It's Always Happy Hour Somewhere

2011-12-19T10:27:00.001-06:00

wow! new SocialStore app on our Facebook AlwaysHappyHour page, shows *ALL* our eBay store listings pix and prices. AWESOME! http://ping.fm/Uz0rH?sk=app_139795282761083

2011-12-14T08:57:00.001-06:00

Got 2 doz of RX Boozemin flasks last night, sold out instantly, expect another 3 doz to arrive today available as great holiday gifts! http://ping.fm/u1ll9

2011-12-03T16:06:00.001-06:00

the hottest item we have this holiday season are our RX Prescription flasks for your pocket or purse, can't keep them on the shelf! http://ping.fm/jUtvH

2011-11-21T18:42:00.001-06:00

Finally all papers done today, donating my 10 yr old Hyundai SantaFe SUV to nat'l charity, after over 100,000 miles of great use & fun trips

2011-09-18T12:30:00.001-05:00

Price Reduced! Selling my late parent's Gorgeous Hartwell Lake ranch-style home with deeded covered boatslip

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2011-09-06T12:45:00.001-05:00

Fun holiday wknd In Wisconsin Dells including FINALLY riding Hades wooden roller coaster at Mt Olympus Theme park. Sean's face is TOO funny!

2011-08-15T16:37:00.001-05:00

totally stressed day, tried to update iPhone and iPad calendars this AM, instead all my desktop contacts disappeared as did all my calendars

2011-07-07T12:51:00.001-05:00

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes today on FB, txt, phone, email, etc. Enjoying it immensely & working hard at upcoming big new things!

2011-06-27T09:30:00.001-05:00

http://ping.fm/TYvrq Gorgeous Hartwell Lake ranch condo home for sale, GA-SC stateline http://ping.fm/ouDdZ

2011-04-08T16:08:00.001-05:00

Thanks to Citrus Club Orlando for another huge order of our CS-CS2000 KingKong 1/2 Gallon Cocktail Shakers. Must be a very fun club! http://ping.fm/z3BZE

2011-03-29T08:34:00.001-05:00

Thank you Ardiri Winery,Cornelius Oregon, for the large order of our Wine theme dish towels. Lucky Ardiri Wine Club Members get a surprise!

2011-03-29T07:43:00.001-05:00

Special thanks to Bacardi for the huge order of our CS-CS2000 KingKong 1/2 Gallon Cocktail Shakers. Can't wait to see how they're used! http://ping.fm/bWDiU

2010-08-09T09:17:00.001-05:00

We completely sold all of the 1/2 gallon flasks & cell phone flasks we had at Jazzfest, knew they'd be fun & popular, and OH the laughter!

2010-08-09T09:15:00.001-05:00

Thanks to all who came to Jazzfest this weekend in MKE's 3rd Ward! Especially Maple, Ruthie, Craig & Mark, Dan, Carl, & our new pals from DC

2010-08-06T13:20:00.001-05:00

1 pic really IS worth 1000 screams! Riding MagnumXL200 @ CedarPoint last week. Note how our friend Spot *really* enjoys dropping @ 72MPH http://ping.fm/dexdx

2010-08-04T17:23:00.001-05:00

SummerSizzle JazzFest is this Sat in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward 11a-11p & we really do have LOTS of new stuff to show @ our booth: fun, crazy http://ping.fm/GXc8k

2010-08-04T17:14:00.001-05:00

So dentist says rootcanal or extraction. My only 2 options. Ugh! A week of antibiotic horsepills & then drill or pull! OUCH! What a choice!

2010-08-03T12:30:00.001-05:00

Just got sweet new iMag creditcard reader & iPayPOS app for our iPhones. Will be using Saturday @ 3rd Ward Jazzfest for all creditcards! http://ping.fm/apARd

2010-08-03T09:07:00.001-05:00

OK, have massive toothache & earache since yesterday, obviously abscess or rootcanal about to happen. Rinse w/Nyquil + CloveOil + 2 Alieves!

2010-08-03T08:40:00.001-05:00

Got back from camping Sun PM & found shredded trailer tire on our camper. Amazing it didn't happen @70MPH on IN Tollway! Thankyou prayers! http://ping.fm/NxotZ

2010-07-23T09:39:00.001-05:00

6" of rain in 3 hours last nite, so far, knock wood, basement still dry, all old & new roofs not leaking. All nearby creeks & rivers flooded

2010-07-22T12:06:00.001-05:00

Saw WICKED again last nite 3rd time, still best show even tho it's been 2 yrs since we saw it last. Vicki Noon & Natalie Daradich wonderful!

2010-07-18T17:20:00.001-05:00

Thanks to all who came to Saturday Sizzle outdoor market yesterday downtown in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward. We were so busy we missed some folks!

2010-07-16T12:37:00.001-05:00

Looking 4 coasterbears & fans 2 join us Wed July 28th @ CedarPoint! also desperately need coaster-widows (non-riders) to hang out with Brian

2010-07-15T06:44:00.001-05:00

Copper sunroom roof on our 90 y/o house leaking this AM after 3 in of pouring rain last nite. Everything else incl the basement looks fine.

Saturday Sizzle in the 3rd Ward in downtown Milwaukee

2010-07-13T14:24:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone!

We really really would love to see a great turnout this Saturday July 17, 2010, at Saturday Sizzle in the 3rd Ward in downtown Milwaukee.

Hope you'll come visit us, say hi, check out our newest cocktail shakers and other items we've never displayed in person before!

10a-6p in downtown Milwaukee on Broadway just around the corner from the Public Market and Farmers Market.

- Andy & Brian - AlwaysHappyHour
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/sizzlinsaturdays.php

2010-07-12T12:44:00.001-05:00

Thanks to all you that braved the local thunderstorms Sat nite to surprise me on my 50th bday. Am still sobering up and getting more sleep!

