Mixing it up

Mo Hodges, son of Jill Benjamin and John Hodges of Unionville, got a shout-out in the New York Times' "6th Floor" blog, Jill told me tonight with a justified measure of maternal pride.
It seems that Mo tends bar at Big, a San Francisco bar, which blogger Rosie Schaap describes as "a minuscule lounge" that "has the finest virtues of great cocktail bars (foremost among them: thoughtful, unusual drinks prepared with great finesse) minus the stuffiness that sometimes suffuses such places."
One of those unusual drinks is Mo's creation "The Drink With No Name," which features gin, vermouth, cardamom bitters, Aquavit, a gentian apertif and a sour cherry liqueur. The March 22 blog entry shows a photo of Mo with his drink (he definitely has his father's smile) and gives the full recipe.
(Jill said that unfortunately, just after the piece appeared, the bar lost its lease and will have to move.)
To celebrate his own recent milestone birthday, Mo's dad John went out to California and spent an evening bartending alongside his son, "slinging drinks and great bar conversation in observance of his fantastic career in the game of life," Mo wrote in a description of the event.
(I want to share a comment that was posted on my blog: "I graduated from UHS with Mo, he had a great personality and sense of humor, looks like it is serving him well!")