garrettpeck

Philadelphia Distilling needs a bartender for a charity event on Saturday, April 10, 2010. This is for the Fashion for Paws event at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC. We're providing a "Bluecoat Martini Bar" in the VIP section, and the bartender will make martinis made from Bluecoat American Dry Gin. The event will run 8:00 pm - midnight. Please contact me if interested or have any bartender friends who are. This is a paying gig. And as we're looking to hold more events in the DC area, it could potentially lead to more work for the bartender.

Philadelphia Distilling is hosting a day-trip to the microdistillery for DC-based bartenders and writers. This artisanal distillery makes the award-winning Bluecoat American Dry Gin, Vieux Carré Absinthe Supérieure, and Penn 1681 Vodka. The trip will be held Monday, April 5. We'll depart for Philadelphia in the morning on a chartered coach from a downtown DC location. Upon arrival we'll tour the distillery and watch master distiller Rob Cassell in action. Lunch will be provided there. And you'll be back in DC by the evening with visions of Bluecoat dancing in your head. It will be a fun and memorable day. If you're a bartender or writer and would like to attend, please RSVP to Garrett Peck (contact info below).

Dates: May 22 and 23, 2010 Time: Starting at 12:00 noon both days Starting Location: Cogswell Temperance Fountain (7th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Archives/Navy Memorial Metro station) The Temperance Tour is a three-hour walking tour of Prohibition-related sites in Washington, DC. Starting at the Cogswell Temperance Fountain, funded by a California dentist who protested alcohol in our nation’s capital, it continues to Calvary Baptist Church in Chinatown, where the Anti-Saloon League had its first national convention in 1895. The tour concludes at President Woodrow Wilson’s house in Dupont Circle, president at the start of Prohibition. The house has a wine cellar full of Prohibition-era bottles and a fascinating story of how Wilson got those out of the White House. Those with time (and thirst) afterward may toast the end of Prohibition at a nearby establishment. Participants should bring a Metro card, sunscreen, and good walking shoes. We'll walk about 1-1/2 miles and traverse a number of staircases. The tour is led by Garrett Peck, author of The Prohibition Hangover. This tour is part of WalkingTown, DC, so it is completely FREE both days! Full details about the tour - and a map you can download - can be found on the Temperance Tour website.

Hi everyone! My name is Garrett Peck. Many thanks to everyone who participates in this forum, and especially to Don for providing this great online community. I'm an Arlington resident and freelance writer. I published my first book, The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet, in 2009, and am excited about publishing more. It was a six year process! You never know how long it will take to publish a book once you go down the rabbit hole like Alice. For fun, and to satisfy my deep inner desire as a history nerd, I lead a local "Temperance Tour" of Prohibition-related sites in Washington, DC. I do this a couple times a year, mainly through WalkingTown DC, but also whenever a private group requests it. Finally, I'm the DC rep for Philadelphia Distilling, supporting this microdistillery with event management and marketing. It's so much fun working for a small company! Thanks all for listening, and I look forward to participating in this forum.