2010-07-01T07:05:00.001-05:00

It happened. Got my 1st AARP envelope in the mail yesterday. WTF?? How the f*k do they KNOW I'll be 50 next week? Creepy! Brian's laughing!

2010-07-01T06:58:00.001-05:00

Threw out my lower back doing laundry in the basement Tues morn, how embarrassing?! Much better after much yoga, crunches, & my back brace.

2010-06-04T11:10:00.001-05:00

East 'Tosa garage sales this Sat June 5 & we got rummage 2 sell! Albums (vinyl), shoptools, kitchen stuff, & AlwaysHappyHour clearance!!

2010-05-26T07:34:00.001-05:00

Starting to load motion videos of our LED bar signs onto the website, VERY kewl! http://ping.fm/7amEd

2010-05-14T16:40:00.001-05:00

Surprise! Both Sailboat & Crab glass cocktail shakers back in stock. Weren't expecting them til July, but there they were today! http://ping.fm/FdbdW

2010-05-11T16:17:00.001-05:00

Huge HALF PRICE sale starts today on 1-of-a-kind items in our store. Usually we mark everything 10-30% off, so these are EXTRA discounts http://www.alwayshappyhour.com/

2010-05-05T08:47:00.001-05:00

Found an awesome from-scratch Taco Seasoning recipe online, so it's home-made tacos with margaritas tonite for Cinco De Mayo! YUM!! http://ping.fm/LsBCj

2010-04-28T16:11:00.001-05:00

Plus an order for 8 (yep eight) of OTFLASK8 stainless steel flasks UPS 2 Day Air to a fun spot in Alabama, fun there this weekend for sure!

2010-04-28T16:09:00.001-05:00

Then our UT-DS-25 Flamingo Drink Stirs going to Don Pedro Restaurants in suburban Washington DC

2010-04-28T16:08:00.001-05:00

Great day! Big order for CSCS2000 Kong Shakers from Bicardi (yep that one) for a new cocktail lounge in Austin TX

2010-04-25T12:04:00.001-05:00

If you already have a Vinturi aerator or have been thinking of buying one, you really should have this handsfree tower! http://ping.fm/707Y5

2010-04-25T12:03:00.001-05:00

So kewl, just sold 2 more Vinturi hands free wine pouring towers, 1 going out of the country.

2010-04-24T13:34:00.001-05:00

Just got the fun UT-MP7 Martini shape cocktail picks back on the shelf and already they are runnin out the door! http://ping.fm/TB936

2010-04-21T14:20:00.001-05:00

by the way, if you "fan" or "like" our page you get an extra super-secret discount when you order thru Facebook (hint) http://ping.fm/5JbAh

2010-04-21T14:19:00.001-05:00

For right now, we'll add items 1-@-a-time 2 facebook until they figure out how to let us put many many many items on at once. http://ping.fm/yFZ2Y

2010-04-21T14:18:00.001-05:00

Hey all, just figured out how 2 turn on the searchable e-tail storefront tab on our Facebook page! kewl! http://ping.fm/QhYE2

2010-04-12T14:53:00.001-05:00

Wow, what a weekend! Thanks to everyone on Facebook , Twitter and elsewhere for great viewers, shoppers, sales! next post will list them

2010-04-09T15:16:00.001-05:00

and also our old friends the Thirstystone Drink Coaster Tic-Tac-Dot DC-VDG5 http://ping.fm/ZzJup

2010-04-09T15:11:00.001-05:00

What a Friday! today's top sellers: GS-25Jets_FLU-P Jetson Champagnes http://ping.fm/5Yywn

2010-04-08T17:02:00.001-05:00

Today's most popular, again our UT1364D Olive Grabber http://ping.fm/RObQp and also the CSCS700 Clear Acrylic Cocktail Shaker http://ping.fm/QlYh9

2010-04-07T21:12:00.001-05:00

...and our stainless & acrylic double insulated martini cocktail shaker CS-C24 http://ping.fm/SxCNr

2010-04-07T21:10:00.001-05:00

Today's big movers: our extremely popular Olive Grabbers http://ping.fm/eRecc

2010-04-06T17:17:00.001-05:00

Today's big seller was... our exclusive Floating Olive Candles NV-CN1 http://ping.fm/2lrou Only place you can buy them

2010-04-06T15:41:00.001-05:00

just testing the first post of the day, it's still over an hour until happy hour here in the midwest ;-)

We're on Facebook!

2010-04-06T14:32:00.002-05:00

We'd love all our customers and shoppers to become our fans on Facebook, please become our fan!

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Exclusive AlwaysHappyHour.com sale on Psychedelic Green Ribbon Swirl Art Glass Martini Shakers CS-SHA404

2010-03-25T11:03:00.002-05:00

Exclusively from Always Happy Hour, this gorgeous art glass martini cocktail shaker is available to ship anywhere in the world as a gift or for your own use AND it's on SALE!

MRSP was originally $37.50 on this, now on sale to all our customers for just $23.43 + shipping (and we always offer discount shipping via ground or air, post or UPS)

Get yours now, sale is limited to stock on hand on our CS-SHA404 shaker, you won't find this in stores or on line anywhere else but AlwaysHappyHour.com!

20 styles of glass cocktail shakers back in stock!

2010-03-04T13:53:00.002-06:00

So many to chose from it's almost NOT funny!

some of these (the rippled shakers) are the ones we started our company with 6 years ago,
now back and available for your shopping gift-giving and drink shaking pleasure!
Check our shaker secton on AlwaysHappyHour.com for numerous colors and styles of art glass and regular glass shakers,

all with stainless steel strainer tops for the perfect pour.

