EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT LIGHT:
December 31, 1879
In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American
inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran special trains to Menlo Park on the day of the
demonstration in response to public enthusiasm over the event.Although the first
incandescent lamp had been produced 40 years earlier, no inventor had been able
to come up with a practical design until Edison embraced the challenge in the
late 1870s. After countless tests, he developed a high-resistance carbon-thread
filament that burned steadily for hours and an electric generator sophisticated
enough to power a large lighting system.Born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847, Edison
received little formal schooling, which was customary for most Americans at the
time. He developed serious hearing problems at an early age, and this disability
provided the motivation for many of his inventions. At age 16, he found work as
a telegraph operator and soon was devoting much of his energy and natural
ingenuity toward improving the telegraph system itself. By 1869, he was pursuing
invention full-time and in 1876 moved into a laboratory and machine shop in
Menlo Park, New Jersey.Edison's experiments were guided by his remarkable
intuition, but he also took care to employ assistants who provided the
mathematical and technical expertise he lacked. At Menlo Park, Edison continued
his work on the telegraph, and in 1877 he stumbled on one of his great
inventions--the phonograph--while working on a way to record telephone
communication. Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor
world famous, and he was dubbed the "Wizard of Menlo Park."Although the
discovery of a way to record and play back sound ensured him a place in the
annals of history, the phonograph was only the first of several Edison creations
that would transform late 19th-century life. Among other notable inventions,
Edison and his assistants developed the first practical incandescent lightbulb
in 1879 and a forerunner of the movie camera and projector in the late 1880s. In
1887, he opened the world's first industrial research laboratory at West Orange,
New Jersey where he employed dozens of workers to investigate systematically a
given subject.Perhaps his greatest contribution to the modern industrial world
came from his work in electricity. He developed a complete electrical
distribution system for light and power, set up the world's first power plant in
New York City, and invented the alkaline battery, the first electric railroad,
and a host of other inventions that laid the basis for the modern electrical
world. One of the most prolific inventors in history, he continued to work into
his 80s and acquired 1,093 patents in his lifetime. He died in 1931 at the age
of 84.
from www.history.com
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Jeannie's Giggle Box
Prepared on the fly Saturday night for a new customer who liked my "Tiki Kooler", but wanted something sweeter. About half way through this drink she began giggling uncontrollably, much to the amusement of her husband and me.
Jeannie's Giggle Box
1 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz Malibu coconut rum
1 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 grenadine
orange juice & pineapple juice to balance
Build over ice in a hurricane or similar glass. Shake shake shake! Listen to Jeannie giggle.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
History Minute: Gadsden Purchase
Dec 30, 1853 : Southern U.S. border established
James Gadsden, the U.S. minister to Mexico, and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, sign the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City. The treaty settled the dispute over the location of the Mexican border west of El Paso, Texas, and established the final boundaries of the southern United States. For the price of $15 million, later reduced to $10 million, the United States acquired approximately 30,000 square miles of land in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona.
Jefferson Davis, the U.S. secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce, had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Anna for the land, which was deemed by a group of political and industrial leaders to be a highly strategic location for the construction of the southern transcontinental railroad. In 1861, the "big four" leaders of western railroad construction--Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker--established the Southern Pacific branch of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Questions About 2006
1.) Where did you ring in 2006?
Behind the bar at The Golden Lion
2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Employed? Married? Middle Class?
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
yes, seems like forever!
4.) How did you earn your keep?
slinging & pulling
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital?
i do believe i made it through the whole year withou being in a hospital
6.) Did you encounter the police?
yes, but not in a bad way.
7.) Where did you go on vacation
went on a sea cruise in january
8.) What did you purchase that was over $300?
maybe new tires?
9.) Did you know anybody who got married?
hmmmmmmmm
10.) Did you know anybody who died?
yes :<
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated from high school with?
don't think so, but i did get a random call on my cellie from my best friend's wife. seems there is a stay at home dad in her car pool group named mark. she had jsut dropped off her kids and others at school and needed to ask him something. she hit "Mark-Cell" and got me instead!
12.) Did you move anywhere?
well..i move wherever i go LOL
13.) What sporting events did you go to?
none, and that is sad because I love the Daytona Cubs
14.) What concerts did you go to?
Def Leppard/Journey in June
15.) Are you registered to vote?
yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7?
yes
17.) Where do you live now?
my house in Flalger Beach
18.) Describe your birthday.
I was working actually, but was fresh from a Bahamas cruise
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? adopted a dog
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year?
no regrets, only lessons
22.) Any additions to your family?
A new doggie, Marley!
23.) What was your best month?
hmm, january was pretty good. after that was kind of ho-hum.
24) How do you plan to ring in 2007?
slinging & pulling
Monday, December 25, 2006
A Pirate Looks At Sixty. Happy Birthday Jimmy Buffett!
Jimmy was born on Christmas, 1946. The below info is borrowed from Wikipedia.com
Early life
The son of James Delaney "J.D." Buffett Jr. and Mary Loraine "Peets" Buffett, Buffett grew up along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay[1]. He graduated high school from McGill Institute for Boys (now McGill-Toolen Catholic High School) in Mobile, Alabama in 1964. He began playing guitar during his college years at Auburn University and The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he received a bachelor's degree in history in 1969. Although a pledge of Sigma Pi (S?) at Auburn, he was initiated into the fraternity Kappa Sigma (?S) at the University of Southern Mississippi. He later married his first wife, Margie Washichek, at Spring Hill College in Mobile. After graduating from college, Buffett worked as a correspondent for Billboard magazine in Nashville.
Career
Buffett began his musical career in Nashville during the late 1960s as a country artist and recorded his first album, the folk rock Down to Earth, in 1970. During this time Buffett could be frequently found busking for tourists in New Orleans. Country music singer Jerry Jeff Walker took him to Key West on a busking expedition. Buffett then moved to Key West and began establishing the easy-going beach bum persona for which he is known.
Buffett's third album was the 1973 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. Havana Daydreamin' appeared in 1976, followed by 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which featured the breakthrough hit song "Margaritaville".
During the 1980s, Buffett made far more money off his tours than albums and became known as a popular concert draw. He released a series of albums during the following twenty years, primarily to his devoted audience, and also branched into writing and merchandising. In 1985, Buffett opened the first of the "Margaritaville" restaurants in Key West, bringing new visibility and life to the Margaritaville name.
Two of the more out-of-character albums were Christmas Island, a collection of holiday songs, and Parakeets, a collection of Buffett songs sung by children and containing "cleaned-up" lyrics (like "a cold root beer" instead of "a cold draft beer").
In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk to create a short-lived musical based on Wouk's novel, Don't Stop the Carnival. Broadway showed little interest in the play, so it instead ran for six weeks in Miami. He released the soundtrack for the musical in 1998.
In 2003, he partnered in a partial duet with Alan Jackson for the song "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," a number one hit on the country charts.
Buffett's album, License to Chill, released on July 13, 2004, sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan. With this, Buffett topped the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in his three-decade career.
Buffett continues to tour throughout the year although he has shifted recently to a more relaxed schedule of around 20-30 dates, and rarely on back-to-back nights, preferring to play only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, thus the title of his 1999 live album Buffett Live — Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Purchasing tickets is difficult with most of his concerts selling out in minutes.
Buffett owns or licenses the Margaritaville Cafe and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chains. He loves baseball and was part-owner of two minor league teams: the Fort Myers Miracle and the Madison Black Wolf. Between his restaurants, album sales, and tours, he earns an estimated 60-70 million a year.
In 2006, Buffett plans a cooperative project with the Anheuser-Busch brewing company to produce his own beer called Lone Palm named for a song from his 1994 album Fruitcakes. The label of the beer bottle will most likely feature a pirate's map. The seaplane airport at the Orlando Margaritaville Cafe is also called Lone Palm.
In June of 2006, Buffett produced, soundtracked (5 songs), and had a small role in the New Line family film Hoot, directed by Wil Shriner and based on the book by Carl Hiassen. While not a big hit, Hoot was a critical success and garnered an award from the Film Advisory Board.
