In 1971, she helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004) and died on April 20, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
The Drink:
Antibes
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz benedictine
2 oz grapefruit juice
orange slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3.5
Comments: split vote depending on how you feel about grapefruit juice
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Sunday, August 16, 2015
July, 2015 - Dr. Jennifer Welter - Hot Summer Night
Dr. Jennifer Welter (born October 27, 1977)
is currently a training camp/preseason intern who is coaching inside linebackers for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. The signing with the Arizona Cardinals made her the first female coach in the NFL. This is her third "first" for men's football in 2014 and 2015.
On January 24, 2014, the Revolution announced signing 5-foot-2, 130-pound Jennifer Welter as a running back. This made her the second female player for a position other than kicker or placekick-holder on a men's professional football team, and the first at running back.
On February 12, 2015, the Indoor Football League's Texas Revolution named Welter their linebackers and special teams coach making her the first woman to coach in a men's professional football league.
Welter is a veteran of several women's professional and semi-professional football teams (including the Dallas Diamonds and Dallas Dragons). She was a gold medal-winning member of Team USA at the International Federation of American Football's (IFAF) Women's World Championship in 2010 and 2013. Welter graduated from Boston College and has a master's degree in Sport psychology and a PhD in psychology from Capella University.
The Drink:
Hot Summer Night
1 shot gin
1 shot triple sec
2 shots apple juice
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 4.5
Comments: "peach apple hides the gin"
From "Women in Men's Pro Sports" hosted by BoilerMaker
July, 2015 - Nancy Lieberman - Arctic Summer
Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman (born July 1, 1958)
Nicnamed "Lady Magic," Lieberman had a storied international career during the 1970s and1980s and is considered one of the best female basketball players in history. She earned an Olympic silver medal with the United States in 1976. In 1986, Lieberman was the first woman to play in a men's professional basketball league (USBL). After retiring as a player in the Women's national Basketball League (WNBA), Nancy Lieberman was named general manager and head coach of the WNBA's Detroit Shock in 1998. She helmed the team to the highest winning percentage of any expansion team in professional sports and was runner-up for Coach of the Year. Lieberman took on another leadership role, when she served as president of the Women's Sports Foundation for two years. Later, she served as head coach of the Dallas Fury of the NWBL, where she guided the team to a championship title. On November 5, 2009, she was appointed as the first female head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), taking the leadership role as head coach for the Dallas Mavericks' NBA D-League Team, Texas Legends.
As of July 30th the Sacramento Kings are planning to offer Nancy Lieberman an assistant coach position, which she will officially accept the following week. Lieberman, 57, will be the NBA's second female assistant coach, joining the San Antonio Spurs' Becky Hammon.
Nicnamed "Lady Magic," Lieberman had a storied international career during the 1970s and1980s and is considered one of the best female basketball players in history. She earned an Olympic silver medal with the United States in 1976. In 1986, Lieberman was the first woman to play in a men's professional basketball league (USBL). After retiring as a player in the Women's national Basketball League (WNBA), Nancy Lieberman was named general manager and head coach of the WNBA's Detroit Shock in 1998. She helmed the team to the highest winning percentage of any expansion team in professional sports and was runner-up for Coach of the Year. Lieberman took on another leadership role, when she served as president of the Women's Sports Foundation for two years. Later, she served as head coach of the Dallas Fury of the NWBL, where she guided the team to a championship title. On November 5, 2009, she was appointed as the first female head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), taking the leadership role as head coach for the Dallas Mavericks' NBA D-League Team, Texas Legends.
As of July 30th the Sacramento Kings are planning to offer Nancy Lieberman an assistant coach position, which she will officially accept the following week. Lieberman, 57, will be the NBA's second female assistant coach, joining the San Antonio Spurs' Becky Hammon.
The Drink:
Arctic Summer
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp grenadine
4 oz sparkling bitter lemon soda
3/4 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp grenadine
4 oz sparkling bitter lemon soda
Drinkability: medium
Drunkability: low
Drunkability: low
Taxic Diversity: yucky? Medicine?
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: "OH makes it again, the rest of us stop drinking"
Comments: (Curator's notes - I have no idea why we suddenly switched off the number system for the first time ever here...)
