Black Entertainment Diaries

I like to bartend. I enjoy drinks that are out of the ordinary and tasty. I was an official bartender in late 2007 during my unemployment, FYI. Side note: If you're ever in Rincon, Puerto Rico you must try the Pirate Special (pronounced PIR-AT-TAY) at the Villa Cofresi...it's simply awesome and served in a fresh coconut. The vodka & soda or gin & tonic cocktails do get a bit boring.

I was lucky enough to partake in a bartending 101 course with the folks from Sobieski Vodka a few months back at the SoHo House. They hired a mixology guru to teach us the basics and then allow time for experimentation. That's when I came up with the "Mark Anthony" martini, cleverly named after my first and middle name (for lack of something better at the time). That same week I volunteered to bartend at a media gathering in my office for Sobieski Vodka. There I met one of my biggest fans, Danica Daniel, editor-in-chief for Right On! and Black Beat magazines.

Danica wanted something sweet, given it was the afternoon. So I whipped up my newly created cocktail and she loved it. She enjoyed it soo much that she featured it in the Premiere Issue of Black Entertainment Diaries with a small bio sidebar. Check it out: