2012-10-16 10:40
A couple of days after the most recent installment of our Eleventh Bottle dinner series we received a thank-you note from one of our regular female attendees. She had decided that an… Read More
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2012-10-14 14:41
There are few men who venture to leave a stable existence with consistent financial rewards and the security of a hard won position. Especially with the responsibilities of a family… Read More
2012-10-09 10:56
Mike Tyson breeds pigeons. Always has. Always will. What a nutter.
But he wasn’t the first closet bird brain. Believe it or not James “Sex – Breakfast… Read More
2012-10-04 04:28
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
No one really knows why we call it what we do. But we do know that if you are planning any serious shenanigans in the wild th… Read More
2012-09-30 14:26
For years I’ve thought breakfast is over-rated. An old boss once amusingly commented that my perfect work schedule would involve living in London. And working on EST (Easte… Read More
2012-09-14 03:44
Even if you’re not an avid sports fan, we can all appreciate the simple all-American goodness that is the chicken wing. Haute cuisine is it not, but they are pretty damn good with so… Read More
2012-09-07 16:32
A gentleman knows, and is proud, of his heritage. He recognizes himself as one in a long line of paterfamilias, and views himself as a keeper and pedagogue of family traditions, stories, a… Read More
2012-09-06 03:46
I mean besides wanting a drink, I also want to be free from dread.
So says the poet Jim Harrison. Drink, of course, is the antidote to dread, but its effects are short-lived and I always f… Read More
2012-08-31 15:30
After another seemingly long absence, I was finally able to update my beau on some recent career changes. I suppose 10+ years on wall street doing bond sales can bring out a certain harden… Read More
2012-08-29 05:55
One day I was lunching at one of my favorite New York haunts, Balthazar, when I spotted two scallywags having a rather ridiculous lunch. They appeared to be in a time warp of their ow… Read More
2012-08-27 09:44
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
Photos by: NICOLAS RAMIREZ
My ears are still ringing.
I think I am just about getting my hearing back.
Years of abusing my ears hav… Read More
2012-08-23 08:37
In August 1443 a serendipitous twist of fate set in motion a series of events which led to a debauched duncan quinn Eleventh Bottle dinner in August 2012. It took 569 years for the st… Read More
2012-08-20 10:40
When all is said and done the cut of your cloth is at least as important as the cut of your steak.
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
If you want the best stuff you… Read More
2012-08-16 02:09
Being a bon vivant means enjoying the best that life has to offer. And many times, that comes in the form of a great meal. But that great meal is not always easy to order. … Read More
2012-08-13 07:21
GoldRush Rally.
Bugatti Veyron.
Is it any wonder I am somewhat at a loss for words?
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
I’ve been trying to piece together the… Read More
2012-08-10 09:27
Mr James Bond is introduced to us in 1962’s Dr No. in a tasty two piece shawl collar dinner suit (tuxedo to us in the USA).
Dinner suits done right are probably one of the most effec… Read More
2012-08-02 02:25
Words by: WOLFIE SMITH
There’s a very good reason Heuer decided to recreate the Monaco watch they first released in 1969 in honor of the iconic Gran… Read More
2012-07-28 17:12
Words and Photo by: HENRY HARGREAVES
Aperitifs and digestifs are the drinks that serve as the book ends to your evening. Aperitifs open the palette up in… Read More
2012-07-25 18:00
For a big girl the Continental GT is surprisingly agile on the open road. For the London to St Tropez run I’m not sure what could be better than wafting along the Route-du-Soleil in t… Read More
2012-07-21 15:32
You heard it here first. If you’re a man about town Vespa is the new cool. Right now you’re sitting there smiling knowingly about how wrong I am. And you’re entitle… Read More
2012-07-18 03:21
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
Tonik Mohair has to be our all time favourite cloth. Its the suit of choice for Jack Carter. So don’t be wearing it i… Read More
2012-07-16 11:14
The other night, I was drinking with Satan (named so for his cocktail choice of a Satan’s Circus, a potent libation of rye, thai bird chili-infused Aperol, cherry herring, and lemon)… Read More
2012-07-04 16:17
In honor of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, we whip up his classic Italian American meatballs.
Words and photos by: Dine Girl
Frank loved his mother… Read More
2012-07-02 15:23
In the early 1970s the British taxman decided it was time to clamp down on high earners and bring some money into the coffers. So the top rate of tax was hiked up to a brutal 93%.&nbs&hellip…Read More
2012-06-29 17:02
Close your eyes and imagine being strapped to the engine of your favourite fighter-jet.
Complete with full afterburn.
