Is Wine Good for Your Health?
What is wine? “An alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice”. What can be made into wine? Vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, honey...
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Phrases that Teetotalers Hear too Often
Whether staying at home or traveling abroad, being a teetotaler often means you have to explain your choices and receive some very non-sensical reactions from your company.
Super Easy Peach Martini
With winter almost wrapping up, treat yourself to this easy, summer martini and relax!
It's Sylly Week... So Why Is My Skin Suffering?
It's been a week's worth of going out, getting drunk, and bad skin. You know what I'm talking about. The frat party the night before with...
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Best Cozy Winter Drinks
Now that it’s really and truly wintertime here at Bates College, what with it being January and all, I find myself craving warmth. Not heat...
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Your Next Party Needs This Insta-Worthy Prosecco Trailer
*wipes tears from eyes* it's almost too good to be true
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All the Questions You Have About Bartending Answered
As a young bartender who is constantly questioned if I am even old enough to pour drinks, it can be annoying when customers do not know how...
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A review of 400 Rabbits cocktail bar
If you’re anything like me, you will always be up for trying out a quirky cocktail bar with a group of friends! So when a friend from home...
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If Alcohols Were People
Alcohol is famous for its myriad of behavioral effects, or “types of drunks”. It is fascinating—like chemistry, alcoholic chemistry—that a...
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Your Guide to Gluten-Free Alcohol
Learning that you are allergic to gluten can be disheartening. The first things that came to my mind when I found out I was allergic to...
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My Sober 21st Birthday Experience
Last month I turned 21. Here’s how that went: Image source For months I kept feeling nervous about this day, my birthday. In past years, I...
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How To Avoid Looking Like a Hot Mess at your Next Social Function
November and December are very festive months. If you are American, chances are you will be heading home for Thanksgiving. For the rest of...
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Stop Glamorizing Alcoholic Behaviors
No, it isn't cute to be drunk at 10 am.
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Why I decided to give up excessive drinking
It was a life-changing decision.
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Wine Primer for Beginners
For anyone interested in getting into wine, it can be tricky—trickier still when you do it for more than the alcohol percentage. And there...
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How To Survive University When You Don't Drink Alcohol
Since I’m doing my Masters and am thus a grandmother in university terms, people expect me to have had my fair share of wild, drunk nights...
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The Power of Parties
Precarious alcoholic concoctions are poured into red solo cups as floorboards unmistakably creak under the weight of dozens of dancing feet...
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Student Drinking: Is it Really Worth It?
As a non-drinker I think it’s safe to say that my university experience has been relatively unique. At a time when teetotalism among...
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10 Tips I Learned From My First College Party
This is going to come as a surprise to some people, but here is the total truth: I am 18 years old. I have never had a sip of alcohol and I...
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I Went to A Nightclub for the First Time, and I Had FUN!
Before University (albeit 3 weeks ago) I lived a rather monotonous life. I woke up, went to school, went swimming and slept. Obviously...
