More Candy Cane for 2007

Attention shoppers! Candy Cane holiday series glassware is back in stock in limited quantities and ready to ship. If you missed them last year because we sold out, or if you got only one kind and wanted more but couldn't get them, now is the time to think about ordering. We stock the matching Cordial Sets, Large Rocks Glasses, and of course the Cocktail Shaker, all with those clever candy canes in fused glass molded right into the surface. Won't wash off or drink off! But it's the martini glasses that sell the fastest.

We'd suggest you order soon, whether for your own entertaining or for a gift for some lucky relative or friend. These sell out every holiday season and there's no reason to suspect that won't happen again this year!

Just use the SEARCH feature on our site and type in CANDY CANE for all your choices.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us via the ContactUs link on our website, or fax tollfree, or call any time on the regular or tollfree line.

Doctors save poisoned tourist using vodka drip

here's the kind of story that warms our heart!

With treatment, Italian visitor made successful recovery in Australia

Updated: 7:41 a.m. CT Oct 10, 2007

BRISBANE, Australia - Australian doctors said they plugged a poisoned Italian tourist into a vodka drip after running out of the medicinal alcohol they would normally have used to save his life.

The 24-year-old Italian, who was not further identified, was diagnosed as having ingested a large quantity of ethylene glycol, a common ingredient in antifreeze that can cause renal failure.

Pure alcohol is often given in treating such cases because it can inhibit the toxic effects of ethylene glycol.

Dr. Pascal Gelperowicz at Mackay Base Hospital where the man was taken for treatment said he was given pharmaceutical-grade alcohol on arrival, but that the hospital's supplies soon ran out.

"We quickly used all the available vials of 100 percent alcohol and decided the next best way to get alcohol into the man's system was by feeding him spirits through a nasogastric tube," Gelperowicz said in a statement.

"The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit," he said. "The hospital's administrators were also very understanding when we explained our reasons for buying a case of vodka."

The patient made a successful recovery. The incident occurred about two months ago, though the hospital just released information on the case.

New Easier-To-Browse AlwaysHappyHour.com website

Have you noticed the new design of our website? We completely overhauled the structure of the outline of our site so that the product departments are now always visible to you along the top as tabs.

You'll also see our new more advanced search box in the center, to help find whatever you're looking for within our site. And our new affilitation with the local and national Better Business Bureaus for your peace of mind and confidence in our company and our site.

Plus you'll see easier to read navigation buttons along the left side to help find departments, policies, and get in touch with us at AlwaysHappuHour.com.

Feel free to let us know what you think of the new site and keep watching as we continue to improve your viewing and shopping experience!

New Xtremely Kewl Diamond Plate Cocktail Gear

There are times when we meet a new manufacturer and see a new product line and go "OMG we need to have that in our line!" This is one of those cases.

These brand new Diamond Plate cocktail accesories are THE coolest hottest things to add to your bar. Whether you have a Harley, a pickup, an ATV, a wave runner, a toy hauler RV, or just wish you did, this cocktail shaker, matching martini/cocktail stems, and matching steak knives will stop your buddies in their tracks.

Take them tailgating, camping, boating, picnicking, or just bring them out on your deck or patio, or place them on your back bar, and everyone will say "wow, where did you get those?"

"Quasi-Motor" martini cocktail shaker set and matching martini stems and cutlery are quality crafted of rugged 18/10 brushed stainless steel with real raised diamond plate trim on every item. For more information on any item , feel free to surf to our website and check them out:

Shaker Stems Knives

New Hawaiian/Polynesian Cocktail & Beer Shirts

Introducing our Hawaiian Shirts in cocktail design and beer design!

You'll be the best-dressed life of the party (at least until you pass out!) when you wear our new, Hawaiian/Polynesian cocktail or tiki beer party shirts! Festive short-sleeve shirts available in 2 different styles and 4 different colors in 6 different sizes

Wear them untucked with shorts or jeans for a casual affair; or gents class it up with khakis, dress slacks, or ladies with a skirt for an exotic, dressy look

For more selection information on either shirt, feel free to surf to our website and check them out:

Cocktail/Martini hawaiian Shirts

Beer tiki Shirts

Fruity cocktails count as health food, study finds

Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:41AM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fruity cocktail may not only be fun to drink but may count as health food, U.S. and Thai researchers said on Thursday.

Adding ethanol -- the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits -- boosted the antioxidant nutrients in strawberries and blackberries, the researchers found.

Any colored fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol, they report in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Dr. Korakot Chanjirakul and colleagues at Kasetsart University in Thailand and scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture stumbled upon their finding unexpectedly.

They were exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage. Treating the berries with alcohol increased in antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity, they found.

Any colored fruit or vegetable is rich in antioxidants, which are chemicals that can cancel out the cell-damaging effects of compounds called free radicals.

Berries, for instance, contain compounds known as polyphenols and anthocyanins. People who eat more of these fruits and vegetables have a documented lower risk of cancer, heart disease and some neurological diseases.

The study did not address whether adding a little cocktail umbrella enhanced the effects.