Meet The Jetsons (Stemware)

2009-12-11T21:00:00.000-06:00

Limited quantities back in stock in time for Christmas!

When Jane Jetson took George's wallet from him and went to the space mall at the opening of every show, we're sure these are the glasses she'd bring back for Rosie The Robot to serve them an out-of-this world drink at the end of the tough work day.

We didn't name these martini's and champagnes 'Jetson' ourselves, but you can tell why the glassmaker did, with these double rings in the stem that look just like every building in the show and every outfit that Jane and Judy wore.

As clever as the name, these are no joke, fine quality glassware in martini stem or champagne flute, beautifully made, and elegant to put on display or serve from....or both!

Beautiful new Indent glassware

2009-12-11T18:29:00.000-06:00

Limited quantity back in stock in time for Christmas!

We've just introduced some incredible new glass stemware we discovered from a Canadian company that will inspire you to collect and to drink. Check out our new Indent Series glasses with the clear dimpled bowls and stems in beautiful soft colors.

Almost 9 " tall and a full 6" wide at the top, these gorgeous glasses are MUCH bigger in your hand than they appear on the website.

Truly elegant, contemporary and classic at the same time, and worth the investment.

December Diamonds holiday ornaments

2009-11-24T13:07:00.002-06:00

We just found a case of December Diamonds holiday ornaments from 2008 and 2007 that were lost/forgotten behind some other cartons.

Some never even made it onto our website last year. WHOOPS!

Now these fanciful glittery drinking themed ornaments are back, but only what we have on the shelf right now, so check out the links to our HOLIDAY section and see if there's one you need or want, or just have to have (or give) this holiday season!

More Neon bar Signs added and Available Immediately

2009-11-20T08:09:00.002-06:00

We've added 4 new neon bar signs to our web site perfect for your rec room, patio, dorm room, den, garage, wherever. We're showing two pictures here with a beach/palm vibe, and you'll see two others on our site with a more risque theme, he he he.

Drop ships next day or same day from the neon factory, so check them out and order soon

They're Huge! Giant party Cocktail/Martini shakers

2009-11-19T08:00:00.002-06:00

"!! IT'S HUGE !!"
Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), Girls Will Be Girls, 2003
Well...okay....THEY'RE huge. Our giant half gallon party cocktail/martini shakers are available in XXXX now TWO great colors to suit any gift-giving or drinking event. And they literally hold just about a HALF GALLON of favorite delicious skaken refreshments: whether martinis, margaritas, bloody marys, manhattans, mohitos, or more. Whatever could be served from a normal size shaker will stun and delight guests poured from these 60 ounce beauties almost 14 inches tall. Plus, they look great sitting on your bar or counter. Who wouldn't be excited to see a cocktail poured from these?

In stock for immediate delivery in your choice of Black or Silver...and reasonably priced, if you ask us. (note we have only 46 black shakers remaining, after these sell out there will be no more half gallon black!)

So if your Happy Hour doesn't start until 5, why not go right to 5 (drinks) or more in a hurry with these giant party shakers?

Floating Olive Candles - back in stock!

2009-11-12T11:00:00.000-06:00

If you're planning that Martini Wedding or James Bond theme gala , why not impress your freinds with our Floating Olive Candles! How about that martini theme anniversary, or birthday, or a very sophisticated holiday or new years eve party?

They're now back in stock at both our Wisconsin and Michigan warehouses for immediate shipment for any occasion!

They ship with discounted freight plus we pay the shipping insurance so they're guaranteed to arrive in the right condition for you to make your next really large drink or really great centerpiece. Discounts available for large purchases, too.

Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch Ornaments are in at AlwaysHappyHour.com

2009-11-11T16:01:00.003-06:00

These were certainly popular last holiday season, and this year we expect the same.

Almost a dozen officially licensed and logo'd items with Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, Clydesdale, Bud Light, and Michelob themes and images to hang on your tree or decorate your table.

Inventories are limited on these, so once each sells out we will probably not be able to get more.

Order soon to make sure you have yours or have the perfect gift to give.

Holiday Toddies Ornament Back this Year at AlwaysHappyHour.com!

2009-11-10T14:55:00.003-06:00

These flew off the shelf last year and the year before, and we have a limited, and we mean VERY limited supply of them this year (ordered 6 cases and got only 2 from the manufacturer).

So if you love these little cocktail holiday ornaments for your tree, packages, hostess gifts, work cubicle, wherever, better jump on www.AlwaysHappyHour.com soon and get yours!

These have been selling fast since October, and when they're gone, they're gone!

7 different mini cocktail ornaments available to delight you....

We're now on Biznik

2009-11-06T10:51:00.001-06:00

We're now on Biznik

Great new undercabinet glass racks

2009-09-09T10:41:00.002-05:00

These just in! a great way to display or store stemware. You've seen similar systems at restaurants and bars, now use them at home wherever you like.
Each rack is modular, so you can install them side by side to make as wide of a stemware rack as you want, and they each come with mounting screws included in the box.

Install under a cabinet or under a shelf to create an open display for your guests to admire. Or install them inside your cabinets to create built-in storgage of your wine, champagne, and martini glasses (and more!).

Glasses slide in from washing to display, glasses slide out at serving time to pour that next drink!

We're using these in our RV for camping, they're awesome!

Neons now available as a set

2009-09-03T08:27:00.004-05:00

We're now offering the very popular BEER PONG and FLIP CUP individual neon signs as a pair/combination shipped together.

Place 1 order, get 2 very cool electric real neon signs for your dorm room or apartment.

See our website for full details and pricing

Martini Luminarias For Your Next Outdoor Event

2009-09-02T16:42:00.001-05:00

Back in Stock and ready for your next great party! Nothing will say "welcome to our party" to your guests at your next event like these fun martini luminaria!

