Repeal Day Is Today

December 05, 2008

Repeal Day Is Today

My interview with Jeffrey Morgenthaler introduced me to the concept of Repeal Day — a day when we Americans should take some time to celebrate the end of so-called "Great Experiment" of Prohibition.

Of course, the Libertarian in me wholeheartedly supports any holiday that commemorates the rare instance when government meddling into American lives was turned back.

By the time many of you read this, I will be on a plane. Have a caipirinha or five for me.

In the meantime, some related links:

"The Lessons Of Prohibition", Reason
"Celebrating Cinco de Drinko", The Wall Street Journal
"New Orleans bars celebrate the 75th anniversary of Prohibition's repeal", The Times-Picayune
"Should We Celebrate Repeal Day?", KVAL
"Champagne at the signing of the 21st Amendment", Cocktailiana
"Repeal Day Playlist", A Dash Of Bitters

Posted by Phil Gomes on December 05, 2008 at 08:00 AM in Events, Message From Your Host | Permalink

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About Cachaçagora

Hi. My name is Phil Gomes. By day, I work at a public relations firm as its senior vice president of digital integration. I'm a proud SF East Bay native who currently lives in Chicago.
I was introduced to cachaça by my wife, a Carioca. Her mom, in turn, is the president of the Confraria de Cachaça do Copo Furado, a group that meets monthly to talk about Brazil's indigenous spirit. I participated in one of their meetings when I vacationed in Rio in July 2008.
This started me thinking about the basic question of whether cachaça in the U.S. is today where, say, tequila was some decades ago.
So I decided to start this blog as a means to record and share the cachaça-related items I've been seeing day-to-day. I hope to be sharing recipes, impressions, and random thoughts as the U.S. continues to catch on to the potential for this particular spirit.
Oh... The name? "Cachaçagora" is a portmanteau of "Cachaça" and "agora", which is the Portuguese word for "now". In Greek, "agora" also means public square. I hope to meet the expectations of both.
Saúde!
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December 05, 2008