Connection and Chill

Cocktails and streaming content for the casual consumer

Each quarter, the YAF Knowledge Focus Group curates streaming video content and a cocktail recipe to salute each Connection issue theme. In Q1, we highlight climate action through provocative shows and a drink recipe.

Cocktail

Each quarter, the YAF Knowledge Focus Group curates streaming video content and a cocktail recipe to salute each Connection issue theme. In Q1, we highlight Mission 2130, where we celebrate 30 years of the YAF committee, and we look to the future of young architects and our world. What could the world be like in 100 years?

Ingredients

1.5 oz blanco tequila

1.5 oz amaretto

3 oz freshly squeezed orange juice

1 oz of choice of chopped nut (walnut used here)

Optional grenadine

Optional cherry topper

Ice Shaker

Instructions

Muddle your choice of nut with the amaretto into shaker

Add tequila

Squeeze orange juice into shaker

Add ice

Shake mixture in shaker for a few seconds

Use strainer to pour over ice into a rocks glass

Add optional amaretto

Top with cherry + crushed walnut (optional)

Enjoy!

Streaming recommendations (available on Netflix + YouTube TV):

The following recommendations follow the theme of Mission 2130: The Future Of (2022)

A Trip to Infinity (2022)

Engineering the Future (2020)

Abstract: The Art of Design (2019)

AIA YAF Knowledge Focus Group (Kiara Gilmore, AIA/Ryan Lewis, AIA/Trent Schmitz, AIA, NCARB, LEED Green Associate/Terry Zink, AIA/Arlenne Gil, AIA, NCARB/Melanie Ngami, AIA/Alexandra Tengco, AIA/Tanya Kataria, AIA/Nathaniel St. Jean,AIA)

The YAF Knowledge Focus Group is dedicated to identifying important issues of recently licensed architects and the creation of knowledge resources to enable young architects to advance their careers.