In August 2006, he released "Bama Breeze," the first track on the album Take The Weather With You. The Bama Breeze is a fictional tavern (the physical location actually being the Firedog Saloon in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) symbolic of all the hometown bars destroyed in Alabama during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Another song on the album, "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On," refers to 2005's Hurricane Katrina. He pays tribute to Merle Haggard with his rendition of "Silver Wings" and collaborates with Mark Knopfler in the track, "Whoop De Doo."
Writing
Buffett has written 3 No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list. His book A Pirate Looks At Fifty went straight to No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller non-fiction list, making him one of seven authors in that list's history to have reached No. 1 on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. The other six authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom. He also co-wrote two children's books, Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett.
His latest book, A Salty Piece of Land, was released on November 30, 2004, and included a CD single of the same title. The book was a New York Times best seller soon after its release.
Trivia
- While he was at Auburn University, Buffett was a pledge of Sigma Pi Fraternity, but left Auburn before he was initiated.
- He is a regular visitor to the Caribbean island of Saint Barts and other islands where he gets inspiration for many of his songs and some of the characters in his books.
- Buffett has been instrumental in the work of the Save the Manatee Club.[1]
- He is friends with legendary investor Warren Buffett and they suspect that they are distant cousins, but they have not been able to document this. (Wall Street Journal, 5/2/2005)
- Buffett appears on a Phish tribute album called Sharin in the Groove, where he performed the band's "Gumbo" (which references a gun-slinging parrot) with Lamont Berry of Chicago, Illinois. He also performed Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl in concert with Phish in 1995.
- Buffett wrote the music for and appears in the 1975 movie Rancho Deluxe. The movie was written by his brother-in-law, author Tom McGuane.
- Buffett has had cameos in several movies, including Repo Man as "Additional Blond Agent", Congo as a pilot, a pirate in Hook and in a cameo in Cobb. Additionally, he and his music appear in the 2006 release Hoot.
- Buffett appeared in the May 13, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live. He also wrote and performed the theme song to the short-lived 1993 CBS television series Johnny Bago.
- An avid pilot, Jimmy Buffett owns several planes including a Grumman HU-16 "Albatross". The plane, named "Hemisphere Dancer", is currently parked next to his Margaritaville restaurant in Orlando, Florida. Previously it could sometimes be seen on the ramp at Princess Juliana International Airport (IATA identifier SXM, ICAO identifier TNCM) in nearby Saint Maarten while he was in the area. This is the plane Buffett was flying during the incident recounted in the song "Jamaica Mistaica" on the album Banana Wind. While in Jamaica on January 16, 1996, Buffett's plane was shot at by Jamaican police. The "Hemisphere Dancer" had been carrying Buffett, U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell, but they were not onboard at the time. Police suspected it was smuggling drugs. No one was hurt, although there were a few bullet holes in the plane. Buffett's company has since licensed use of the name Margaritaville to several restaurants in Jamaica, in Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Negril, where the "Jamaica Mistaica" incident took place.
- Buffett was hired to sing for Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski at a party on the Island of Sardinia. The local news showed a video of him singing at the extravagant Roman toga party. Horatio Sanz impersonated Buffett on SNL after the incident, alleging he "smoked dope with Hulk Hogan."
- On November 23, 2004, Buffett raised USD$3.4 million at his "Surviving the Storm" Hurricane Relief Concert in Orlando, Florida to provide relief for hurricane victims in Florida, Alabama and the Caribbean affected by the four major hurricanes that year. He has donated $500,000 to Hurricane Katrina relief so far.
- Buffett wrote the sound-track for, co-produced and acted in the film version of Hoot which focuses on issues important to him, such as conservation.
- On February 4, 2001, he was ejected from a Miami Heat/New York Knicks game for yelling profanities at referee Joe Forte.
- Buffett sang for President Bill Clinton on the White House south lawn for his birthday in the year 2000. [2]
- Buffett owns a super yacht that goes by the name "The Last Coconut", with which he frequents the island of Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts.
