When researching this week’s sign and cocktail the immediate thought I got, reading about the Crab’s nurturing and protective nature, was of a lioness protecting her cub, or an angry momma-bear. Maybe it should have been a little more Finding…
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Dreaming of Summer
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Or, well, at least the foods of summer. Especially watermelon. It was all I could think of when I saw that this week’s Alphatini was to be w-inspired and, despite the unseasonableness of the craving it just would not be…
50 Shots of America–Washington
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The countdown of the last 10 states in the series continues with the northwest corner of the contiguous 48… ~~~oOo~~~ Did you know that when the powers that be in the Washington Territory petitioned for statehood in 1885, they wanted…
50 Shots of America–Louisiana
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Yes, I know, I’m skipping over 4 states in the whole date-of-statehood-order but I have a really good reason: First, today is my birthday and if you can’t bend (your own) rules on your birthday, what’s the point? Second, it’s…
Butterscotch Schnapps
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Another (brief) walk down memory lane… At a Victory Weekend in Daytona Beach, November 1994, one of the girls from Miami spent the entire first evening downing a bottle of Buttershots. Now, it doesn’t seem like butter-flavored (well, technically butterschotch)…