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Vodka For Breakfast? Models Everywhere Rejoice!

by JT · May 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments

As further evidence of bacon permeating society, I present Bakon Vodka c/o our friends at Jezebel.  So Good previously noted a recipe for making this cringe-inducing concoction at home (perhaps even in your bathtub), but this idea has now officially gone commercial.  And they even have a Twitter feed – how cute.
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If You’re Promoting a Drink, Buy Me a Shot

by Eick · March 18th, 2009 · 14 Comments

This weekend while I was hanging out at a bar, a bagpiper suddenly entered and two attractive women with a tray full of plastic shot glasses appeared in front of me.  Sweet, a drink promotion I thought to myself. Who doesn’t love a good free shot? That’s when the woman asked me: “would you like [...]

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Tags: Beer · Booze · Rant

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 8/12/08

by Eick · August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you haven’t done so already, become a fan of So Good on Facebook.
Endless Simmer has their Top Ten carb-loading foods.
Best Bites gets eater feedback from the new Nando’s in DC.
Raphael is unimpressed with the Ruby Tuesday stunt.
The Great American Cooking Project made Tobacco flavored ice cream.
America’s hardest drinking cities.
Is fast food the new tobacco?
Blonde’s [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Booze · News · Recipes

Extreme Wine Commercial

by Eick · June 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From College Humor.

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So Good Blog/News Round-Up 6/9/08

by Eick · June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

The salmonella outbreak in tomatoes is spreading rapidly.
RIP Organic Rice Krispies.
Metrocurean reports on some DC winners of the James Beard awards.
A new vegetarian restaurant is opening in DC at 14th and Q.
Beer drinkers are upset as bars try and switch to smaller glasses.
McDonald’s is doing a test run of offering canned and bottled drinks, such [...]

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Tags: Beer · Booze · Fast Food · Health · Uncategorized

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 6/3/08

by Eick · June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

McDonald’s and BK franchisees are not happy about the dollar menu.
Serious Eats interviews Gail Simmons.
Metrocurean looks at “Wine that Loves.”
Consumerist reports Burger King will now stay open until 2 AM.
The 100 cereal taste test.
Impulsive Buy reviews Nilla Cakesters.
Eating Out Loud makes a spicy radish sandwich.
Tequila marinated steak with tomato relish.
Craftykeg makes a honey lemon fruit [...]

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Tags: Booze · Breakfast · Cooking · Fast Food

Absolut Vodka Gets Weird

by Eick · May 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Absolut Vodka recently commissioned comedian Zach Galifianakis and Tim and Eric, from the Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Cartoon Network, to make a film for the Absolut website. Absolut told the comedians they could do whatever they want, as long as they mentioned the product.
Now, let me start by saying that Zach Galifianakis is [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Booze · Comedy · YouTube

Lil Jon Has a Wine Label

by Eick · April 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Rapper Lil Jon is in now the wine business, having started up a new wine label called Little Jonathan Winery.

(Photo: Jacob Kepler, AP)
Lil Jon, eloquently describes his feelings on wine in a phone interview with the AP, stating: “I’m not no ‘drink wine every day’ kind of dude…I’m not like an expert, so don’t [...]

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Tags: Booze · celebrities

McDonald’s Gone Wild: The McNuggitini

by Eick · March 26th, 2008 · 7 Comments

What can you do with 2 chicken McNuggets, a tub of McDonalds Brand Barbeque Sauce, a large Mcdonalds Chocolate Milkshake and a bottle of Vanilla Vodka? For Georgia, from The State That I Am In, the answer is: make a McNuggitini.

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Tags: Bizarre · Booze · Fast Food

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 3/12/08

by Eick · March 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The 10 geekiest cocktails ever.
Good Magazine looks at America’s tastiest streets.
Endless Simmer notes tonight’s premiere of Top Chef Season 4, and points us to a Washington Post chat with Gail Simmons and Hung.
SlashFood reports on a frozen pizza taste test.
The Delicious Life opines on McDonald’s hash browns.
Chez Pim praises the online cooking show “John Bull’s [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Booze · Condiments · Cooking · News · Pizza · Steak · Top Chef · celebrities

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 3/7/08

by Eick · March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Minnesota bars are treating all customers as “performers” in order to get around the new smoking ban.
Porn star Sarah Katherine Lewis has written a book called Sex and Bacon.
The Impulsive Buy reviews new Snapple antioxidant water.
Corn Flakes turn 111 today.
A look at the favorite foods of American Presidents from the past.
Vote Fraud at the Burger [...]