- Buffett is mentioned in The Offspring song "Mota" as one of the things the singer finds more enjoyable while taking drugs.
- Current members of Buffett's Coral Reefer Band include saxophonist Amy Lee.
- In September of 2005, Buffett became the first musician to stage a concert at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
- Tom Corcoran shot photographs for seven of Buffett's album covers, as well as cowrote the hits "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion".
- In 1978, the University of Southern Mississippi renovated its Student Union Building. A time capsule, found over a telephone booth, contained a picture of Buffett and several of his fraternity brothers wearing dresses. (The Student Printz, Oct., 1978)[citation needed]
- Some of Buffett's 1976 Havana Daydreamin' albums are misprinted with two versions of "Woman Going Crazy on Caroline Street", a song that may be titled "Please Take Your Drunken Fifteen Year Old Girlfriend Home", and are missing the song listed on the cover and on the album label as "Defying Gravity"
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Plugging David Lane
and when I plug someone I plug them goooooood ;-)I used to work with David. It's his fault that my hair grew so long! LOL Go show him some love!
David Lane was born and raised in the tiny town of Darien, Ga, and at about the tender age of six, knew what he would do for the rest of his life. David had a pretty rocky road as a child and found strength in the songs he would hear either from his parents radio or from the endless collection of albums his mother introduced him to. He started writing songs around this time and would put on concerts for neighborhood kids. He would even make homemade albums of his material on an old karaoke machine and pass them out as well.However, it wasnt until the age of twenty one and some college and dozens of misc. jobs later that David would pick up his first guitar. Since then David has performed up and down the coast of Georgia and Fla. He was the winner of the 2006 Clay County Talent Showcase and has opened for Tracy Byrd among others.Davidis now living in Nashville Tennessee with his beautiful wife Jenel and their new baby girl Leilani Louise. He is also ready to now showcase his talents to the world. Take a listen, you'll be glad you did!!
www.myspace.com/intertwyne
David Lane was born and raised in the tiny town of Darien, Ga, and at about the tender age of six, knew what he would do for the rest of his life. David had a pretty rocky road as a child and found strength in the songs he would hear either from his parents radio or from the endless collection of albums his mother introduced him to. He started writing songs around this time and would put on concerts for neighborhood kids. He would even make homemade albums of his material on an old karaoke machine and pass them out as well.However, it wasnt until the age of twenty one and some college and dozens of misc. jobs later that David would pick up his first guitar. Since then David has performed up and down the coast of Georgia and Fla. He was the winner of the 2006 Clay County Talent Showcase and has opened for Tracy Byrd among others.Davidis now living in Nashville Tennessee with his beautiful wife Jenel and their new baby girl Leilani Louise. He is also ready to now showcase his talents to the world. Take a listen, you'll be glad you did!!
www.myspace.com/intertwyne
www.battleofthebands.com/David Lane
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Special Drinks For The Shuttle Launch!
This is what I will be serving up tonight in anticipation of the 9:35 launch time... Cross your fingers for favorable weather!
..
Fuzzy Astronaut
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz peach schnapps
Tang®..orange drink..to balance
Build over ice in a highball glass and serve.
..
Lost In Space Martini
2 oz Absolut Citron
1 oz triple sec
1 oz Tang® orange drink
Rim a cocktail glass with powdered Tang®... Shake ingredients in an ice filled shaker and strain into glass.
..
Rocket Fuel
3/4 oz 151-proof rum
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz blue curacao
Pour ingredients, in order listed, into a shot glass or rocks glass. Serve.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man (Shooter)
1/2 oz irish cream
1/2 oz Goldschlager
1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
1/2 oz vodka
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks or shot glass.
1/2 oz irish cream
1/2 oz Goldschlager
1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
1/2 oz vodka
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks or shot glass.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Melanie's S.O.S.
Melanie's S.O.S.
Created 12/02/06 for Melanie, who came into my bar looking like she needed a little "pick me up".
