Road Trip: Tales of the Cocktail!

New Orleans here we come! Drink Dogma is invading the Big Easy for the annual cocktail convention, Tales of the Cocktail. I’m driving to New Orleans as soon as I wake up in a few hours. As this event will also be my only real vacation for any predictable period; I plan to have a good time and fully indulge myself in everything New Orleans has to offer. What does this mean for Drink Dogma? Tons of posts on the the great mixology minds at Tales and new insight into what makes the cocktail world turn.

Morgan will also be joining me, but he won’t arrive until later this week. Apparently, his job finally found out that he never actually goes to the office; he just travels to exotic drinking destinations across the globe and collects a paycheck every two weeks. So, he won’t be making it until closer to the weekend.

Kevin? Well, somebody has to stay and hold down the fort…err…bar. Kevin is making my whole trip to New Orleans possible by picking up my slack while I’m gone, so I just want to publicly thank him for helping me to go to an event that I missed last year and have been looking forward to for such a long time.

Above all, I am extremely excited about the ability to meet some of the countries greatest bartenders and my fellow cocktail bloggers. I spend so much time reading what others have written on their blogs and forums. So, the opportunity to put a face to these fine people is the ultimate source of my anticipation about the whole event. I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the bloggers reception.

Well, I guess it is time to get to bed. Tomorrow has a five hour drive ahead, followed by my late night attempts at a head start for my Tales experiences. I plan to have a cocktail or two tomorrow night, and like everything else I experience this weekend, I will be blogging about it. Stay tuned all week long for my Tales updates, and make to say hello if you’re going to be in New Orleans.