Ladies and Endangered Cocktails

The acronym stands for “Ladies United in the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails,” which always provokes a little smirk on the part of the person hearing it for the first time. What is an endangered cocktail? Who are these ladies? Isn’t it just a drinking club for chicks?

My Tales from Tales 2009

Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be;” host of The Liquid Muse Podcasts (filmed throughout Tales of the Cocktail); teaching the Virgin Mixology seminar; and unabashed by the fine art of self-promotion.
For some people, Tales of the Cocktails is a big party.  For others its an educational intensive.  For most, it’s a combination of [...]

Cocktail Culture and The Internet

Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be;” host of The Liquid Muse Podcasts (filmed throughout Tales of the Cocktail); teaching the Virgin Mixology seminar; and unabashed by the fine art of self-promotion.
The relationship between cocktails and the Web is an interesting one.  After all, with dozens of people blogging about unusual [...]

The Fine Art of Self-Promotion

Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be;” host of The Liquid Muse Podcasts (filmed throughout Tales of the Cocktail); teaching the Virgin Mixology seminar; and unabashed by the fine art of self-promotion.
Tales of the Cocktail may be full of parties and seminars, good times and cocktails.  It is also an incredible [...]

Finding Your Comfort Zone at Tales of the Cocktail

Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be,” which features more than 75 of her virgin cocktail recipes and made about.com’s Top Ten cocktail books of 2008.  She is the founder of TheLiquidMuse.com, a beverage consulting service and online cocktail blog-a-zine.

For some of us, Tales of the Cocktail 2009 means working [...]

The Case for Virgin Mixology®

Written by: Natalie Bovis-Nelsen is the author of “Preggatinis™: Mixology for the Mom-to-Be,” which features more than 75 of her virgin cocktail recipes and made about.com’s Top Ten cocktail books of 2008.  She is the founder of TheLiquidMuse.com, a beverage consulting service and online cocktail blog-a-zine.  Natalie is once again the creator of Tales’ “Official [...]

Vlogging Tales…

This is the first post from Natalie Bovis-Nelsen, a writer in Los Angeles. She publishes The Liquid Muse.
I came to Tales of the Cocktail for the first time in 2007 and departed both inspired and awe-struck. I also left with 3 questions:

How did this lady, Ann Rogers Tunnerman, grow an intimate gathering between a [...]