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AKAs

• Caroline Pardilla
• Caro
• Colonel on Crack of the Drunken Army

A/S/L

• Umm…
• Female
• Los Angeles

Everyday essentials

• Intelligentsia
• Writing in this blog
• Web browsing

I can’t

• Sing
• Tell a lie
• Resist sweets

Hobbies

• Taking pictures of cocktails and food
• Blogging
• Exploring L.A.

Likes

• Classic cocktails
• Cheap and tasty breakfasts
• Low-key but elegant lounges

Dislikes

• Cover charges for bars
• Overdone cocktails with liqueurs and creams
• Happy hours that end at 6pm

Pet peeves

• Texting during a movie
• Bad service, i.e. unreplenished water glasses, snobby attitude
• Maraschino cherries as garnish

What’s my poison?

• Macallan 12 or 18
• Manhattan stirred, not shaken
• Most Porter beers

What I want to do right now

• Eat a cupcake
• Sit under a palapa with a Mai Tai in hand
• Go for a run

Claim to fame

• Won two of LA Weekly’s Los Angeles Web Awards: “Best Blog Post of the Year” and Best Drinking Blog
• Mentioned in LA Times front page article
• Conducted the first L.A. cupcake challenge
• Banned from not just one bar but a whole corporation of ‘em

Careers I am considering

• Writer for Time Out Guides
• Liquor brand ambassador
• Event planner

Goals for the next 12 months

• Get a motorcycle
• Get more stamps in my passport
• Redesign!

Where I want to go on vacation

• Barcelona
• Tokyo
• Rome

What I must do before I die

• Attain nirvana
• Write the great American novel
• Travel alone

~ For a good time idea in L.A. write carolineoncrack [at] gmail.com