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When the short film clip begins, an audience member – Toya Banks of Chicago’s southside – is on her feet. The setting is a cozy corner of Godmothers Bookstore in Summerland. Self-made “Eyebrow Queen” Anastasia Soare and Oprah Winfrey are sunk into enormous Alice in Wonderland wingback chairs that look to be upholstered in something […]

There’s something brand new on the spirits menu at the Plow & Angel Speakeasy: the San Ysidro’s Ranch’s very first proprietary tequila. The news broke during a sexy invite-only garden fête last month that doubled as the Ranch’s first-ever “owned” event – hosted by the property, on the property. Set on the resort’s famous manicured […]

Social gridlock reigned at the 500-acre San Ysidro Ranch when billionaire Beanie Baby owner Ty Warner threw a launch bash for more than 150 guests for his new tequila SYR x Código Ty Warner Reserve. The new heady libation, produced in Amatitán, Jalisco, is aged in French white wine barrels from one month to six […]

Fantasma de México is made with Blanca or Reposada tequila on the rocks, fresh lime juice (or three limes, if you don’t trust it’s fresh) with a splash or “float” of mescal shaken or not. The mescal imparts just a ghost of smokiness to remind the drinker of old Mexico. Mescal, the ancestral form of […]