I just learned that last year’s Reese Witherspoon film, Like Water For Elephant – sorry, just Water for Elephant – features a circus scene where the performers celebrate one of the main characters joining the circus by spraying him with seltzer bottles and smashing him with cream pies. I learnedRead More →
Remember These Days, by Frederic Menou, Galen Clarke, and Marian Liu, promoted on MSN.com, is a new and fantastic video on Walter Backerman, one of the most famous active seltzermen. This is probably the best seltzer videos I have seen. For Walter Backerman, seltzer is more than a drink. ItRead More →
For some reason, the good folks at Polar Seltzer release some rather strange flavors to beat the heat. Last winter, as you might recall, we saw Eggnog, Candy Cane, Pumpkin Spice and Granny Smith Apple. This summer we are looking at: Minto Mojito, Ginger Lemonade, Pineapple Passionfruit, Pina Colada andRead More →
Webster Crowell, the self-described Head Seltzerman at the Seattle-based Under Pressure, recently led a successful online fundraising campaign to launch his bike-based seltzer delivery business. Using Indiegogo, a Kickstarter-style fundraising site, Webster set a goal of $2,830 to provide funding for: Construction of a custom delivery cart Repairs to aRead More →
There aren’t that many people in the seltzer delivery business. There are even less who began their work in the 21st Century. So its rare to see news coverage of the young turks. This past week, however, there were two – yes, count them, 2! – different articles, on twoRead More →
Today, March 15th, celebrate the 1st National Egg Cream Day the only way one should: with an egg cream! Learn more about places to observe the day, and more about the egg cream, here.Read More →
This past September, the official Sesame Street channel posted this video, in which Snuffy and Gordon want a “Mr. Hooper Egg Cream.”Read More →
First opened in 1897, Jahn’s (pronounced John’s, was an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and restaurant with locations in the New York City area and Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was famous for its huge Kitchen Sink Sundae. They used to be all over the city. Now the last one, in JacksonRead More →
Farmacy is a remarkable Soda Fountain in Brooklyn. When the weather gets warm, I drive through the borough just for the egg cream. And I mean, come on – look at that beauty! Who can resist?Read More →
Mel Stuart, the director of the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, made this video for a TV show which was never to be. This segment takes us into the home of Richie Strell, the seltzer siphon king. Although this show was never produced, Richie has a copy andRead More →