Being pregnant sucks.  Well, let me rephrase that…being pregnant is beautiful…but not being able to savor the fine intracies of a well-balanced cocktail blows goats.  But rest assured, ladies-of-the-bump: a good mocktail can satisfy that craving, and not leave you with a sauced fetus. We recently checked out the new Astoria haunt, The Astor Room.  […]

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The request was odd.  Create a cocktail for a friend’s baby shower. Aren’t baby showers supposed to be about silly games, endless cupcakes and a relentless procession of swaddling devices?  And what fun is a cocktail if baby momma doesn’t get to enjoy it? I put the Jack LaLanne juicer to work.  You remember him—the overly energetic […]

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