From "Women in Men's Pro Sports" hosted by BoilerMaker
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
June, 2015 - Pat Benatar - Long Island Iced Tea
Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski (born January 10, 1953 in Greenpoint but then the family moved to Lindenhurst, Long Island), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American singersongwriter
and four-time Grammy Award winner. She has had considerable commercial success, particularly in the United States and Canada. During the 1980s, Benatar had two Multi-Platinum albums, five Platinum albums, three Gold albums, and 15 Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong" and "Invincible". Other popular singles include "Heartbreaker", "Treat Me Right", "Fire and Ice", "Promises in the Dark", "Shadows of the Night", and "All Fired Up". Benatar was the first female artist to be played on MTV; the video for "You Better Run“ came on right after “Video Killed the Radio Star”. The Benatar video was specifically chosen by MTV to echo the message to the radio industry contained in "Video Killed the Radio Star", that things were going to change.
Training as a coloratura with plans to attend the Juilliard School, Benatar surprised family, friends and teachers by deciding a classical career was not for her and pursued health education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At 19, after one year at Stony Brook, she dropped out to marry her first husband, high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar, an army draftee; Pat worked as a bank teller near Richmond, Virginia.
In 1973, Benatar quit her job as a bank teller to pursue a singing career after being inspired by a Liza Minnelli concert she saw in Richmond. She got a job as a singing waitress at a flapperesque nightclub named The Roaring Twenties and got a gig singing in lounge band Coxon's Army, a regular at Sam Miller's basement club. Her big break came in 1975 at an amateur night at the comedy club Catch a Rising Star in New York. Her rendition of Judy Garland's "Rock-aBye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" earned her a call back by club owner Rick Newman, who would become her manager. Catch a Rising Star was not the only break Benatar got in 1975. She landed the part of Zephyr in Harry Chapin's futuristic rock musical, The Zinger. The production, which debuted on March 19, 1976, at the Performing Arts Foundation's (PAF) Playhouse in Huntington Station, Long Island, ran for a month and also featured Beverly D'Angelo and Christine Lahti.
In June 2010, Benatar's memoir, Between a Heart and a Rock Place was released. It touches on her battles with her record company Chrysalis, the difficulties her career caused in her personal life, and feminism. In the memoir, she is quoted as saying, "For every day since I was old enough to think, I've considered myself a feminist … It's empowering to watch and to know that, perhaps in some way, I made the hard path [women] have to walk just a little bit easier."The book went on to become a New York Times Bestseller.
The Drink
Long Island Iced Tea
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz rum
1 oz tequila
½ oz triple sec
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup cola
Shake the liquors and lemon juice with ice, pour into a glass and top with the cola.
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 1.5
Accessibility: 3.5
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of Long Island" hosted by Fluffy Ruffle
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski (born January 10, 1953 in Greenpoint but then the family moved to Lindenhurst, Long Island), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American singersongwriter
and four-time Grammy Award winner. She has had considerable commercial success, particularly in the United States and Canada. During the 1980s, Benatar had two Multi-Platinum albums, five Platinum albums, three Gold albums, and 15 Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong" and "Invincible". Other popular singles include "Heartbreaker", "Treat Me Right", "Fire and Ice", "Promises in the Dark", "Shadows of the Night", and "All Fired Up". Benatar was the first female artist to be played on MTV; the video for "You Better Run“ came on right after “Video Killed the Radio Star”. The Benatar video was specifically chosen by MTV to echo the message to the radio industry contained in "Video Killed the Radio Star", that things were going to change.
Training as a coloratura with plans to attend the Juilliard School, Benatar surprised family, friends and teachers by deciding a classical career was not for her and pursued health education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At 19, after one year at Stony Brook, she dropped out to marry her first husband, high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar, an army draftee; Pat worked as a bank teller near Richmond, Virginia.
In 1973, Benatar quit her job as a bank teller to pursue a singing career after being inspired by a Liza Minnelli concert she saw in Richmond. She got a job as a singing waitress at a flapperesque nightclub named The Roaring Twenties and got a gig singing in lounge band Coxon's Army, a regular at Sam Miller's basement club. Her big break came in 1975 at an amateur night at the comedy club Catch a Rising Star in New York. Her rendition of Judy Garland's "Rock-aBye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" earned her a call back by club owner Rick Newman, who would become her manager. Catch a Rising Star was not the only break Benatar got in 1975. She landed the part of Zephyr in Harry Chapin's futuristic rock musical, The Zinger. The production, which debuted on March 19, 1976, at the Performing Arts Foundation's (PAF) Playhouse in Huntington Station, Long Island, ran for a month and also featured Beverly D'Angelo and Christine Lahti.
