Mixology Maestro

Take this english major, see.  Lead him to believe that he's destined to have a career, see.  Then tell him the joke's up.  Allow him to fall back on his talents, see.  Encourage the english major by ordering his speciality cocktails, see.  Make him think he's no longer a bartender, but a mixologist.  Then, get his friends to come up with killer business cards, see.  Then you got the guy with the ultimate business card.  Director of Mixology for all that is great and holy.  And, throw him a killer wife who's drop-dead gorgeous.

Basically that's what you've got with Arturo.  Here's a brief bio: http://www.polishedpalate.com/bio/Arturo-Sighinolfi.html

So, we had a chance to hang out with him a while ago and get some feedback, suggestions.  His motto is similar, and he really shakes a mean drink.  My favorite drinks though have been immortalized in Chadzillas blog, so here goes:

http://chadzilla.typepad.com/chadzilla/2008/07/mixology-demo.html

Smart A*ses

So, imagine this surreal setting.....
Take an empty lounge and paint everything brown. Use dipping dot-styled lights and hang them everywhere! Build a bar, throw on some marble and use that cheap bamboo-blind stuff to black out the light from outside. Then, fill it with a group of people who are there to say good bye to one of their own and to celebrate the unknown that is their new future. Throw in some snacks and you have the ultimate storybook setting which needs a damn good margarita.

So, culinary whizzes chef k and chef chad (see chadzilla.typepad.com) come up with their own version of the ultimate margarita, using molecular gastronomy. My favorite thing was the salt strip which look much like one of those breath strips that you see people popping everyday. they had it juxtaposed on the side of a martini glass. They start with tequila, then they have this lime flavored foam and tangerine caviar. Here's a breakdown for the techically enhanced: http://chadzilla.typepad.com/chadzilla/2008/07/re-mixology.html

Great idea, really.  But, you still needed to stir the ingredients to get the real drink.  What's funny is that we had "team members" try the drink with a straw.  They didn't stir so they basically did the shots of tequila and left the ingredients for the margarita!  I didn't realize that people still did tequila shots like college days of old.  But hey, its a fun crowd, so you cannot be to picky with regards to their habits, right?