Ponytail Journal

Tokyo: Along the Toei Oedo metro line sits a discreet little place called Bar Gen Yamamoto. Picture a small space carved out of a 500-year-old Mizunara tree, seating only eight at a time. There is no music or gaudy bar décor, merely an ikebana flower arrangement near the door. The menu itself is limited to either a tasting of 4 or 6 cocktails and their philosophy, seems quite simple: to make really really good cocktails.

Nowadays we have more digital conversations than real ones and all those little rules about manners are super easy to slip the mind. You may say that formal decorum has become dated, but I’m here to tell you that doing things properly will serve you well in the long run. At the end of the day, etiquette is there to glue us all together, and will make working, living, eating, loving, and playing alongside one another easier.

We went to visit the Vogue lounge in Bangkok to learn some nifty drinks that are perfect for this summer. This is a refreshing pink mixture that is light and easy to drink with lychee and grapefruit juices, so watch out this bad boy packs a stealthy punch!

Exploring the unseen world is something we love to do. It’s that ’woah’ moment you experience when two completely different flavours combine to make something totally new