In June 2010, Benatar's memoir, Between a Heart and a Rock Place was released. It touches on her battles with her record company Chrysalis, the difficulties her career caused in her personal life, and feminism. In the memoir, she is quoted as saying, "For every day since I was old enough to think, I've considered myself a feminist … It's empowering to watch and to know that, perhaps in some way, I made the hard path [women] have to walk just a little bit easier."The book went on to become a New York Times Bestseller.
The Drink
Long Island Iced Tea
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz rum
1 oz tequila
½ oz triple sec
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup cola
Shake the liquors and lemon juice with ice, pour into a glass and top with the cola.
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 1.5
Accessibility: 3.5
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of Long Island" hosted by Fluffy Ruffle
Thursday, May 28, 2015
February, 2015 - Yuri Kochiyama - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Yuri Kochiyama
Although, technically born in the U.S., Yuri, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, was not treated as a citizen as a young woman. The Federal government interned her in Kansas for over 3 years during WWII, and upon her release, she didn't move back to her native California, but instead moved to Harlem. As a Japanese-American, she joined an unlikely grou - Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity. Yuri famously was pictured in Life Magazine holding Malcolm X as he lay dying. Yuri's activist causes were diverse, including Puerto Rican independence, protesting the Vietnam War, nuclear disarmament, and rights for political prisoners. Yuri was nominated for a Nobel Prize through the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 Project. She has been the subject of documentaries and plays. Yuri died at the age of 93 in June 2014.
The Drink:
Darkness on the Edge of Town
1 oz gin
1 oz Aperol
4 oz chilled porter-style beer
orange wedge
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "Strong votes for PfC for a rating of 5 from OH and BB"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" form our newest member ???
Although, technically born in the U.S., Yuri, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, was not treated as a citizen as a young woman. The Federal government interned her in Kansas for over 3 years during WWII, and upon her release, she didn't move back to her native California, but instead moved to Harlem. As a Japanese-American, she joined an unlikely grou - Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity. Yuri famously was pictured in Life Magazine holding Malcolm X as he lay dying. Yuri's activist causes were diverse, including Puerto Rican independence, protesting the Vietnam War, nuclear disarmament, and rights for political prisoners. Yuri was nominated for a Nobel Prize through the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 Project. She has been the subject of documentaries and plays. Yuri died at the age of 93 in June 2014.
The Drink:
Darkness on the Edge of Town
1 oz gin
1 oz Aperol
4 oz chilled porter-style beer
orange wedge
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "Strong votes for PfC for a rating of 5 from OH and BB"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" form our newest member ???
February, 2015 - Eileen Collins - Queen Mary
Eileen Collins
Daughter of Irish immigrants, Eileen was born in Elmira, NY in 1956. Starting off with an associate's degree from a community college, Eileen went on to get two Masters degrees and then to become the second woman to be admitted to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Twenty years ago, Eileen broke through the glass ceiling (or literally the atmosphere in this instance), becoming the first female pilot of the Space Shuttle. Four years later, she was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle Mission. Eileen has spent 38 days, 8 hours, and 10 minutes in space. Eileen is an inductee to the national Women's Hall of Fame and has been recognized by Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the top 300 women in history who have changed the world.
The Drink:
Queen Mary
3 cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 oz gin or vodka
1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 oz dill pickle brine
1-2 dashes hot sauce
1 pinch kosher salt (for rim)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "good with either voka or gin, maybe better with gin as long as its a good gin"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" of our newest member, Irish Knockout
Daughter of Irish immigrants, Eileen was born in Elmira, NY in 1956. Starting off with an associate's degree from a community college, Eileen went on to get two Masters degrees and then to become the second woman to be admitted to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Twenty years ago, Eileen broke through the glass ceiling (or literally the atmosphere in this instance), becoming the first female pilot of the Space Shuttle. Four years later, she was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle Mission. Eileen has spent 38 days, 8 hours, and 10 minutes in space. Eileen is an inductee to the national Women's Hall of Fame and has been recognized by Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the top 300 women in history who have changed the world.