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Tags: Bacon · Blogs · Books · Booze · Burgers · Cooking · Salad · Sandwiches · Steak

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 3/3/08

by Eick · March 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just discovered a great new site called College Drinker, who writes that Vermont is considering lowering the drinking age to 18.
Adam from Serious Eats, reviews delivery pizza for Yahoo Food.
Burger King is going to start serving Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung has been named Executive Chef of Solo, a Mediterranean-Asian [...]

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Tags: Beer · Blogs · Booze · Candy · Cheese · Cooking · Fast Food · News · Pizza · Restaurants · Salad · Television · Top Chef

So Good Blog/News Round-up 2/22/08

by Eick · February 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today is national margarita day.
Gizmodo highlights what they are calling a “Steak Toaster.”
Endless Simmer reports on the Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest.
Radius, of Boston, has dethroned Shake Shack’s claim to the title of “Best Burger” at Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash.
Village Voice reports that Iron Chef is nothing like what it seems on TV.
Felix Salmon calculates [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Booze · Burgers · Cooking · News · Reviews · Salad · Snacks · Soup · Steak · Television · celebrities

Maple Syrup Booze = A Vermonter’s Dream

by Eick · February 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Thanks to our friends over at Slashfood, I have discovered that Vermont Spirits makes a vodka called Vermont Spirits Gold from maple syrup. Their website describes it as such:
“Vermont Spirits Gold is pure, delicate, unflavored vodka handmade in small batches [...]

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Tags: Booze · Interesting

The Wine Rack “Booze Bra” = Fun

by Eick · February 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Yep, this is real. The Wine Rack is a sports-style bra, which features a boob-enhancing polyurethane bladder. You can fill it with a beverage of your choice, which you can then drink through a plastic tube.

The product is already sold out over at Firebox.com.

This product has the dual benefit of making your breasts look larger [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Booze · Cool

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/30/08

by Eick · January 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

If you’re serving sangria in Virginia, you’re breaking the law.
Wendy’s is ending their red wig “That’s Right” campaign.
Spike TV will feature hard-boiled egg and ham eating contests during halftime of the Super Bowl.
There’s a semi-new hamburger blog you should check out.
Whoops. A Steak ‘n Shake manager is under fire for refusing to take a deaf [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Blogs · Booze · Burgers · Competitive Eating · Cooking · Marketing · News · Reviews · Salad

Homemade Bacon Vodka

by Eick · January 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Awesome idea. Brownie Points tells you how to make it.

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So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/22/08

by Eick · January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

DC Food Blog has a new “mega search” tool which will search 21 different DC food blogs for you at once. No idea if So Good is included.
Candyblog reviews Snickers Nut ‘n Butter Crunch.
Hooter’s has an energy drink.
DC Foodies looks at the coming end of Dr. Dremo’s Taphouse.
Time Out picks their ten best burgers.
Kevin Pang [...]

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Tags: Beer · Blogs · Booze · Burgers · Candy · Salad · Steak

Beer Sales Catching up to Hard Alcohol Sales

by Eick · December 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Bet you didn’t know that sales of booze and mixed drinks were more than beer did you? I know I didn’t. But in an article titled, “Beer closing in on cocktails as drink of choice” MSNBC reports:
“After years of losing people to mixed drinks, industry experts say the beer industry regained some of its [...]

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Paris Hilton Unveils Champagne in a Can

by Eick · December 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Yep, that’s right. Champagne. In a can. Paris Hilton was in Berlin 2 weeks ago to promote the European launch of her new canned champagne, called Rich Prosecco. The product will be officially released in the United States in 2008. Call me crazy, but is this actually not the perfect product for Paris [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Booze · Marketing · celebrities