Camper English
@alcademics.bsky.social
Cocktail writer, author of The Ice Book (2023) and Doctors and Distillers (2022). Now also giving SF cocktail history tours.
https://www.alcademics.com
https://www.alcademics.com
When I was like 12 I went to see The Sting in the movie theater by myself, assuming it was a disaster movie about a mass stinging event. It turned out to be a Robert Redford movie, but I didn’t know who that was so I kept waiting for the bees, I waited the whole movie for the bees.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
When I was like 12 I went to see The Sting in the movie theater by myself, assuming it was a disaster movie about a mass stinging event. It turned out to be a Robert Redford movie, but I didn’t know who that was so I kept waiting for the bees, I waited the whole movie for the bees.
unfortunately the last bite of my lunch was gross so now i have to eat a whole second lunch
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
unfortunately the last bite of my lunch was gross so now i have to eat a whole second lunch
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
petition to change the spelling of “wallop” to “whallop"
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
petition to change the spelling of “wallop” to “whallop"
Up reading poetry
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Up reading poetry
not a whole lot of heavy reading in there but i’m tempted by the rum one as it’s an academic print
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
not a whole lot of heavy reading in there but i’m tempted by the rum one as it’s an academic print
New cocktail and spirits books for 2025 - just added November/December books to the list:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
New cocktail and spirits books for 2025 - just added November/December books to the list:
alcademics.com/new-drink-bo...
alcademics.com/new-drink-bo...
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It’s easy enough to bring my own bag to the store and to use my own brain instead of AI most of the time. That feels like the same thing to me.
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It’s easy enough to bring my own bag to the store and to use my own brain instead of AI most of the time. That feels like the same thing to me.
there was some information i wanted but then i was directed to a podcast so i remain ignorant
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
there was some information i wanted but then i was directed to a podcast so i remain ignorant
It’s easy enough to bring my own bag to the store and to use my own brain instead of AI most of the time. That feels like the same thing to me.
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It’s easy enough to bring my own bag to the store and to use my own brain instead of AI most of the time. That feels like the same thing to me.
the SF Chronicle is hiring a food reporter, I assume because Elena Kadvany took the Associate F&W Editor job that had been open a long time and this was her former gig.
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Food Reporter
The San Francisco Chronicle seeks a reporter to lead the conversation on Bay Area restaurant industry news, including major openings, closings and trends, and to write discourse-defining features abou...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the SF Chronicle is hiring a food reporter, I assume because Elena Kadvany took the Associate F&W Editor job that had been open a long time and this was her former gig.
eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Last night at Omnivore Books with @davidwondrich.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last night at Omnivore Books with @davidwondrich.bsky.social
Christmas bars are starting to feel desperate to me. I already know of 5 this year in SF.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Christmas bars are starting to feel desperate to me. I already know of 5 this year in SF.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Giving away a copy of this book to a newsletter subscriber soon. alcademics.com/alcademics-n...
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Giving away a copy of this book to a newsletter subscriber soon. alcademics.com/alcademics-n...
I made cards for my little history tours.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I made cards for my little history tours.
I am adding an evening tour the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and another on Black Friday in the afternoon.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I am adding an evening tour the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and another on Black Friday in the afternoon.
www.airbnb.com/experiences/...
www.airbnb.com/experiences/...
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“Whatever could be causing a loneliness epidemic?” you ask the internet, sitting in a driverless car wearing headphones that you never take off in public, as an anonymous shopper makes contactless delivery of your meal kits using the keypad entry of your condo atop empty ground floor retail space
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Whatever could be causing a loneliness epidemic?” you ask the internet, sitting in a driverless car wearing headphones that you never take off in public, as an anonymous shopper makes contactless delivery of your meal kits using the keypad entry of your condo atop empty ground floor retail space
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This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
do job-having people in the US get Thanksgiving week off or just Thursday/Friday?
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
do job-having people in the US get Thanksgiving week off or just Thursday/Friday?
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I wrote about everyone’s favorite topic: how ice cubes are made.
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The Surprising Process Behind Those Crystal-Clear Ice Cubes in Your Rocks Glass
At cocktail bars around the world, crystal-clear ice cubes have become a status symbol. But many don't realize the journey those cubes take before ending up in a rocks glass. Follow the journey of coc...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I wrote about everyone’s favorite topic: how ice cubes are made.
www.foodandwine.com/how-cocktail...
www.foodandwine.com/how-cocktail...
did the thing. didn’t get my ballot in the mail so went in person. was the 14th in-person voter at 8:30.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
did the thing. didn’t get my ballot in the mail so went in person. was the 14th in-person voter at 8:30.