The Drink:
Queen Mary
3 cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 oz gin or vodka
1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 oz dill pickle brine
1-2 dashes hot sauce
1 pinch kosher salt (for rim)
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "good with either voka or gin, maybe better with gin as long as its a good gin"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" of our newest member, Irish Knockout
Monday, February 16, 2015
January, 2015 - Joan Clarke - The Suffering Bastard
Joan Clarke - June 24, 1917 - September 4, 1996
Joan Clarke's ingenious work as a codebreaker for Britain during WW2 saved countless lives. But while Bletchley Park hero Alan Turing - who was punished by a post-war society where homosexuality was illegal and died at 41 - has been treated more kindly by history, the same cannot yet be said for Clarke. Joan was the only woman to work in the nerve center of the quest to crack German Enigma ciphers. She ultimately rose to deputy head of Hut 8, and would be its longest-serving member.
In 1939, Clarke was recruited into the Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) by one of her supervisors at Cambridge, where she majored in mathematics - although she was prevented from receiving a full degree, which women were denied until 1948. As was typical for "girls" at Bletchley, (and they were universally referred to as girls, not women) Clarke was initially assigned clerical work. Within a few days, however, her abilities shone through, and an extra table was installed for her in the small room within Hut 8 occupied by Turing and a couple of others.
In order to be paid for her promotions, Clarke needed to be classed as a linguist, as Civil Service bureaucracy had no protocols in place for a senior female cryptanalyst. She would later take great pleasure in filling in forms with the line: "grade: linguist, languages: none."
The navy ciphers decoded by Clarke and her colleagues were much harder to break than other German messages, and largely related to U-boats that were hunting down Allied ships carrying troops and supplies from the US to Europe. Her task was to break these ciphers in real time, one of the most high-pressure jobs at Bletchley. The messages Clarke decoded would result in some military action being taken almost immediately. U-boats would then either be sunk or circumnavigated, saving thousands of lives.
The Drink:
The Suffering Bastard
1 oz bourbon
1 oz gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
dash Angostura bitters
4 oz ginger ale
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3/4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 splits depending on how much you like ginger ale.
From "Forgotten Women" hosted by CZ
Joan Clarke's ingenious work as a codebreaker for Britain during WW2 saved countless lives. But while Bletchley Park hero Alan Turing - who was punished by a post-war society where homosexuality was illegal and died at 41 - has been treated more kindly by history, the same cannot yet be said for Clarke. Joan was the only woman to work in the nerve center of the quest to crack German Enigma ciphers. She ultimately rose to deputy head of Hut 8, and would be its longest-serving member.
In 1939, Clarke was recruited into the Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) by one of her supervisors at Cambridge, where she majored in mathematics - although she was prevented from receiving a full degree, which women were denied until 1948. As was typical for "girls" at Bletchley, (and they were universally referred to as girls, not women) Clarke was initially assigned clerical work. Within a few days, however, her abilities shone through, and an extra table was installed for her in the small room within Hut 8 occupied by Turing and a couple of others.
In order to be paid for her promotions, Clarke needed to be classed as a linguist, as Civil Service bureaucracy had no protocols in place for a senior female cryptanalyst. She would later take great pleasure in filling in forms with the line: "grade: linguist, languages: none."
The navy ciphers decoded by Clarke and her colleagues were much harder to break than other German messages, and largely related to U-boats that were hunting down Allied ships carrying troops and supplies from the US to Europe. Her task was to break these ciphers in real time, one of the most high-pressure jobs at Bletchley. The messages Clarke decoded would result in some military action being taken almost immediately. U-boats would then either be sunk or circumnavigated, saving thousands of lives.
The Drink:
The Suffering Bastard
1 oz bourbon
1 oz gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
dash Angostura bitters
4 oz ginger ale
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3/4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 splits depending on how much you like ginger ale.
