New Orleans is currently in the middle of our annual daiquiri season. Teaching camp this summer involved my driving six miles through Chalmette, past roughly two dozen daiquiri shops — several of them with drive-through windows. After hot and stressful days attempting to teach kids who wanted only summer play, it was hard not to [...]
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YouTube du Jour: That’s it? That’s good! Mmm, Daiquiris… Tales of the Cocktail
July 29, 2012 – 6:00 pm
Daiquiri Days: White Russians and Soulja Slims
December 1, 2011 – 12:19 am
A crowd formed outside of Gene’s on the last hot Friday night of the summer, waiting for their party bus to arrive. No one seemed to mind that it was running a little late because they had unlimited refills at the daiquiri bar. What was the hurry? They’d shown up for Daiquiri Days, the first-ever [...]