These are just like the luminaria you recall from years back and from winter holiday walks, but why wait until a winter holiday to make your driveway, sidewalk, stairs, patio, garden, deck, campsite, etc look particularly inviting and festive?

Each kit comes complete with a martini cocktail cutout luminaria, weighted base you fill quickly with water instead of sand, and a standard tealight.

You have to use them outdoors with a lit candle in the bag, but we've got LED tealights available for an extra charge, or if you have your own LED tealights, you can use these indoors for table decor, staircase.

Fun New Folding Party Chairs

2008-04-11T16:23:00.002-05:00

We've wanted to carry these sturdy aluminum folding chairs with the built-in attached cocktail table for years, sometimes it just takes a buying trip with a couple of cocktails in you (our first intoxicated...er...ing afternoon at this year's Intl Housewares Show in Chicago).

Here they are and yes we've already tested them this season , as have some of our other loyal AlwaysHappyHour clients/followers.

Our complete webpage describes them in full, and while you'll find cheaper knockoffs around the country, you won't find them as well made and built to last as these. Worth every penny and still the original !

Olive Stem Martini Cocktail Glasses, Back In Stock

2008-04-03T16:56:00.000-05:00

You've asked for 'em, we've got 'em (again) after a bit of a hiatus where our previous glassmaker had retired/discontinued them, we now have the great martini stem sets that include a fun blown glass stuffed green olive right in each and everystem. Nothing says 'classic martini' like an olive (or 2 or 3) but whether you and your guests like your martini olive standard or stuffed with blue cheese, garlic, onion, or what-have-you....these glasses will give a throw back to old-school deliciousness and old school entertaining in style, with a wink and a nod.

These glasses also match our extremely popular centerpieces with the stack of green olives molded into the stem, for those that want to put on a coordinating display.

The Freezable Martinis We (and You)'ve Been Waiting For!

2008-04-02T11:38:00.002-05:00

OMG! OMG! OMG! We've been searching for, hoping for, waiting for glasses just like these to be manufactured since we began AlwaysHappyHour in 2004, and now....here they are!

Yes you've all seen (and prob own) the refreezable double wall beer mugs, and we've been jonsing for them in martini glasses for a long time. Now, we're proud to be negotiating several different refreezable styles in martini stems. But the first to launch on our site are these clear, frosty, freezable/refreezable martini stems.

Attractively priced and attractively packaged, you'll want to give them as gifts to every friend and family that loves summer cocktails, and you'll want them in your own freezer at home, on your deck, in your boat, in your camper, everywhere! (we do, too!). Perfect for icy cold martinis, manhattans, gimlets, sidecars, anything that could - that should be deliciously cold and served straight-up.

Follow the links and order your pair today, and watch our blog and website for 4-color sets coming very very soon

After Holiday End of Year Sale now in progress!

2008-03-21T09:00:00.001-05:00

We've just marked down 100's of our drinking and bar accessories and home bar decor items to HALF PRICE. Start your after holiday sale and inventory clearance sale shopping this week at AlwaysHappyHour.com!

Going on for the next 2 weeks until the end of the month and end of the calendar year, and it's in every category in our online store, so check it out.

Discounted and free shipping still applies, even on sale items, by the way!

More Candy Cane for 2007

2007-11-24T15:26:00.001-06:00

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

2007-10-10T12:49:00.000-05:00

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

2007-08-17T12:03:00.000-05:00

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

2007-07-02T07:28:00.000-05:00

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

2007-06-25T20:14:00.001-05:00

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

2007-04-20T22:14:00.000-05:00

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.

Holiday Boutique this weekend in Brookfield

2006-10-31T14:00:00.000-06:00

Visit ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR at the annual Brookfield Academy Holiday Boutique

One Day only: Saturday November 4th 2006 from 9am to 5 pm.

From uniquely economical to exceptionally extravagant, shop this distinctive group of over 50 of the area's best specialty retailers and artists under one roof.

Get your holiday and hostess gift lists together because you will find everything you need to please everyone from granny down to the newborns with everything in between.

1 / 2 off admission with a non perishable food item donation for the Waukesha Food Pantry (regular admission $5.00)

Brookfield Academy is located at 3460 N Brookfield Road.
(1/2 mile south of the Capitol and Brookfield Road intersection)
262-783-3200 or http://www.brookfieldacademy.org

Andy & Brian
http://www.AlwaysHappyHour.com
toll free: 866-502-7050
Fax toll free: 866-332-3013

CandyCane Glassware is IN!

2006-10-23T22:13:00.000-05:00

The Candy Cane holiday series glassware is back in stock 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.
You know we don't joke around when it comes to inventory, and I can tell you that we've contacted the glass manufacturer and the Martini Glasses that everyone loves and wants are already sold out. So what we've got in our Always happy Hour inventory is probably all there will be for the entire holiday season in martini.

There are also plenty of 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!

We'd suggest you order soon, whether for your own entertaining or for a gift for some lucky relative or friend. These sold out of our place last 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, we will call you right back if we dont answer in the first few rings.

Historic 3rd Ward Jazz Festival “Summer Sizzle” in downtown Milwaukee

2006-07-31T13:17:00.000-05:00

This weekend coming up, Friday & Saturday August 4th and 5th, is once again the annual Historic 3rd Ward Jazz Festival “Summer Sizzle” in downtown Milwaukee. Free admission! Free music concerts (including our store favorites: Swing Nouveau!), free parking, lots of great food and drinks. 11AM – 11PM both days, On Broadway between Erie & Buffalo streets.

http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/summersizzle.php

Always Happy Hour has a booth on the corner of Broadway & Chicago in the center of the festval! Same location as last year.

