July 14, 2011
Tags: Creek Street, Dolly's House, KetchiCandies, Ketchikan, Laphroaig
There’s a candy store in Ketchikan called KetchiCandies. “Oh, that’s . . . clever.” I said The owner looked up dolefully, “Yeah,” he said. “I was drunk.” It has a reputation for the rough and rowdy, does Ketchikan. The stormy afternoon we arrived, four ships had already tried to dock, had given up and moved Read the Rest…
June 19, 2011
Tags: Absinthe, Apogee, hallucinogens, L'Ecole No. 41, Lagavulin, Laphroaig
No one was more surprised than I was to discover I had a taste for Scotch whiskey. The child of an alcoholic, I grew up with a fear of alcohol and a dislike of being in situations where people were likely to be drunk. I, myself, have only been drunk once: the night before I Read the Rest…