Then throw into this waking dream a guy dressed as Bandit, a guy in a… Read More
2012-06-28 15:42
We (the “DQ” crew) have a musically inclined DJ friend who is a modern day Austin Powers – a true man about town / rock and roll ladies man who just exudes that Brit char… Read More
2012-06-25 15:47
In Guy Ritchie’s film Snatch the main character “Turkish” played by Jason Statham wears a dress shirt with a “white bankers’ collar” prominently through… Read More
2012-06-19 18:01
One of my favorite restaurants is New York staple, Balthazar. I go there too much. So they are nice to me. It holds a fascination for me above and beyond the untouchable customer service I… Read More
2012-06-17 00:34
Vesper Lynd. A woman enticing enough to not only get into James Bond’s bed, but also the only one to capture (and break) his heart. Vesper was born on a “dark and stormy”… Read More
2012-06-13 09:21
You couldn’t say we weren’t warned. The old caretaker—and, in winter, the sole inhabitant—of Chesuncook Village made it very clear. “Wait,” he said with… Read More
2012-06-08 16:09
We’re pretty fond of the scene in “Withnail & I” where the two main protagonists sit in a rural cafe clearly three sheets to the wind while demanding tea and cake and… Read More
2012-06-05 16:39
I only drink on two occasions: when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.[1] And on both of the those occasions, my go-to drink is the Manhattan, a classic cocktail that is easy in its… Read More
2012-06-03 16:03
I get to see a lot of new restaurants and bars in my line of work as a photographer, but few really stand alone as places I’m desperate to revisit after I have put my equip… Read More
2012-06-01 14:40
Words by: Michael Luders
Those words sneeringly signaled the end of the fifteen-year affair between James Bond and his .25 Beretta. After a Court of Inq… Read More
2012-05-25 18:05
I can’t say I’m the all seeing eye when it comes to Dim Sum, but my taste buds have done the global rounds from three star Enoteca Pinchiore in Florence to anonymous roadside l… Read More
2012-05-15 14:36
There’s something in the air in the south of France. Picasso knew it, Matisse knew it, and I have to say, I know it. Its been the riviera of choice for European playboys and playgirl… Read More
2012-05-03 17:21
One of the things I love about Thai boxing (‘Muay Thai’) is the shorts. I feel the heavily designed versions seep into regular boxing a little bit as well, but nowhere near as… Read More
2012-04-30 17:44
We normally take pity as although we’d rather the poor soul in question had purchased a bowtie from us it wouldn’t be right to let him suffer the pain of looking like an ignora… Read More
2012-04-26 17:40
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Duncan Quinn featured in a new video series from Ducati and Puma
From the famed Mille Miglia to pi… Read More
2012-04-26 17:19
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Guns & Tonik
Celebrating With A Bang!
Video by: Marcus D. Lopez
We are lucky enough to be… Read More
2012-04-25 14:45
Its always with a sense of delighted anticipation that I get onto a Ducati. Like the little fat kid who’s been given a bag of sweeties all the pleasure center lights in my brain star… Read More
2012-04-24 14:44
Whether it be that you are fully attuned to your inner James Bond, or that you simply don’t give a damn for convention the folding and fluffery involved in the display of a pocket sq… Read More
2012-04-14 12:14
In 1875, two innovative fellows at Westley Richards in Birmingham, England patented what is still a mainstay of double-barrel shotgun making to this day—the Anson-Deeley action.
Wor… Read More
2012-04-12 14:05
I have to admit I’ve never really been one for speed limits imposed upon me by big brother. Set using arbitrary assumptions in the dark ages they seem to have very little meani… Read More
2012-03-09 14:24
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Inking Duncan Quinn
by GRAHAM SMITH
Art Director, Valerie Sebring chose the softer, more th… Read More
2012-03-02 10:14
I’m always amazed by the amount of crappy, useless bar products out in the market. I want to show you what you need to start your own little mixing lab with and how to do it right… Read More
2012-03-01 07:35
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
Photos by: NICOLAS RAMIREZ
I’m not really quite sure where to start to describe this smorgasbord of vicious indulgence.Around… Read More
2012-02-29 19:03
Words by: DUNCAN QUINN
Photos by: NICOLAS RAMIREZ
Of course that’s not to say I don’t appreciate the static eye candy provided by a beautiful ma… Read More
2012-02-29 18:36
Madeira is timelessly unique in many ways, as it is one of the original styles of fortified wines, made in the same way for centuries by aging casks in the roofs of straw huts on the tiny i… Read More
2012-02-29 17:59
In his oft-quoted Meditations on Hunting, the Spaniard José Ortega y Gasset, muses on what it means to hunt an animal to its death.
Words & Photos by: MICHAEL LUDERS
“One… Read More
2012-02-12 14:27
Stocking Stuffer SpecialStocking Stuffer Special Read More
2012-02-12 14:17
Bungalow 4 at Chateau Marmont is rumored to have been one of Frank Sinatra’s favorite spots, and still exudes that old Hollywood charm. The 2-bedroom bungalow is decorated impeccabl… Read More
2012-02-11 09:40
BeSpoke by Duncan Quinn
Directed by PAUL STONE
DQ waxes lyrical with his mate Paul Stone about all things bespoke Read More
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