From "Forgotten Women" hosted by CZ
Friday, December 5, 2014
November, 2014 - The Trung Sisters - Monkey Gland
The Trung Sisters (ca 40 AD)
Trac and Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord. The Chinese ruled Vietnam until a Chinese commander raped Trac and killed her husband, Thi Sach. In retaliation, the Trung Sisters organized a full-scale rebellion of 80,000 men and women. Thirty-six of their army's generals were women, including Phung Thi Chinh, who had her baby on the battlefield. She hoisted the newborn child onto her back, and continued fighting. It is also said that the Trung sisters killed a tiger - and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them against the Chinese. The sisters drove the Chinese out of Vietnam, and the people proclaimed Trac to be their ruler. As queen, she abolished the hated tribute taxes which had been imposed by the Chinese. She also attempted to restore a simpler form of government more in line with traditional Vietnamese values. For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam. Out-armed their troops were badly defeated in 43 AD. Rather than accept defeat, popular lore says that both Trung sisters chose the traditional Vietnamese way of maintaining honor - they committed suicide. Some stories say they drowned themselves in a river; others claim they disappeared into the clouds.
The Drink:
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp Benedictine
2-4 dashes grenadine
over rocks in a highball
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I've given up letting gin matter." - MPF, "a little tart"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Trac and Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord. The Chinese ruled Vietnam until a Chinese commander raped Trac and killed her husband, Thi Sach. In retaliation, the Trung Sisters organized a full-scale rebellion of 80,000 men and women. Thirty-six of their army's generals were women, including Phung Thi Chinh, who had her baby on the battlefield. She hoisted the newborn child onto her back, and continued fighting. It is also said that the Trung sisters killed a tiger - and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them against the Chinese. The sisters drove the Chinese out of Vietnam, and the people proclaimed Trac to be their ruler. As queen, she abolished the hated tribute taxes which had been imposed by the Chinese. She also attempted to restore a simpler form of government more in line with traditional Vietnamese values. For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam. Out-armed their troops were badly defeated in 43 AD. Rather than accept defeat, popular lore says that both Trung sisters chose the traditional Vietnamese way of maintaining honor - they committed suicide. Some stories say they drowned themselves in a river; others claim they disappeared into the clouds.
The Drink:
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp Benedictine
2-4 dashes grenadine
over rocks in a highball
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I've given up letting gin matter." - MPF, "a little tart"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Thursday, October 16, 2014
August, 2014 - Miuccia Prada - White Lady
Miuccia Prada - 1949 -
Miuccia trained at the Teatro Piccolo to study to become a mime and performed as a mime for five years. She was a member of the Communist party and involved in the women's rights movement during the seventies in Milan. In 1978, she entered into her family's business of manufacturing luxury leather bags, a company established by her grandfather in 1913. Around the same time, she met her future husband and business partner Patrizio Bertelli.
After enjoying a degree of success, thanks to the leather-trimmed nylon backpacks she created, Prada's husband, Patrizio Beretelli, insisted that she start working on a womenswear line. Her first collection showed in 1989. Prada's work since has delightfully reflected an "ugly chic" aesthetic. Adhering to her feminist roots, she created clothes that at first glance may seem to be a little strange, loud, or even sometime downright unattractive. But once her creations are put on a woman, they transformed into a sartorial assertion of power and confidence. Prada explained that eventually she realized that, despite it being dubbed a trivial industry for airheads, "so many clever people respect fashion so much and through my job... I have an open door to any kind of field. It's a way of investigating all the different universes: architecture, art, film. I also realized people respect me because I'm good in my job."
The Drink:
White Lady
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz Triple Sec
3/4 oz lemon juice
Archivists Notes: For some reason, this drink was not recorded in the notes. It may have been the 5th drink of the night, which sometimes leads to less accurate recording.
From "Women in Fashion Design" hosted by BanditQueen
Miuccia trained at the Teatro Piccolo to study to become a mime and performed as a mime for five years. She was a member of the Communist party and involved in the women's rights movement during the seventies in Milan. In 1978, she entered into her family's business of manufacturing luxury leather bags, a company established by her grandfather in 1913. Around the same time, she met her future husband and business partner Patrizio Bertelli.