Lots of your Always Happy Hour cocktail, wine, beer, and other alcohol related favorites will be available for sale at our booth plus a whole bunch of new items just perfect for decorating and entertaining at home, on the deck, on the boat, or at the beach.

So before you head to State Fair, or to MarketDays, why not enjoy a free festival
We look forward to seeing you there!

Angel Investor Search

2006-07-14T10:27:00.000-05:00

Always Happy Hour, Inc (D/B/A AlwaysHappyHour.com) - is searching for a few private angel investors to help grow our web and mail-order company.

AlwaysHappyHour.com is primarily a retail company with a small quarterly mail order catalog and large on-line store offering unusual housewares, furniture, accessories and commercial bar tools directed to the retail consumer market for home entertaining and gift-giving, all with an alcohol or drinking related theme. We also successfully capture higher volume single transactions to businesses such as event promoters, bars, and casinos.

AlwaysHappyHour.com grew 10x in 2005 sales over 2004. Current 2006 sales forecast us at double to triple the 2005 sales, with more orders and requests for our catalog coming thru every day.

Our company has grown to the point where we are looking for additional capital to take advantage of exclusive offers and discounts from our suppliers, as well as expand our marketing and order fulfillment processes.

We are confident that our business is here to stay. From the outset we have run a very lean business with tight controls on spending. Our aim has been to develop the business into a successful company for the long term, and we have focused on business development - not on our salaries.

As a class C corporation, Always Happy Hour, Inc has the ability to sell shares of stock, and has a written business plan. We are willing to share our prospectus with any serious angel inventors.

If you would like further information or are interested in investing, please feel free to contact us by phone, fax, or email. You can also reach us through our website by clicking on the Contact Us button.

Always Happy Hour, Inc (dba: AlwaysHappyHour.com)
PO Box 34-2632, Milwaukee WI 53234
ph: 414-431-8555, toll free: 866-502-7050
fx: 414-431-8522, Fax toll Free: 866-332-3013
andys@alwayshappyhour.com

Refocusing our efforts on catalog and web business

2006-06-18T14:52:00.000-05:00

Just wanted everyone to hear/see it from us first rather than through the gossip and rumor mill: This week we completed the move out of our store from downtown Milwaukee’s 3rd Ward. ‘Why’ you might ask? Numerous reasons, but primarily we need to focus our efforts on our growing mail order catalog and website sales divisions.

Sadly, foot traffic in the 3rd Ward has been way down ever since the Thanksgiving shut down of the exit ramps into the area as part of the 2 year I43/I94 reconstruction project. Despite Gallery Night, Red Lite Night, Coquette Café, print and online ads and coupons, we found ourselves spending way too much time and resources on the store for little or no sales from week to week.

Best wishes to our boutique partner James with his continued business (14 years now), actually he will be moving across the hall in the lobby to larger quarters in July or August, expanding both his salon and ladies’ accessories selections. We thank him for the experience of having retail space downtown.

Not to panic, WE ARE NOT going out of business, we‘re busier now than we were last year or two years ago with catalog and web sales! And you’ll still see AlwaysHappyHour exhibiting and selling at various festivals around the area, in fact we just submitted our contract for our booth at the Third Ward Jazz Festival in August and will be applying for space at the Cedarburg Wine Harvest Festival in September, plus we’re researching Minneapolis and Chicago festivals for our future growth.

And of course, everything you love in our line is always available for gift shipment to your out-of-town friends and relatives, and all the fun stuff you can’t live without can often be arranged for pickup at our home office if you live in the Milwaukee area.

AlwaysHappyHour.com to Co-Sponsor the new Martini Bar at PrideFest Milwaukee.

2006-05-05T11:38:00.000-05:00

HUGE news for us and our friends and our clients! We’ve just signed an agreement to be a co-sponsor of the first-ever MARTINI BAR at this year’s PrideFest in Milwaukee. We’re very excited to help bring what is an obviously long overdue delightful addition to the only LGBT Pride festival in the US on a permanent festival grounds.

Many folks have commented about what fun PrideFest could be with something more than just beer and wine service, and AlwaysHappyHour.com is thrilled to join the team with Gordy Barrington Law Offices and Effen Vodka to promote the first martini bar at this year’s PrideFest. With all the buzz surrounding the martini bar at last year’s SummerFest, this was sure to follow and is sure to be a hit.

The Martini Bar will feature a half dozen specialty Effen Vodka and Henricks Gin martinis, as well as Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, served at the Dance Pavilion just north of the main gate entrance to PrideFest. AlwaysHappyHour.com will provide our fun and unusual cocktail shakers for the bartenders to mix up the tasty libations at the bar, and will also decorate the martini bar with many of our unusual lounge and cocktail lamps, clocks, signs, giant centerpieces, and more.

All products on display and used at the martini bar will be for sale in our booth on the main midway, just south of the fountain and main gate from the Dance pavilion. As a sponsor of the Martini Bar, AlwaysHappyHour.com will donate a portion of all proceeds from product sales at our booth during the festival to PrideFest.

This year’s festival opens from 6pm to midnight on Friday June 9 with comedienne Margaret Cho, and will be open all afternoon and evening on Saturday & Sunday June 10th & 11th.

We look forward to seeing and celebrating with everyone there.!

Red Lite Nite shop late downtown

2006-05-03T18:28:00.000-05:00

Red Lite Nite is a new shopping concept of late-night shopping in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, kicking off this Friday, May 5. Always Happy Hour is of course one of the participating retailers open for shopping until 9pm or later on the first Friday of every month (okay, we're open EVERY Friday night until 9 or 10 pm already).

