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The Spicy Margarita of Our Dreams
It's Cocktail Hour. Sit down and enjoy one. You'll thank me. Plus, Rebecca Makkai's new novel, some cute lambies, Shrinking, and 2 perfect dinners to…
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Drinking Gin & Tonics with Taylor Kay Phillips
Plus, her special Fuzzy Sparkle cocktail, how to prolong your tulips, ramp season, boats and hoes and so much more.
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'That's Different': A Decoder Ring for Midwest Phrases
Emmy-winning comic Taylor Kay Phillips tells us what Midwesterners really mean. Plus, which Royal has the best mustache, what it's like living in a…
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The Peeps Cocktail You Didn't Know You Needed
Just in time for Easter (or Spring), Friend Shana, my main squeeze for cocktail f*ckery, invents the "The Jungle Peep" -- a version of the tiki staple…
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“I got out of that car a goddess”
Pink Flowers, Black trans artist, pleasure activist and educator on her transition from gender nonbinary to trans in the Midwest.
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March 2023

Lovey's Making Old Fashioneds for Cocktail Hour
And I don't mean a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. Plus, nostalgia for 'Punk Rock Girl', beach reads and why people are moving to Peoria.
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It’s Cocktail Hour! Finally!
And a straight-from-the-bottle week. Plus lambies!
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The Story of Plaguesgiving
Or how Covid brought one Midwestern block together for a High Holy Day of food, cocktails and f*ckery.
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Cocktail Hour: Drinking Sazeracs for St. Patty's in Cincinnati
Plus a speakeasy five floors underground, the #bougiebull dresses up, a most perfect meal at Nolia, unforgettable black garlic hummus, the places that…
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Why the Midwest Tastes like Jelly Donuts* on Mardi Gras
“What is Pączki* Day? It’s only the best day of the year.”
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We're Pouring 'Neighbor Negronis' for Cocktail Hour
"Be a good neighbor and leave some on a porch. Or, drink to deal with whatever terrible thing your not-good neighbor has freshly done.”
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14 Books I'm Most Anticipating in March 2023
This month's Bar\Heart Book List is a whiplash. Just like the world.
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