Austin, Texas Daily Photo

 A friend of ours has had to stop drinking and he has bought an array of fancy mocktail ingredients. 

Old Pal -- equal parts Campari, dry vermouth, and rye. Tasty on a winter's night.   

Linda had a sample of this delicious drink the other night at Peche--and it was much to her liking.

My Manhattan is the standard 'sweet' variety so it has a 'rouge' Vermouth along with the rye whiskey and a dash of bitters...

Sometimes, at Mexican Restaurants, I choose a Margarita, perhaps a specialty of the house. This shot was at a new place a few blocks from ...

Hard to argue with alcohol sometimes! This sign was outside the bar downstairs the other day.

Yessir, that is a limeade and it was delicious. Had it at Dirty Martin's Hamburger Shop the other day.

This is a Black Apple Manhattan -- Linda gave it a try at North Italia the other night. Not as good as the Fixe version of a straight-on ...

Linda and I decided to go check out the election night at some bars around town. Here she is at The Headliners Club. The only other table...

This is a Campari-based drink that we discovered. It is indeed called Old Pal. Tasty after a hard night of enjoying entertainment. This o...

When we sit down at our favorite bars, these are the drinks that we wind up with, 95% of the time. In fact, at Fixe, our version of the ...

Our friends at Fixe have concocted a new Bloody Mary. Love that bacon and okra garnish!

We tried out a new restaurant the other day. The woman by us at the bar was having a mint julep. Very nice looking in its frosty mug.

We took a break from posting on Austin Daily Photo the other night to have drinks and dinner with friends. I took this photo of Linda'...

  Keeping Ausitn weird -- one margarita at a time. 

All the hip places are offering interesting cocktails these days with infusions, fresh fruits, muddles of herbs, interesting liquors and liq...

On a walk not long ago we were beginning to feel the emerging Texas heat after a couple of miles. We popped into Farm to Market grocery on S...

A friend had a couple of these last night. Personally I drank some perfect Manhattans. The location was III Forks and the reason was that a...

Happily, in the 36 years since I first visited Europe, cafe life has been somewhat simulated here. Back in 1972 coming home from across the ...

Actually, not entirely. Yesterday at dinner time I was very stressed and realized I'd only had half a blueberry scone and coffee (black)...