After enjoying a degree of success, thanks to the leather-trimmed nylon backpacks she created, Prada's husband, Patrizio Beretelli, insisted that she start working on a womenswear line. Her first collection showed in 1989. Prada's work since has delightfully reflected an "ugly chic" aesthetic. Adhering to her feminist roots, she created clothes that at first glance may seem to be a little strange, loud, or even sometime downright unattractive. But once her creations are put on a woman, they transformed into a sartorial assertion of power and confidence. Prada explained that eventually she realized that, despite it being dubbed a trivial industry for airheads, "so many clever people respect fashion so much and through my job... I have an open door to any kind of field. It's a way of investigating all the different universes: architecture, art, film. I also realized people respect me because I'm good in my job."
The Drink:
White Lady
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz Triple Sec
3/4 oz lemon juice
Archivists Notes: For some reason, this drink was not recorded in the notes. It may have been the 5th drink of the night, which sometimes leads to less accurate recording.
From "Women in Fashion Design" hosted by BanditQueen
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
August, 2014 - Zelda Wynn Valeds - Pink Gin
Zelda Wynn Valeds - 1904-2001
Zelda Wynn Valdes was an African-American fashion designer and costumer. In 1948, she opened her own shop on Broadway in New York City which was the first in the area to be owned by an African American. Some of her clients included other notable black women of the era, including Dorothy Dandridge and Marian Anderson. She is also most famous for designing the original costumes for the Playboy Bunnies and the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Valdes was a fashion legend who was the first black designer to open her own shop on Broadway in New York in 1948. She began to develop her skills by studying through her grandmother and working for her uncle's tailoring business. She made clothes for her dolls and eventually made her grandmother a dress. Her grandmother was so impressed, despite doubting Valdes could construct an outfit for her tall frame. Her grandmother was buried in the same dress Zelda made for her. Valdes' first job was at a fancy boutique where she had to try very hard to prove she was capable. Over time her good works were recognized and wanted by those who doubted her as a young black woman. Valdes moved to New York and opened her boutique, Chez Zelda, on Broadway and 158th Street. Valdes attracted many celebrities such as Dorothy Dandridge, Joyce Bryant, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mae West. In 1949, Valdes became president of the New York Chapter of NAFAD, The National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers. Later, Valdes was commissioned by Hugh Hefner to design the first Playboy Bunny outfit. At the age of 65, Valdes was hired by Arthur Mitchell to design outfits for the Dance Theater of Harlem. At 83 years old, Valdes closed her business to retire from fashion.
The Drink:
Pink Gin
1 1/2 ounce gin
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 5
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "meh but easy to make", "depends on whether your home gin is good enough to drink straight"
From "Women in Fashion Design" theme hosted by Bandit Queen
Zelda Wynn Valdes was an African-American fashion designer and costumer. In 1948, she opened her own shop on Broadway in New York City which was the first in the area to be owned by an African American. Some of her clients included other notable black women of the era, including Dorothy Dandridge and Marian Anderson. She is also most famous for designing the original costumes for the Playboy Bunnies and the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Valdes was a fashion legend who was the first black designer to open her own shop on Broadway in New York in 1948. She began to develop her skills by studying through her grandmother and working for her uncle's tailoring business. She made clothes for her dolls and eventually made her grandmother a dress. Her grandmother was so impressed, despite doubting Valdes could construct an outfit for her tall frame. Her grandmother was buried in the same dress Zelda made for her. Valdes' first job was at a fancy boutique where she had to try very hard to prove she was capable. Over time her good works were recognized and wanted by those who doubted her as a young black woman. Valdes moved to New York and opened her boutique, Chez Zelda, on Broadway and 158th Street. Valdes attracted many celebrities such as Dorothy Dandridge, Joyce Bryant, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mae West. In 1949, Valdes became president of the New York Chapter of NAFAD, The National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers. Later, Valdes was commissioned by Hugh Hefner to design the first Playboy Bunny outfit. At the age of 65, Valdes was hired by Arthur Mitchell to design outfits for the Dance Theater of Harlem. At 83 years old, Valdes closed her business to retire from fashion.
The Drink:
Pink Gin
1 1/2 ounce gin
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 5
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "meh but easy to make", "depends on whether your home gin is good enough to drink straight"
From "Women in Fashion Design" theme hosted by Bandit Queen
August, 2014 - Coco Chanel - French 75
Coco Chanel - 1883-1971
Famous for pushing the social boundaries of fashion, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel rebelled against gender requirements in the industry. She used masculine clothing to express herself. She took the comfort of men's clothing, and made designs targeting women. Not all of her best inventions were hits right away, in fact there were times they weren't understood or appreciated until much later; however, now, Chanel is a recognized name.
