ABOUT TED WILSON

 

I have taken the scenic route through life. Professionally, among other pursuits and not necessarily in any particular order, I have been a short order cook, a stockbroker, a writer, a counselor and therapist, a conference consultant, a retail electronics salesperson, a performing artist, a trade-show booth designer, a theatre director and teacher, a marketing director (twice), a juggler, a substitute teacher (with a blood-stained white shirt to prove it), a development director, a mask maker, a community arts center director, a community theatre manager (twice), a health insurance salesman, a comedy improv performer, and a funeral pre-planning salesman. I once presented this list to a group and someone quipped, “He can’t hold a job!” That was closer to the truth than I cared to admit. Retirement has made up for any shortcomings I had in all those jobs.

It wasn’t until I discovered bartending that I had found my true calling. How I went from a greenhorn to a damn fine barman is a part of what my book is all about.

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Ted Wilson

Personal Mixologist (Retired)

 

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.                    

- Pearl Buck                   

Today’s cutting-edge mixology began over 30 years ago with the rediscovery of America’s pre-Prohibition golden age of classic cocktails.  Reviving those classics gave us new ways to enjoy old drinks. They also cleansed our palates in preparation for the spread of today’s finely crafted cocktail innovations.  Without yesterday, there can be no today.  Without today, there is no tomorrow.  History is the path to the future. 

I may be retired, but I’m still mixing, still discovering, still learning.  Make me an offer that will give me a break from the grueling leisure of this retired life.  Let’s call this new role …

 

The Cocktail Kibitzer 
           
Like the crotchety old curmudgeon who sits on the park bench and comments about everything, I can still kibitz about cocktails. 

  • You want an opinion, a few thoughts, a suggestion or two?
  • You want a special cocktail for an upcoming event?
  • You want just enough training so you can show your corner barkeep up?
  • Are you the corner barkeep that just got shown up by that crank down the street?

If I’m not doing anything else, maybe I can come around and give you a hand. 

                                                                                             
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future.              

To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.              

- John F. Kennedy                

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Available in paperback, only.  E-book version is currently under development.

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