In homage to the “Red Light District” proposed for the Third Ward by the City in the 1970s, red lights, red window dressings, balloons and more will adorn participating storefronts within the Third Ward. Currently, the Third Ward is home to over 100 retail merchants specializing in everything from upscale women's fashions and high-end home furnishings to yoga, art, food and wine.

Browsers are encouraged to stroll the sidewalks of the Third Ward, shopping and dining along the way. Stores, bars, and restaurants will be decorated in various red themes to join the late night festivities.

This event showcases the Third Ward as the premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Milwaukee. Check out www.historicthirdward.org/redlitenite.php for more information and a list of other shops, bars, and restaurants joining us!

So come on down! Parking is free behind the building after 5, and free in the Third Ward Parking Garage just one block south of us. And yes, you CAN get downtown via 94, via Wells St, or via National Ave.

Red Lite Nite: Friday May 5th from 5 to 9pm

Always Happy Hour / St James Place / Ooh La La
(in the Landmark Building - next to Coquette Cafe)
316 N Milwaukee St (Milwaukee and St Paul)
Milwaukee WI 53202

We look forward to seeing you here!

Andy & Brian
http://www.AlwaysHappyHour.com

Gallery Night (and Day) This Weekend

2006-04-16T22:06:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone!

It's that time of the year again, time for the quarterly Gallery Night
and Day festivities in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward and around
downtown and the East Side.

If you've never been before, it's a great chance to experience new art
from new and established artists, so come downtown and walk from gallery
to gallery. All the galleries and shops are open late on Friday night,
many serve free drinks & snacks, and often have DJ's or live music
playing. It's extremely fun to stroll with a group thru the various
galleries, so get your friends together.

This Friday night, Always Happy Hour will be spinning (and selling) our
favorite Swing Nouveau and NorthStar Music jazz CD's. And besides all
our offerings of unusual barware and drinkware you've come to know and
love, we have 100's of NEW items in stock this Spring including new
cocktail shakers, bar towels, stone coasters, just way too many to
mention here.

As a special treat, we have an April-only coupon you can download and
print from our website for 10% off any cocktail/martini shaker in our
store and of course you can use it during Gallery Night and Day if you
like.

So come on down! Parking is free behind the building after 5, and free
in the Third Ward Parking Garage just one block south of us. And yes,
you CAN get downtown via 94, via Wells St, or via National Ave.

Gallery Night - Friday April 21st - 5pm to 9pm
Gallery Day - Saturday April 22nd - Noon to 5pm

Neon Signs for your home bar or Rec Room

2006-02-12T17:09:00.000-06:00

Always Happy Hour is thrilled to offer neon signs for your home bar, rec room, dorm room, or just tointroduce our new line of real annoy your neighbors (at home or work!).

Now you can experience the pleasure of real neon in the privacy of your own home with these extremely cool portable countertop lighted neon sculptures.

3 different choices are currently available: Beer Mug, Martini, or Cocktailing Parrot, and each of them will sit on a table, counter, windowsill, or bar OR can be wall mounted with the included wall adapter.

Even more fun, these signs can be left on all the time, or with the flick of a switch can be set to BLINK blink BLINK on and off and on and off. Think of the fun you'll create in your window at home or on your deck in the summer or where you place one of these affordable signs for on $34.90 ea (plus shipping). We even offfer only-on versions for table top for under $30 if you prefer!

Coming soon also available in neon: "Bar", "Cocktails" even "Open"

Make your statement in neon now!

Get them while they last! at Always Happy Hour

2005-09-22T21:23:00.000-05:00

If you've been watching our great CS-SHA line of quality glass cocktail shakers with stainless steel leakproof strainer top, now is the time to act! We just had a phone call from our glass maker that several of these colors and styles have been discontinied and my notavailable in 2006. We are unsure about all details, and the shakers have NOT been marked down, but if you've wanted one or wanted to give one as a gift, act soon or your favorite color or etching style may not be available.

Also, our half-price sale continues featuring the entire line of decorated stems from LS Arts in both wine and martini glasses. All of them at HALF OFF our current price.

These were originally offered on our site and in our store at $12.50 each. Last month we lowered prices to $11.00 each. Now, choose any style and any decoration on the stem for just $5.50 each!

We have run out of one style already, we expect to run out of these entirely BEFORE the holiday gift season. So stop in at our downtown Milwaukee store soon, or place your order on our website now for convenient FedEx Ground or UPS Ground shipping right to your office or home.

Pick up a set for yourself, give them as gifts, use them as decorations in your bar.

Please note the quantities and styles on both the shakers and stemware are limited to our stock on hand and once we are sold out we may not be able to get stock again. We will not process your charge on your credit card until we verify we have your items in stock and are ready to ship.

Beautiful Hand-made glass stemware ON SALE!

2005-08-02T06:51:00.000-05:00

Our first ever major sale at AlwaysHappyHour.com. Featuring the entire line of decorated stems from LS Arts in both wine and martini glasses. All of them at HALF OFF our current price.

These were originally offered on our site and in our store at $12.50 each. Last month we lowered prices to $11.00 each. Now, choose any style and any decoration on the stem for just $5.50 each!

These glasses have beautiful blown glass decorations on their stems that have been VERY popular with local and national customers: pineapple, flamingo, dolphin, palm tree, red grapes, white grapes.

Quantities are limited and we expect to run out of these BEFORE the holiday gift season. So stop in at our downtown Milwaukee store soon, or place your order on our website now for convenient FedEx Ground or UPS Ground shipping right to your office or home.

Pick up a set for yourself, give them as gifts, use them as decorations in your bar.

Always Happy Hour featured in Historic Third Ward newsletter

2005-07-05T06:46:00.000-05:00

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

hen was the last time you stopped in the shop or restaurant of another Third Ward member? Make a point of visiting a member and introducing yourself, and get connected with other members in the community! There are 164 business members to choose from, and if you don't know who has joined, check out the “Members” section of the website, under “Paid Members.”

ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR
316 N. Milwaukee St., Ste. 101 , 414-431-8555
www.alwayshappyhour.com

This month, we are featuring a newer business to the Third Ward, “Always Happy Hour,” located in the Landmark Building ( 316 N. Milwaukee St ). Co-owners Andy S & Brian B started their business in June 2004, as a web-based retail store. “We always said that our dream would be to have a brick & mortar store located in the Third Ward…we moved into our store in January 2005.”

The store offers a wide variety of barware, drinkware, gift items and some food items, all with an alcohol or happy hour entertaining theme. New items are added to their store and website weekly, and to be sure, they do get some unusual requests! “We've been quoting the Hard Rock hotel chain on our unbreakable cocktail shakers with lids attached by a small chain; they say their bartenders are always losing the tops to their martini shakers. We've also sold our neon cocktail serving trays to a magician in California .”

These new business owners and members have become very familiar with their community. When asked if they had a favorite Third Ward shop or restaurant, “One? Only one?” The list of favorites was too long to list!

Upcoming festivals around Wisconsin

2005-06-29T15:49:00.000-05:00

Always Happy Hour had a great weekend in downtown Milwaukee at PrideFest in mid June. Thanks to ALL our old and new customers and friends for visiting us there.

Following on the heels of that excitement and in an effort to continue to bring more of our fun happy hour gear to folks around the state, we're pleased to announce more upcoming events we'll be at this summer with our brand new display and lots of new fun items for your drinking and decorating pleasures:

HILBERT/GREEN BAY WI - Saturday July 9th, Northeast Wisconsin Pride Fest/Gurnsey Fundraiser. $2 admission, Noon – 9PM, Kamke Farm near Hwy 10 & Hwy 57. http://www.quest-online.com/NewFiles/Quest_Newsroom_9.html

MADISON WI – Saturday July 16th, Madison Pride/MAGIC picnic. . $5 admission, Noon – 6PM, Brittingham Park, Washington & Park Streets
http://madisonpride.org/

MILWAUKEE WI – Friday July 29th, Gallery Night - Sangria Party at Always Happy Hour! Free admission! Free Booze! 5pm – 10pm, Always Happy Hour in the Landmark Building Lobby, Milwaukee & St Paul streets,
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php

MILWAUKEE WI – Friday & Saturday August 5th and 6th , Historic Third Ward Jazz Festival “Summer Sizzle” Free admission! Free Concerts (including our store favorites: Swing Nouveau). 11AM – 11PM, Broadway between Erie & Chicago streets,
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/summersizzle.php

We look forward to seeing you there!

Andy & Brian
AlwaysHappyHour.com

OFFICIAL Store Grand Opening PARTY during Gallery Night

2005-04-07T16:36:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone! Help us celebrate our OFFICIAL Store Grand Opening PARTY for Always Happy Hour.
In the lobby of the Landmark Building, and in our store in the Historic Third Ward. During Gallery Night, Friday April 15th, 5 to 10pm. We - and our landlord James Kadditz - are sponsoring shows in our combined shop by two artists: glass designer Dennis Shaffer from Chicago, plus glass photographs by Amy Schmutte of Milwaukee.

Gallery Night festivities include complimentary adult beverages and snacks, with modern lounge music provided by our good friend DJ John Murges. Remember those great sounds from our web launch party in November!

Artist Dennis Shaffer of Chicago IL invents amazing colored art glass objects utilizing the skills of Eastern European craftsmen. Bowls, vases, platters, stemware, sculptures and other pieces both functional and decorative... on display and available for sale!

The exhibit will also be open Saturday April 16th, 12 to 10pm, for those of you who just can't make it on Friday night (but Friday night will DEFINITELY be more fun....)

Always Happy Hour is now located at 316 N Milwaukee St #101, Milwaukee WI 53202, in the lobby of the Landmark Building next to 4 star restaurant Coquette Café, in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward District, just south of the intersection of Milwaukee & St Paul, just around the corner from the new Milwaukee Public Market currently under construction.

Free parking is always available in the lot behind our building daily after 5PM, and Free Gallery Night parking and Free Gallery Night Express shuttle bus service is just 1 block south of us at the Third Ward parking garage at the corner of Milwaukee & Chicago streets (diagonal across from Bella Cafe)

Always Happy Hour - The Store

2005-01-20T22:53:00.000-06:00

Now open in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward....Always Happy Hour - The Store! Located in the first floor lobby of the beautiful Landmark Building next to Coquette Cafe, at 316 N Milwaukee St just south of St Paul Ave, we're open afternoons and evenings on Tuesdays thru Saturdays for browsing. Stop in to see all the latest in uncommon barware and drinkware. Look for the Coquette sign on the building and the Always Happy Hour sidewalk sign located out front.

Plenty of free parking is available after 5PM daily behind the building in our large lot, just around the block, look for the "Landmark Building" awning and the Coquette sign over the back door.

The Landmark Bulding was originally designed and built by Schnetzky and Sons in 1914 as the headquarters for Standard Paper Co. Recently renovated and now on the National Register of Historic Places, it features original brick exteriors, leaded glass entry doors, 14 foot ceilings supported by massive ornate columns, intricate chandeliers in the lobby, terrazo and ceramic tile floors, and of course Always Happy Hour - The Store!

New Colors and New Prices on Art Glass Martini Shakers

2004-12-28T16:00:00.000-06:00

3 different glass style options, and 6 color choices, plus new lower prices on beautiful cocktail shakers designed by Wild Eye.