Men dominated the fashion industry at the time Chanel's popularity kicked in. Coco changed the style of women's clothes simply by making them for women's bodies rather than for men's eyes. The corset was still being used for women's wardrobe, but Chanel challenged this by designing relaxing yet elegant dresses. She created for both the corporate and social world.
Coco took men's clothing, and transformed them to be for women. Before Chanel, pants were considered unlady-like. No woman would dare wear pants, but one cannot function well in a dress. By taking men's designs, and revamping them for the woman audience, she made her popularity from rebellion.
On Sunday, January 10, 1971, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel passed away at the Hotel Ritz. She leaves behind a legacy that women deserve to be both comfortable and beautiful. One should not override the other.
The Drink:
French 75
.5 oz Fresh lemon juice
.5 oz orange liqueur
1 oz Gin
3 oz Champagne
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: subbed out orange liqueur instead of simple syrup. Weekday LUPEC meetings have their price.
From "Women in Fashion Design" theme hosted by BanditQueen
Famous for pushing the social boundaries of fashion, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel rebelled against gender requirements in the industry. She used masculine clothing to express herself. She took the comfort of men's clothing, and made designs targeting women. Not all of her best inventions were hits right away, in fact there were times they weren't understood or appreciated until much later; however, now, Chanel is a recognized name.
Men dominated the fashion industry at the time Chanel's popularity kicked in. Coco changed the style of women's clothes simply by making them for women's bodies rather than for men's eyes. The corset was still being used for women's wardrobe, but Chanel challenged this by designing relaxing yet elegant dresses. She created for both the corporate and social world.
Coco took men's clothing, and transformed them to be for women. Before Chanel, pants were considered unlady-like. No woman would dare wear pants, but one cannot function well in a dress. By taking men's designs, and revamping them for the woman audience, she made her popularity from rebellion.
On Sunday, January 10, 1971, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel passed away at the Hotel Ritz. She leaves behind a legacy that women deserve to be both comfortable and beautiful. One should not override the other.
The Drink:
French 75
.5 oz Fresh lemon juice
.5 oz orange liqueur
1 oz Gin
3 oz Champagne
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: subbed out orange liqueur instead of simple syrup. Weekday LUPEC meetings have their price.
From "Women in Fashion Design" theme hosted by BanditQueen
Monday, June 2, 2014
May, 2014 - Kiki de Montparnasse - Atty Cocktail
Kiki de Montparnasse — born Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953)
Nicknamed Queen of Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, nightclub singer, actress, memoirist, and painter. She helped define the liberated culture of Paris in the early 1920s. She started modeling nude at age 14 and soon became the muse for for many of the Surrealist artists of the 1920s, including Chaim Soutine, Julian Mandel, Tsuguharu Foujita, Constant Detré, Francis Picabia, Jean Cocteau, Arno Breker, Alexander Calder, Per Krohg, Hermine David, Pablo Gargallo, Mayo, and Tono Salazar, and Man Ray. A painter in her own right, in 1927 Prin had a sold-out exhibition of her paintings at the Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in Paris. Her drawings and paintings comprise portraits, self-portraits, social activities, fanciful animals, and dreamy landscapes composed in a light, slightly uneven, expressionist style that is a reflection of her easy-going manner and boundless optimism. Her music hall performances in black hose and garters included crowd-pleasing risqué songs, which were uninhibited, yet inoffensive. Long after her death, Prin remains the embodiment of the outspokenness, audacity, and creativity that marked that period of life in Montparnasse. In 1989, biographers Billy Klüver and Julie Martin called her "one of the century's first truly independent women."
