>> it was a dark and stormy night...

In protest to the light and sunny weather, we served Dark 'N' Stormys last night for a few peeps new in town. I know that technically Barritt's is the way to go on the ginger beer front, but we tried out the Aussie brand Bundaberg, which was pretty tasty and readily available down the street at The Oaks.

Gosling's Black Seal dark rum ($20); Bundaberg ginger beer ($2.25 per bottle at The Oaks); Shun premier paring knife ($100); Ice bucket ($145); Birch cutting board ($50); vintage kitchen matches ($2); ice tongs ($8); Striped vans ($52); Ujala lamp ($148); lobster swizzle sticks ($1 each); The Meters album, for track 11, "Stormy" ($14).