Showing posts with label Contemporary Complements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contemporary Complements. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

All This Could Be Yours!


You will note the photo attached to this post. This is a private edition piece of glassware by Contemporary Complements for this blog exclusively – not to be sold elsewhere. In fact, there’s only one way you can get one of these nifty pieces, and it’s by talking with us here on the blog!

For people that contribute worthy comments, helpful tips or others interesting bits to the comments section here, we’ll put your name in a hat every other month and draw out one lucky slip of paper. The person whose name is on that paper will receive a glass free of charge; we’ll contact you for your address, and send it on its way as a thank you for making our little corner of the Internet that much more interesting.

I suppose there are a few general rules: no multiple winners within a one-year period, our discretion on mailing outside the US, yadda yadda. Otherwise, I hope that you find hanging out here to be worth it on its own merits, but consider this incentive to tell us so (or how to improve)!

Monday, January 30, 2012

What’s Going on Here?


Hi – my name’s Alex. I help make games as a full-time job, and occasionally speak in front of people. My wife Julie is an artist working primarily with painted and etched glass (Contemporary Complements). And, every so often, I mix a drink or two for friends, family and myself. I’m not a bartender or mixologist, preferring to refer to myself as an enthusiastic amateur (in most things that I do, actually). More on that tomorrow.

Today, I want to welcome you to our weekly trip into what I have learned, and an ongoing conversation into what I should find out about. It’s envisioned to be part cocktail recipes, part appreciation for alcohols, drinks and nightspots that deserve attention, part braindump, and part showcase for my wife’s glassware. Along the way, I’ll tell stories, accept feedback and criticism (deserved or otherwise), and at the end of the day try to be as knowledgeable as I am enthusiastic.

We’ll continue to state our vision over the next two days, leading up to our first entry on Thursday (and every Thursday beyond that). Welcome to our blog, and we hope you enjoy the ride!