The Drink:
Atty Cocktail:
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 teaspoon absinthe
1/2 teaspoon crème de violette
Comments: "This cocktail is prettier than it tastes - is pretty opalescent, however very strong. Would be improved if it was 1/2 tsp creme de violette, but only 1/4 tsp absinthe - too much anise flavor"
Nicknamed Queen of Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, nightclub singer, actress, memoirist, and painter. She helped define the liberated culture of Paris in the early 1920s. She started modeling nude at age 14 and soon became the muse for for many of the Surrealist artists of the 1920s, including Chaim Soutine, Julian Mandel, Tsuguharu Foujita, Constant Detré, Francis Picabia, Jean Cocteau, Arno Breker, Alexander Calder, Per Krohg, Hermine David, Pablo Gargallo, Mayo, and Tono Salazar, and Man Ray. A painter in her own right, in 1927 Prin had a sold-out exhibition of her paintings at the Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in Paris. Her drawings and paintings comprise portraits, self-portraits, social activities, fanciful animals, and dreamy landscapes composed in a light, slightly uneven, expressionist style that is a reflection of her easy-going manner and boundless optimism. Her music hall performances in black hose and garters included crowd-pleasing risqué songs, which were uninhibited, yet inoffensive. Long after her death, Prin remains the embodiment of the outspokenness, audacity, and creativity that marked that period of life in Montparnasse. In 1989, biographers Billy Klüver and Julie Martin called her "one of the century's first truly independent women."
The Drink:
Atty Cocktail:
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 teaspoon absinthe
1/2 teaspoon crème de violette
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 2
Comments: "This cocktail is prettier than it tastes - is pretty opalescent, however very strong. Would be improved if it was 1/2 tsp creme de violette, but only 1/4 tsp absinthe - too much anise flavor"
From "Muses" theme hosted by Alabazam
May, 2014 - Sappho - Ransom Note
Sappho – Loosely 630/612 BC - 570 BC
Born on the Island of Lesbos, and considered by the Alexandrians one of the 9 lyric poets, little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, has been lost; however, her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
Called by Plato “the 10th muse,” only one poem has survived complete: Fragment 1, the Hymn to Aphrodite.
Born on the Island of Lesbos, and considered by the Alexandrians one of the 9 lyric poets, little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, has been lost; however, her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
Called by Plato “the 10th muse,” only one poem has survived complete: Fragment 1, the Hymn to Aphrodite.
The Drink:
Ransom Note:
2 ounces Gin
3/4 ounce honey syrup
3/4 ounce dry mead
1/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2.4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2.4
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 5
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: accessibility is low for dry mead. Yum!
From "Muses" theme hosted by Alabazam
May 2014 - Gala Dali - Lunatics in the Garden
Gala Dali - born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova (7 September, 1894 – 10 June 1982)
Usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of, first, Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí, and an inspiration for them and many other writers and artists. In 1912 she met Paul Éluard, they were both seventeen, and in 1916, during World War I she traveled from Russia to Paris to reunite with him; and were married the next year.
With Éluard, Gala became involved in the Surrealist movement. She was an inspiration for many artists including Éluard, Louis Aragon, Max Ernst and André Breton. In early August 1929, Éluard and Gala visited a young Surrealist painter in Spain, the emerging Salvador Dalí. An affair quickly developed between Gala and Dalí, who was about 10 years younger than she. After living together since 1929, Dalí and Gala married in a civil ceremony in 1934, and remarried in a Catholic ceremony in 1958. In the early 1930s, Dalí started to sign his paintings with his and her name as "(i)t is mostly with your blood, Gala, that I paint my pictures".
Usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of, first, Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí, and an inspiration for them and many other writers and artists. In 1912 she met Paul Éluard, they were both seventeen, and in 1916, during World War I she traveled from Russia to Paris to reunite with him; and were married the next year.
With Éluard, Gala became involved in the Surrealist movement. She was an inspiration for many artists including Éluard, Louis Aragon, Max Ernst and André Breton. In early August 1929, Éluard and Gala visited a young Surrealist painter in Spain, the emerging Salvador Dalí. An affair quickly developed between Gala and Dalí, who was about 10 years younger than she. After living together since 1929, Dalí and Gala married in a civil ceremony in 1934, and remarried in a Catholic ceremony in 1958. In the early 1930s, Dalí started to sign his paintings with his and her name as "(i)t is mostly with your blood, Gala, that I paint my pictures".
The Drink:
Lunatics in the Garden:
1 oz gin
1 oz lime juice
3/4 oz green chartreuse
3/4 oz luxardo maraschino
Dash absinthe
1 egg white
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 5
Accessibility: 2.5
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: *egg white cocktail secret: do a "dry" shake w/o ice then shake again with ice. So it doesn't have a "jiz" consistency.
From "Muses" theme by Alabazam
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