Camper English

@alcademics.bsky.social

Cocktail writer, author of The Ice Book (2023) and Doctors and Distillers (2022). Now also giving SF cocktail history tours and water tasting classes. https://www.alcademics.com

My attitude toward writing was always "don't compete with people who will try to do your job for free" but that was a long time ago when cocktail expertise was rare. Now between influencers and slop jockeys, welp, here we are.

Really don't love having to spend my time marketing but I'm averaging 1 out of 6 editors replying to my emails at this point, so journalism is an even bigger waste of time. Anyway I made postcards this morning, home they print ok.

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My family invited me to go on a giant cruise ship with them so I went to the website and guys, I think cruise ships are just another form of walkable city. (Unfortunately this one seemed to be Atlantic City.)

🧵 I've gone corn mad this summer. I've been eating so much effing corn, I'm cornier than an episode of Hee Haw. Here are some tips I can share:

Corn on the cob, buttered, with handles on each end, and sitting in a glass bowl just the right size to hold it.