Word: liquor
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...have been battening down to cope with a sinking economy. As the consumer pulls back on discretionary spending, luxury executives and retailers are scrambling to redefine themselves. Tiffany & Co. is opening smaller stores. J. Crew has set up shop in a former Tribeca bar and propped it with real liquor bottles along with the bow ties. Times may be tough, but things of great beauty?objects, food, buildings, places, clothing, jewelry?will never lose their appeal. There is a widely accepted theory that in moments of real political, social or economic stress, lipstick sales spike. People may spend less...
...though manufacturers slashed vodka production 15% because of slumping demand, stores are saddled with some 22 million gallons of unsold spirits--six times their inventory of a year ago, according to an industry group. Meanwhile, alcohol-poisoning fatalities are on the rise, reportedly as drinkers turn to cheap, homemade liquor instead...
...arrested on Friday morning on charges of corruption and lying to federal agents, according to a statement from the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office. Turner, a Kirkland House alumnus, is accused of accepting a $1000 payment in August 2007 from a person looking to obtain a liquor license for a proposed club in Roxbury called “Dejavu”. The meeting was caught on hidden video, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Krista L. Corr. In addition, Turner allegedly denied accepting the payment when questioned about it on Oct. 28 this year. During...
...that the drinking culture among students in particular is unhealthy and that the current drinking age encourages dangerous “binge drinking,” since underage drinkers—unable to drink at bars, restaurants, and many other places—have an incentive to drink hard liquor and consume a great deal of alcohol at once rather than spread out their consumption. Places with the most supervision and thus the safest drinking environments are the least likely to allow underage drinking. The result is that students who drink in their dorm room or off-campus?...
Booze is a huge part of French Quarter life; I hesitate to call it "culture," because the sheer number of dead-drunk people gets depressing quickly. In fact, if you want to turn yourself off liquor for good, take a slow walk down Bourbon Street on a Saturday night. You'll see everyone from stumbling frat boys to gassed grannies slurping and burping the ubiquitous hurricane - the fruity rum concoction supposedly invented in New Orleans during World War II. But if you're going to drink, I'd recommend the chocolatey, dangerously drinkable local brew called Abita Turbodog. Turbodog...