Québecois Heritage: Louis Hébert
Who Was Louis Hébert? Louis Hébert was born in Paris, France in the parish of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois about 1575. His father, Nicolas, was an apothecary and Louis continued the family tradition.…
Widow’s Kiss: Cocktail Recipe #4
The Recipe The Description The recipe for this cocktail first appears in George Kappeler’s book, Modern American Drinks, published in 1895. It is an enticing blend of three French liquors.…
Irons in the Fire
The drawback of having so many interests is that I keep myself way too busy. The challenge is knowing what to prioritize. Brick Mill Games, LLC The work at Brick…
Monte Cassino: Cocktail Recipe #3
The Recipe The Description This cocktail was created in 2010 by Damon Dyer, a bartender at (the now defunct) Louis 649 in New York City. Damon won the Bénédictine 500th…
The Last Word: Cocktail Recipe #2
My Recipe The Description The Last Word is a Prohibition-era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. The first publication in which the Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier’s…
Remember the Maine: Cocktail Recipe #1
My Recipe The Description The original version of this recipe can be found in Charles H Baker’s classic 1939 book “The Gentlemen’s Companion, Volume II: Being an Exotic Drinking Book…
TOCS Milestone
As some of you might know, I’m a partner with Brick Mill Games, LLC. We are building an on-line wargame system in a double-blind, limited intelligence environment. We reached a…
Wikitree: Acadian Project
I’ve been doing a lot of research on the Guerins of Acadie for my next blog post. What started as a simple idea blossomed into something pretty major. I use…
Steel & Steam 3.0 Update #1
Work on Steel & Steam progresses at an increased pace. I’ve been going over all of my code and updating it to support two different sorts of games: the US…
C’est Moi: a Guerin of Massachusetts, Part One
This post is the first of a series detailing some of the references of and research behind my own family tree. For this endeavor, I am going to ignore details…