Ten years ago, a close friend was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Unable to drink any longer, he handed over his entire liquor collection — a staggering accumulation of bottles that covered every surface of the basement, stacked in Amazon boxes on the tile floor. A drum kit stood nearby. The old pool safety signs were still on the wall.

That collection became the seed of something bigger. The basement's hot tub, sauna, and wall-bar were gutted and rebuilt from scratch — navy cabinetry, marble countertops, penny tile backsplash, and a bold botanical mural that makes the whole room feel like it was always meant to be a bar. The original knotty pine sauna door still stands in the corner, crescent moon cutout and all, hiding the old sauna behind it.

As the collection grew past 100 bottles, so did the ambition. Each party, each season, each occasion gets its own menu — a curated selection of classics, riffs, and originals developed over a decade of hosting pool parties, holiday gatherings, and everything in between. The Buchkosky Old Fashioned has been on every menu. So has Freddie's Float.

Pickle and Tiger are the official bar staff. They work for neither tips nor wages, but Pickle has strong opinions about which bar stool is hers.