First off, the Runaway Anchor is not a physical cocktail bar. You might call it a “concept bar”. I’ve been mixing cocktails in my home bar for a while, and recently we started hosting friends to the house for an evening of food and drinks. I started offering a “cocktail menu” to show what options could be built with the stuff I have on hand each month. Being a little crazy, I decided to create a “virtual cocktail bar”, which we called “The Runaway Anchor”.
I have a passion for building community and connection, and I’ve found mixing cocktails for friends has been really fulfilling. The fact that I work for a remote company means connection is even more challenging. I happen to work for a Virtual Reality company, focused on building an education community for medical professionals, using collaborative VR. The stars kind of aligned for me. I could create a bar that could exist anywhere. Both in the physical world, or in the virtual world (see VR Enabled Cocktails). Wherever I’m mixing, or where people are accessing the drinks I list on the site becomes the Runaway Anchor.
It’s just an idea. But I’m excited to see the community it could build. Each season I will share a new “menu” of highlighted cocktails. Recipes for other drinks can be found in the tabs including “The Standards”, “VR Enabled Cocktails”, “Mocktails”, and Wine. Things will most likely change as we get going. But here is where we start.
Wherever you are, drop the anchor, mix a cocktail and welcome to The Runaway Anchor Cocktail Bar!
(please drink responsibly, and never drive buzzed or worse!)