Washington’s Top Mixologists Support
The Museum of the American Cocktail by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady  Three Days before Katrina struck New Orleans, I toured a small, makeshift museum above a pharmacy in the French Quarter. Various mixologists had contributed their own personal memorabilia collections.
I left town hours before word of the pending disaster was circulated. And every time I see Katrina coverage I would think of the paper menus and bar stirrers and everything in the museum being sopping wet. Of course there were must more important things to think about--but in the back of my mind I thought I would never see those things again. It was also on that trip that I decided to start a cocktail website. When I went to one of the tastings at Tales of the Cocktail I realized that cocktails were the next big thing (actually they were probably always a big thing in New Orleans) PROOF TO HOST DC’S PREMIERE
WORLD COCKTAIL WEEKTM CELEBRATION  Proof has just announced its participation in World Cocktail Week, celebrated internationally from May 8-13, 2008, and its sponsorship of an event in support of The Museum of the American Cocktail. As DC’s first participant in World Cocktail Week, Proof will host a cocktail party and dinner on Monday, May 12th, featuring many of the Washington area’s premier mixologists working together for the first time to provide sensational sips for this special evening. Participating mixologists include Adam Bernbach of Bar Pilar, Derek Brown of Komi, Tom Brown of Cork, Gina Chersevani of EatBar, Justin Guthrie of Central, John Hogan of Hudson, Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve, Chantal Tseng of Tabard Inn, Rico Wisnor of Poste, and Sebastian Zutant of Proof.
Savory Food and dozens of Sips Tickets for the event are priced at $135 per person. The evening's festivities will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour that will feature passed hors d'oeuvres and five specialty cocktails created just for this event. Proof’s Executive Chef Haidar Karoum will prepare a five-course tasting menu that will be paired with five additional specialty cocktails. Tickets for this exclusive event are very limited, and may be purchased at Proof or by calling the restaurant at (202) 737-7663. Here's Proof  Proof is located at 775 G Street, NW, directly across from the National Portrait Gallery, and one block from the Verizon Center and the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro station. Valet parking will be available.
www.proofdc.com www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org World Cocktail Week World Cocktail Week is an annual event to celebrate the anniversary of the first known instance where "cocktail" was defined in print, which took place on May 13, 1806, in the New York newspaper "The Balance." The Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization providing education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail. This event will benefit the museum’s permanent exhibit, which is scheduled to open July 21st at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in the Riverwalk Marketplace Mall in New Orleans, LA. Madelyn Miller is a food and travel writer who loves cocktails. Read her stories on www.travellady.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.yogayaya.com, www.carladynews.com www.chocolateatlas.com, www.teaAtlas.com, www.coffeeatlas.com TravelLady Favorites in Washington DC Madelyn’s favorites in Washington DC WHERE TO STAY Park Hyatt Washington DC
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