A good cocktail can really bring the profoundness out of anyone, the more elaborate the cocktail, the more profound the person!

What with an impending global economic meltdown, local politics in a bit of an upheaval, climate change happening faster and more destructively, oil prices going through the roof and the world running out of rice, it wouldn’t be surprising if your hotel bar suddenly has a lot more patronage. Many of these patrons may be business travellers who want to appear to be “drinking with the boys”, but in actual fact need to close a billion-rand deal at 6.30 the next morning and don’t really want to attempt it with a hangover.