Recipe: It Puts the Lemons in the Basket

Note: I understand it may be winter right now where you are, but it’s not where we are. In the case that you’re in a cold climate, crank the furnace, start the fireplace, bundle up and get plenty hot and dehydrated to best simulate a hungover summer patio session. Good summer drinks are a damned [...]

Christmas: When Alcoholics Can Hide in Plain Sight

Christmas is less than a week away, kids, which means according to my predictions and holiday tradition, I’ll be sauced in a patio chair in a matter of days. The week of Christmas vacation is a non stop rise-and-pour affair, which seems okay because it’s festive. With a side of Jameson. This isn’t a personal [...]

Music Review with Beer: Great Taste, Less Adjectives

There’s no pretending going on here. I’m no music critic, writer, reviewer. Hell, I don’t even really play the guitar all so well. I listen to music that sounds good to my ears, and that’s that. From what I can figure, reading around the various music blogs that I check out, the fluffier your prose [...]

Pay Attention: Vittana

On top of what you see here at Love & Rum: the Drink, the Girl and the Ocean, I happen to work in marketing. Sneaky profession, you say! A fancy word for sales, with the goal of convincing people to spend their hard earned dollars on products they don’t need. It’s true, but not for [...]

Love

We got engaged recently(ish?), and things are pretty damned good right about now. The "Love" in L&R simply stands for everything in our lives that is important: Friends and family, most of all.

Rum

My favourite of all the drinks. There will be no mentions of the white rums here. We're talking about the good stuff. The golden stuff. However, "Rum" on this site simply stands for our enjoyments: Beaches, travel, food, boating and all things that go better with a bottle.

Playa del Carmen

Beginning 2012, we will indefinitely be living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Many of the posts here will likely reflect our life down in Mexico as we make our home there. If you're looking for articles on the life of drinking, touring and lazing around in Playa — We'll be working on that.

Vancouver

Vancouver is our home base. It's where years of our lives were spent and where our friends live. I'm sure often you will read of Vancouver on this page, and if you haven't been yet, you should visit. It's a beautiful place.