Orange Spice Coffee Cocktail

Orange Spice Coffee Cocktail! 2 Shots 1 Take with Skyy John, the Tipsy Bartender! We shot this back in November, 2013 and then promptly lost the footage somewhere amongst our myriad hard drives, SD cards, secret safety deposit boxes and Swiss bank accounts. But now it has been FOUND! Skyy and I make my warming…

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Bubblegum Cocktail!

Bubblegum Cocktail Video! scroll down for recipe The newest in the 2 Shots, 1 Take video series, we shot this a few months ago (before my nervous breakdown, haha. I kid. Sort of.) in Los Angeles. The sparkling and hilarious Reb from Pancake Manor shared her creation: the Bubblegum Cocktail. If you haven’t seen Pancake…

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Ponche Navideño – Mexican Christmas Punch

ponche navideno

Part four in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in Mexico, focus on: PONCHE NAVIDEñO! Big thank you to our friend Carlos for joining me on the show again to share his ponche recipe! ¡Feliz Navidad, y’all! Ponche Navideño is a hot punch made from fresh and dried fruits, with the option of adding…

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Applejack – Fall Cocktail Recipe

Last time we were in LA, I had the extreme pleasure of visiting with the very talented and charming Caroline Mili Artiss and shooting some videos with her! We made a couple of fall cocktails; mine, a warming apple brandy sipper and hers, the classic English mulled wine. This cocktail combines one of my favorite…

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Halloween Punch with Eyeballs

Here’s a boozy tequila punch for Halloween! The eyeballs are optional, but who wouldn’t want a couple of popped-out eyeballs floating around in their Halloween punch? Right?

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Flaming Dr. Pepper

Episode 6 of 2 Shots 1 Take! Flaming Dr. Pepper with Todd Bieber, writer and director from UCBComedy! Before you go on a Flaming Dr. Pepper tirade, I know we did not do this drink justice. I know because someone told me on YouTube and while most things people tell you on YouTube are to…

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Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe card Episode Five of 2 Shots 1 Take! Long Island Iced tea with Rachel of Rachel’s English. Long Island Iced Teas (or LIIT) have a reputation for being the kind of drink that only Ivy League kids in the 1980s and sad, broken, alcoholic,…

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Gin Julep

Two Shots, One Take! A gin julep is like a mint julep, but with gin instead of bourbon and a little soda water to soften it. Maybe the soda technically qualifies this as something-not-a-julep, but in the very basest of definitions, a “julep” is just a sweet drink. A Mint Gin Julep might be a…

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Old Fashioned Cocktail

Episode 2 of Two Shots One Take! Jimmy Wong learns me how to make an Old Fashioned cocktail and I bullshit him about how to build a bar in your garage and also Pangaea jokes happen. Since we were making do in a “garage” we didn’t have sugar cubes, or even the simple syrup that some…

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