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Pairing The Lord Of The Rings With A Cocktail At Robson’s “Forage”

Pair ‘Little Women’ With A Clover Club Refashioned At “L’Abattoir”

Burn Through Fahrenheit 451 With A Hot Mezcal Sipper On The Drive

Pair Heller’s “Catch 22” With An Aviation Cocktail At Mamie Taylor’s

Pair Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” With A Spiced Margarita At Lolita’s

READ IT (AGAIN): Pairing Steinbeck’s East Of Eden With A Stiff Sipper At “The Acorn”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” With An Alibi Pint

GOODS: “Sons & Lovers” Summer Reading Pop-Up Bookshop This Sunday At Revolver

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair A Venetian Spritz On Boneta’s Wee Patio With “Death In Venice”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair Capote’s “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” With A Gin Sour At 900 West

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair An “Alibi Room” Pint With The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” With A Cocktail At Chambar

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “A Farewell To Arms” With Some Quality Whisky At The Shebeen

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair Some Traditional Egg Nog With Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair Wilde’s Dorian Gray With An Absinthe Cocktail At “Pourhouse”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “The Catcher In The Rye” With A Scotch And Soda At The Sylvia

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair An Old Pal Cocktail With John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice And Men”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “The Hobbit” With A Wee Hike & Swigs Of Fat Tug India Pale Ale

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair A Boozy Shake At Save On Meats With “Slaughterhouse Five”

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” With A Glass Of Wine At A Beach

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “Madame Bovary” With New Shoes & A Sidecar At L’Abattoir

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “The Sun Also Rises” With A Glass Of Red Wine Or A Papa Doble

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald With An Easy Gin Rickey

Remembering James Barber