I’m in the business of shooting house tours for Apartment Therapy, and business has been good lately Yeah, I know that’s kind of cheesy and lame but I just wanted to say a line similar to that famous one from Inglourious Bastards – okay, back to our subject Jamie’s

Ah, it’s been a busy day (and week for that matter) but I finally get to settle down and relax with today’s afternoon cocktail A good summer drink to me is refreshingly fizzy, drinkably sweet, and slightly herbal The Aperol Orange fizz I made a few weeks back fit the bill, and so does

Tour season is about to get into full swing for me with a small queue of house tours lined up To kick things into gear, we’ll take a look back at my last tour – T3′s Austin Headquarters

Located along one of the main streets that leads to the UT Campus, but more importantly

Whew! I had my hands full preparing for a party this weekend This wasn’t just any party though, it was a giant pig roast potluck!

I’ve done the whole smoked pork shoulder and brisket before, so it seemed the next step was to go full boar I was talking about the pig roast process with a good friend of mine

Well, crap It’s Friday, and I haven’t made a post this week No tour, no wildcard, and up until a few minutes ago, no plans for writing up today’s cocktail It’s 4th of July week I’ve been crazy busy

That is until I just sat down, and unwinded a bit with this Cherry Brandy Alexander Now I can’t NOT tell

Is it me or did June seem like the shortest month in recent memory? I don’t think I realized the month was over already until this morning What the heck happened to it?

I only did one tour for Apartment Therapy this past month as I devoted some time to a few development projects – as well as do some

One of my favorite parts about playing mixologist is experimenting with new infusions When done well, it adds just the right amount of subtle nuance – elevating the spirit a step beyond the everyday In today’s cocktail we’ll do just that with a couple liquors known for their bite and dryness, gin and vermouth We take off the edge

With all the fun I’ve been having doing house tours, it seemed that the next likely step was to start doing Kitchen tours for Apartment Therapy’s sister site, TheKitchn Which, BT-dubs, I highly recommend checking out for foodie inspiration (and that’s not just because I work with them) This gives me the opportunity to

One demo I missed at the Austin Food & Wine festival was that of Christina Tosi, famous dessert pastry chef of Momofuko Milk Bar I felt I owed it to myself to at least order the cookbook, which features

I wrote my 100th post for Apartment Therapy yesterday and it’s a little hard for me to believe I still remember that first week or three of doing posts and still having a single digit entry number on my sidebar Well, things sure have changed since then I moved on from ‘training’ Started getting home tours lined up, and