The James Bond
While pretty much everyone associates the vodka martini with James Bond, I thought this lesser known easy cocktail would be perfect to...
top of page
At the intersection of design and mixology
Search
tipsy modernist
May 62 min
The Atomic Cocktail
Considering the nuclear secrets that were being served up at the Isobar, how could I resist this cocktail? (Did you miss that post? check...
tipsy modernist
May 62 min
It's cherry blossom season, so why not enjoy a Cherry Cobbler?
"After we had seen the great man's drawings, he suggested that he and his charming wife would go and have a drink at a special place. We...
tipsy modernist
Sep 11, 20231 min
The Campari Radler - the perfect cocktail for day drinking!
Enjoy Negroni week and celebrate the life and legacy of Carlo Scarpa with this light and refreshing cocktail! Easy to make and low in...
tipsy modernist
Sep 11, 20231 min
The Sbagliato-the perfect cocktail for indulging in an orgy of ornamental excess...
Enjoy Negroni week and celebrate Italian design with this refreshing alternative to the Negroni. I like to imagine Gae Aulenti laughing...
tipsy modernist
Mar 29, 20232 min
The Caipirinha. A classic cocktail to celebrate the legacy of modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi.
What else would you celebrate Lina Bo Bardi's Brazilian style of modernism with than a Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail? Although...
tipsy modernist
Feb 28, 20232 min
The Josephine Baker cocktail- a (millenial) pink cocktail as beautiful as the celebrated singer.
When I wrote about Josephine Baker last summer, (Did you miss the post on Josephine Baker? You can link to it here.) I did not include...
tipsy modernist
Dec 24, 20222 min
It's not New Year's without a Champagne cocktail!
We’ve got three easy and gorgeous Champagne cocktail recipes, inspired by the legendary parties at Philip Johnson’s Glass House. Did you...
tipsy modernist
Nov 29, 20221 min
Milk Punch. A deliciously boozy way to make it through your 99th viewing of "Love Actually."
So the holiday season is upon us, and with it lots of Hallmark movies and Nancy Meyers ROMCOMS. Some boozy milk punch is the perfect...
tipsy modernist
Oct 27, 20222 min
The Harlem Mule-the perfect way to celebrate Add Bates and mid-century modern Harlem
The Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem created a bourbon riff on the Moscow Mule which they called the Harlem Mule. The recipe below is my...
tipsy modernist
Jul 1, 20222 min
The Old-Fashioned: the perfect cocktail to toast Paul Rudolph; the architect who was anything but.
With its muddled orange peel and bourbon, its the perfect cocktail to celebrate architect Paul Rudolph, who was born in Kentucky but got...
tipsy modernist
Apr 1, 20222 min
The Slivovitz Sidecar-the Balkan cousin of the Margarita
Many have described the Side Car as the wintry cousin of the Margarita because it combines almost the same ingredients, citrus and...
tipsy modernist
Aug 13, 20212 min
Libations for Preservation
Join the Boston Preservation Alliance this coming Wednesday night, August 18th, on a harbor cruise and enjoy a selection of cocktail...
tipsy modernist
Jul 14, 20211 min
Celebrate the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker with a Barbotage.
What better way to celebrate the effervescent performer and French resistance fighter than with this subtly orange flavored champagne...
tipsy modernist
Jun 18, 20212 min
The Man of Distinction. A cocktail to celebrate the life and legacy of Hilyard Robinson.
Not only was Hilyard Robinson a prolific, modernist, black architect, he was also the subject in one of a series of advertisements by...
tipsy modernist
Apr 30, 20214 min
It's Mint Julep season-the perfect time to talk about the Black bartenders who invented it.
Last year I wrote about the history of the Mint Julep here, since then I have become better educated, thanks to writers like David...
tipsy modernist
Apr 23, 20212 min
The Aviation. What better way to toast architect, aviator and dandy, Robert Mallet-Stevens
Invented in New York, by a German barkeep and made with a rare spirit named after a Belle Époque French actress, it seems like the...
tipsy modernist
Feb 26, 20211 min
The Champagne Cocktail- always stylish always delicious.
Paris and Champagne just seem to go together like well, gin and tonic, so of course we selected a Champagne cocktail to pair with...
tipsy modernist
Feb 25, 20211 min
The Whiskey Sour. A classic cocktail to enjoy while celebrating Jean Michel-Frank's classic designs.
With only three main ingredients; whiskey, sugar, and citrus, the Whiskey Sour is an effortless yet elegant cocktail perfect for...
tipsy modernist
Feb 19, 20211 min
The Pink Palace Gin Fizz
Paul Revere Williams, the black architect whose birthday we're celebrating this week, was clearly fond of the color pink. His most famous...
Obsession, Betrayal, Jealousy and Modernism
The Modernists Guide to Cocktails is a meeting place for fans of modernism who love a good cocktail along with gossip about architecture's most notorious scandals. Conversely,it's also a site for cocktail lovers who happen to be design curious. It takes an unvarnished look at modernism via social histories, juicy anecdotes, and the favorite cocktails of the founders of modernism. And let's face it we all need a strong drink these days...
bottom of page