1 1/2 oz vodka
2 oz cranberry
1 oz sour mix
Build over ice in a highball glass. Stir gently and serve.
Created 12/02/06 for Melanie, who came into my bar looking like she needed a little "pick me up".
1 1/2 oz vodka
2 oz cranberry
1 oz sour mix
Build over ice in a highball glass. Stir gently and serve.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Sandee's Dirty Snatch
Sandee's Dirty Snatch
A modification of my Tight Snatch recipe. Created for the founder of the Phlockers of Flagler County, and also a good friend, Sandee.
1/2 oz Bacardi® light rum
1/2 oz peach schnapps
1/2 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1/4 oz Chambord® raspberry liqueur
splash pineapple juice
splash cranberry juice
Combine all ingredients in an ice filled shaker. Shake and strain into a rocks or cocktail glass.
A modification of my Tight Snatch recipe. Created for the founder of the Phlockers of Flagler County, and also a good friend, Sandee.
1/2 oz Bacardi® light rum
1/2 oz peach schnapps
1/2 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1/4 oz Chambord® raspberry liqueur
splash pineapple juice
splash cranberry juice
Combine all ingredients in an ice filled shaker. Shake and strain into a rocks or cocktail glass.
Today's Drink Recipe: Cream Soda
Max Roux, son of Michele Roux (Crillon Importers), and I tinkered around to come up with this recipe. When I say tinkered, I mean I tried different combinations and he tasted them, :-D
Cream Soda
1 1/2 oz Pango rum
splash of grenadine
ginger ale to balance
In a highball, build over ice and stir. I swear it tastes just like cream soda!!!
Cream Soda
1 1/2 oz Pango rum
splash of grenadine
ginger ale to balance
In a highball, build over ice and stir. I swear it tastes just like cream soda!!!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Next up: Masturbation Ban
I better put an attorney retainer down right now (for the masturbation ban). LOL
I am a liberal, therefore am all about government intervention to help those that are unable to help themselves (e.g. government assistance for the poor, v-chips to keep kids from seeing Joe Pesci hack some guy with his mom's butcher knife, making sure the factory down the road isn't dumping toxins into my water supply, and the big one Social Security). This just has too much of an Orwellian feel to it for my comfort.
Poor tobacco & cotton. The crops of our Founders hardly have a place in the U.S. anymore. Tobacco. o more smoking on the big screen (unless you're in prison, or a former cop with a drinking problem, or Brian Fantana), no smoking at NASA (next time you watch a documentary about the space program in the 60's, look for the guys in the control room puffing away), no more Winston Cup in auto racing (it is now the Nextel Cup. Talk about something that should be banned. High on my list of things that make me want to punch a baby: Some redneck standing in line at Wal-Mart yelling into his Nextel about his meeting with his child's teacher. People really...there is a private button on those fucking things. I blame the people at Nascar for putting these sophisticated devices into their hands).
Cotton…who wears cotton anymore? My socks are made of all man made materials that keep my feet cooler and drier than cotton could ever dream of. What’s the first thing that outdoor survival training tells you about clothing? “Cotton kills”! LOL Cotton kills!
So back to banning things that are deemed harmful for us.
Watch the movie “Demolition Man”. It is a little cheesy, but Sandra Bullock is really cute, plus if you read between Stallone’s grunts and Snipes’ one liners you will notice odd little things about the future city of “San Angeles”. My favorite is the fine for swearing. Even the mildest profanity is a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute, and punishable by a fine which is automatically deducted from a citizen's finances. The perpetrator is dispensed a ticket by a machine.
It is explained that anything deemed "bad for you" is now illegal, including:
· Non-educational toys
· Alcohol
· Meat and unhealthy food
· Tobacco
· Table salt
· Obscenity
· Abortion, as well as pregnancy unless one has a license
· Anything spicy
It is obvious that the tobacco lobby is losing its influence on government which is a good thing. I don’t think lobbyists should represent specific industries anyway. But, to back smoking outside? I am all for clean air…even can go so far as to say that smoking can be considered a nuisance. The litter from cigarettes alone is atrocious. But why we are banning things that are harmful to society as a whole, allow me to give you my list.
