the how-to guide for living life one cocktail at a time
Not everyone has the foresight at a young age to know who British Philosopher Alan Watts is, nor to heed his advice when planning their future. Our guest did and, maybe, that’s why he is the brand ambassador of one of the most profitable whiskies…
When you walk into a bar and think, “This is fabulous!” You’ve most likely stepped into one of our guest’s creations. Robbie Bargh is one of those geniuses who knows inherently what makes a good time and how to distill that good time into whatever…
What does it take to reach the job of your dreams? A whole lot of plate polishing, in the case of our guest today, Giorgio Bargiani, Head of Mixology at the one and only Connaught Bar in London. I met him more than three years…
Who knew that under that sharp white jacket and smooth persona, our guest today had a passion like no other – for coffee and coffee cocktails. Some would even call that passion – spiritual! Martin Hudák, Co-Founder of Maybe Sammy in Sydney and Global Coffee Ambassador…
I have been trying to have this legend on Lush Life for a year, through no fault of his. Mark Gillespie, Host and Executive Producer of WhiskyCast, the most famous drinks podcast of them all, was ready from the moment I congratulated him for being…
I always say how much I love the spirit world and now during this crisis they have come together to support each other in ways that would have seemed incomprehensible just a few months ago. From making hand sanitizer, to delivering cocktails at home ,…
This is a biggie and I am not ashamed to scream out. It’s Lush Life’s 150th episode and if that weren’t exciting enough my guest is Elliot Ball of, among many other bars he runs, The Cocktail Trading Co.! What does it take to do…
The Bright Young Things were a group of rich, indulgent aristocrats who between the two wars entertained themselves by dressing up, posing and performing. All this gaiety was caught on camera by the incomparable and controversial Cecil Beaton. One thing is for sure, if they…
20 years ago, a bar was born in New York City that changed the way we drink today. Two years after that, it arrived in London. Fast forward those 20 years and Milk & Honey in London is still open and just as cutting edge…
The idea of sitting in a trendy Parisian bar in the 11th arrondissement, waiting for the author of many of the world’s best selling food books and the first-ever food blogger, could make anyone’s knees slightly tremblant. But then our guest today walked in with…