These martini shakers are by far our most popular sellers at Always Happy Hour and for good reason. They look great just sitting on the shelf or bar, but why leave them to that? The thick, heavy-weight glass shakers hold 32 ounces of fun and feature a stainless steel strainer top and lid with a rubber gasket for dribble-free shaking and pouring, or remove the top and use the colorful base as a way-cool art-glass flower vase!

Each hand-blown shaker also includes a mini cocktail recipe book and a spare rubber gasket, just in case you need it (or lose it). Our personal favorite for classy and colorful cocktail presentations in a home bar or public establishment.

And now at a new price that makes Always Happy Hour your best choice for these and all your other cocktail gear.

Surf to www.alwayshappyhour.com and see "glass shakers" under the Cocktail and Martini Shaker heading for all the options.

The Happy Hour Gallery Is Back

2004-12-13T13:31:00.000-06:00

After a brief hiatus while we moved our site from our old host to our new host, our Gallery of pictures of folks enjoying their own happy hours is now back up and running.

Follow the links to enjoy the pix, and please do feel free to email us with your own happy hour pictures so we can include them in the growing gallery of images

New Internet Site Offering More than Martini Glasses and Cocktail Shakers Knows It’s Always Happy Hour Somewhere

2004-11-26T16:09:00.000-06:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 379 words, 2535 characters

Always Happy Hour, a new Milwaukee-based internet webstore, (http://www.alwayshappyhour.com) held a Grand Opening Website Launch Party at popular local nightspot ArtBar-Riverwest on Thursday evening, November 18, 2004. Over 100 guests attended the gala event featuring product displays, drink specials, light appetizers, and lounge-themed music by local DJ John Murges who spins regularly at clubs Moct and III (3) in Milwaukee.

Entrepreneurs Andy and Brian – both of suburban Wauwatosa WI - hosted the event to introduce local customers to their new e-commerce website and wide product line of specialty barware, cocktail-themed gifts and decor, drinking accessories, and apparel.

"We wanted to show the unusual, cool, and hard-to-find merchandise we offer" Schaidler explained, "and also wanted to throw a party celebrating what we expect will be an exciting new venture for us locally and nationwide".

Apparently, the crowd agreed, placing orders totaling over $1000.00 that night alone. On display was a huge product selection including martini glasses, cocktail shakers, champagne glasses, ice buckets, wine glasses, serving ware, Guinness and Jack Daniels logo glasses, lighting and decor, flasks, wine chillers, corckscrews, and signature apparel featuring their trademark logo and slogan: "It's Always Happy Hour Somewhere". Door Prize gift bags of cocktail themed merchandise were given to three randomly-selected guests during the 3 hour event.

"We’ve always enjoyed looking for and finding special things for our own home bar collections", Buchberger says, "So we figured this was an obvious choice for a small business. They always say you should work at what you love!".

The two got the business idea after attending classes offered this spring by Ebay University in Milwaukee and Chicago, and also from researching mail-order companies at the Milwaukee Public Library. After several buying trips to wholesale home furnishings and gift shows in Chicago and Dallas, they developed the concept of offering unique bar ware that isn’t usually found at the average home furnishings store, department store, or mass merchandiser. Work on their Ebay Store (http://stores.ebay.com/AlwaysHappyHour) has already begun, and plans are underway for a Yahoo Store and affiliations with other on-line marketers such as Google’s “Froogle” and Amazon.com which offer 3rd party sales and shipping thru small entrepreneurs.

Always Happy Hour accepts all major credit cards, checks, and PayPal, and can be found on the web at http://www.alwayshappyhour.com.

For additional information, contact Andy at:

Always Happy Hour
PO Box 34-2632
Milwaukee WI 53234
Ph: 414-431-8555
Fax: 414-431-8522
Email: andys@alwayshappyhour.com
http://www.alwayshappyhour.com

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Grand Opening Launch Party Invite

2004-11-05T16:01:00.000-06:00

Please join us for the Always Happy Hour Grand Opening Launch party, help us kick off our new website. Come view our entire product line in person featuring our fabulous and unique barware, accessories, cocktail themed gifts, decor, and our own signature apparel. at...Art-Bar Riverwest - 722 East Burleigh St (Burleigh and Fratney) Milwaukee WI Thursday November 18 2004 5 pm til 8 pm. FREE APPETIZERS DRINK SPECIALS 2 FOR 1 CASH BAR PRODUCT DRAWINGS GIVEAWAYS FEATURING DJ JOHN MURGES

"Party Drinks!" Classic Cocktail Recipes Book

2004-11-01T15:57:00.000-06:00

Any happy hour aficionado and party-goer will enjoy these classic and new recipes, selected for their great taste, style, and preparation ease. Author A. J. Rathbun covers the essentials of what kinds of alcohols and mixers to buy and how much. Whether you're shaking up cocktails for two or a splash for 20 or more, you'll discover a fabulous signature drink in "Party Drinks!"; to help put unforgetable pizzazz into your next gathering. www.alwayshappyhour.com

Welcome to Always Happy Hour

2004-10-27T16:03:00.000-05:00

Always Happy Hour offers stemware, cocktail shakers, ice buckets, bar supplies, bar tools and accessories, and every manner of cocktail-themed gift and decor to make any hour a happy hour and any place at your home, deck, patio, boat, camper, picnic blanket, etc. into your lounge-away-from-lounge! This new web site and our new Ebay store are constantly under construction, so check back often as new items are being added daily, check them out on our BROWSE AND SHOP button at left! Apparel & Accessories / Bottle Gift Bags / Cocktail Shakers / Drink Coasters / Decor & Furnishings / Glass Stemware / Ice Buckets / Linens & Towels / Munchies / Novelties / Outdoor & Travel / Paper & Party Supplies / Plastic Stemware / Reading & Books / Tableware / Utensils, Tools & Supplies.