So, you know now from Hal’s previous posts a little of what it’s like to be a Tales apprentice, but you might still be wondering what the application process is like. Hal’s got your back on this one, too.

After missing Nola for too long – i could have kissed the ground when i landed..I have met both old and new friends, both from the city and from the whole world,  had many nice long walks, seen the roseate spoonbill – aka “Evangeline Rose” and gators, (eaten them too – well not the spoonbill…) Been to the Museum of the American cocktail and theSouthern Food and Beverage Museum.

The last session of Tales for me was Plate & Glass, featuring hometown heroes Peter Smith and Gina Chersevani of PS7 restaurant.  My (oh my god I’m so hungry now) write-up is over on the Den.

Wanna know what it’s really like to be a Tales apprentice? Let Hal Wolin fill you in.

Isn’t it amazing how fast the time flies during Tales? all of a sudden it’s all over…and you’re left full of impressions (and a tired liver)……..

So much to do in New Orleans, so little time to blog…and i think i’m not the only one who found it difficult to find time to write. Its the people, the sessions, the parties, the music, the food, the sights..check it out!

Like Michael Lazar, I was at the Bitters & Amaros session – but my notes got destroyed in a conniption fit by my netbook, so my gloriously mis-remembered (possibly) post is here on Scofflaw’s Den!

I previewed Jacob and Sebastian’s seminar on amari (A Shot of the Black Stuff) in the run up to TOTC. When I didn’t hear back from the presenter, I had to make up everything I wrote. After attending ‘the real thing’ I had to do a proper write up, cause it was that awesome!

Nick runs down his ten lessons from TOTC2010.

My last day in New Orleans was Sunday, July 25th. That day at noon, being a few hours away from my flight departure, an hour past having checked out of my hotel after getting one hour of sleep, and 6 hours after having gotten caught in the mighty aqua force of Tropical Storm Bonnie on Iberville Street, I was interviewed by Tim McNally on AM 690 WIST New Orleans. Barely moments into the interview, and before I’d really even gotten my bearings, Tim asked me what got me into this whole cocktail field.

Oddly enough, I had no prepared answer for this. I’d never really thought about it. It just kind of seemed to happen. But faced with the embarrassment of making my live radio debut by saying, “uhmmmmm,” I quickly reached into the proper spot of my subconscious and fetched the real answer. The real answer was, quite simply, Murray Stenson.