tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1689856 2012-02-09T08:26:00-08:00 Cocktails, spirits, bars, and bartenders: Alcademics is the study of booze with beverage journalist Camper English. TypePad Alcademicshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016761bfc1f7970b 2012-02-09T08:26:00-08:00 2012-02-09T08:26:00-08:00 Camper English The latest music video from Madonna "Give Me All Your Luvin'" includes some product placement luvin' for Smirnoff vodka. It's far enough in the background that it's not entirely clear what the brand is, unless of course one is already familiar with these things. The full video is below. Smirnoff and Madonna did some work together this fall in a promotion called the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project, in which dancers auditioned to go on tour with Madonna. So I guess...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/TxdC5DpcwFo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/02/the-new-madonna-video-and-smirnoff-vodka-product-placement.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da2088340163009d51b1970d 2012-02-07T08:10:00-08:00 2012-02-07T10:31:08-08:00 Camper English About twice each week, I'm asked by people visiting San Francisco which bars to hit while they're here. From now on I have an easy answer: Those are all in my app module for iPhones, now available on iTunes. The app is called Know What. It's basically a framework with more than 400 "essential" spots to visit (between San Francisco and Los Angeles) as picked by experts like me, on top of which you purchase individual guides depending on your...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/jFYiMKnx7kA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/02/top-cocktail-bars-in-san-francisco-my-app-has-launched.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56719801 2012-02-06T14:19:00-08:00 2012-02-06T14:18:26-08:00 Camper English One day science says drinking will make you live forever. The next day science says it will kill you tomorrow. Good Booze, Bad Booze is an Alcademics category where I put all these stories together. 2/6/12: Two glasses of wine a day 'triples mouth cancer risk' [link] From the Guardian: "Regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, a government campaign will warn." Previous Good Booze,...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/DQ8be-4Ywcs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/02/good-booze-bad-booze.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553b3da208834016300aa03a1970d 2012-02-06T08:02:00-08:00 2012-02-08T15:21:29-08:00 Camper English Joel Baker, formerly a bar manager at Bourbon &amp; Branch and Burritt Room, will be taking over the bar program at Tres Tequila Lounge &amp; Mexican Kitchen in San Francisco, the bar/restaurant formerly known as Tres Agaves. Image stolen from Tres website Most of the plans are still a bit nebulous and we shouldn't expect to see any changes until early March, but Baker told me he'd look into expanding the tequila program into other agave spirits including adding more...<br/> <br/> [Visit Alcademics.com for the full post.]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Alcademics/~4/_ltVEuP1Itc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.alcademics.com/2012/02/joel-baker-to-take-on-tres-tequila-lounge-in-san-francisco.html