Fake sugar and other artificial sweeteners (including high fructose corn syrup, which is making our kids fat), video game consoles (which are making our kids fat), reality TV and other non-informative programming (which is making our kids fat), Dunkin Donuts (which is making all of us fat), the loss of Physical Education in schools (which is making our kids fat), music videos (which make our kids feel bad for being fat), and Humvees (bad for the environment and probably make our kids fat.
Last on the list, gold teeth on anyone who is not black and nose piercing on any girl who is not Indian or Pakistani. I need to expand that last one. Unless your name is Jaya or Anjali please don’t wear a stud in your nose. If you are a hardcore skater chick or a Suicide Girl, feel free. Even then, grow some balls and have a nice hoop there.
TikiTender is proclaiming it: “Nose studs are not hot, they are not cute.” Especially when it appears you have been shopping for clothes at Aeropostale and Gap. It is a contradiction. It’s like a skinny cook, or a bald barber, or a banker with lots of tattoos, or a one armed drummer.
Let’s ban the real killers, companies that produce assault rifles and pharmaceuticals.
So…on to the article that fostered this rant
Belmont to be first U.S. city to ban all smoking
By Dana Yates, Daily Journal Staff
Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost everywhere else. The Belmont City Council voted unanimously last night to pursue a strict law that will prohibit smoking anywhere in the city except for single-family detached residences. Smoking on the street, in a park and even in one’s car will become illegal and police would have the option of handing out tickets if they catch someone. The actual language of the law still needs to be drafted and will likely come back to the council either in December or early next year. “We have a tremendous opportunity here. We need to pass as stringent a law as we can, I would like to make it illegal,” said Councilman Dave Warden. “What if every city did this, image how many lives would be saved? If we can do one little thing here at this level it will matter.” Armed with growing evidence that second-hand smoke causes negative health effects, the council chose to pursue the strictest law possible and deal with any legal challenges later. Last month, the council said it wanted to pursue a law similar to ones passed in Dublin and the Southern California city of Calabasas. It took up the cause after a citizen at a senior living facility requested smoke be declared a public nuisance, allowing him to sue neighbors who smoke. The council was concerned about people smoking in multi-unit residences. “I would just like to say ‘no smoking’ and see what happens and if they do smoke, [someone] has the right to have the police come and give them a ticket,” said Councilwoman Coralin Feierbach. The council’s decision garnered applause from about 15 people who showed up in support of the ordinance. One woman stood up and blew kisses to the council, another pumped his fist with satisfaction. “I’m astounded. I admire their courage and unanimous support,” said Serena Chen, policy director of the American Lung Association of California. Chen has worked in this area since 1991 and helped many cities and counties pass no smoking policies, but not one has been willing to draft a complete ban. “I feel like the revolution is taking place and I am trying to catch up,” Chen told the council. The decision puts Belmont on the forefront of smoking policy and it is already attracting attention from other states. “You have the ability to do something a little more extraordinary than Dublin or Calabasas. I see what they’ve done as five or six on the Richter Scale. What the citizens of Belmont, and of America, need is five brave people to do something that’s a seven or eight on the Richter Scale,” said Philip Henry Jarosz of the Condominium Council of Maui. “The whole state of Hawaii is watching” he said. Councilman Warren Lieberman said he was concerned the city will pass a law it cannot enforce because residents will still smoke unless police are specifically called to a situation. Police cannot go out and enforce smoking rules, he said. “It makes us hypocrites by saying you know you can break the law if no one is watching,” Lieberman said. However, both Feierbach and Warden argued it is the same as jaywalking, having a barking dog or going 10 miles over the speed limit. All are illegal, but seldom enforced. “You can’t walk down the street with a beer, but you can have a cigarette,” Warden said. “You shouldn’t be allowed to do that. I just think it shouldn’t be allowed anywhere except in someone’s house. If you want to do that, that’s fine.” Dana Yates can be reached by e-mail: dana@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.
I am a liberal, therefore am all about government intervention to help those that are unable to help themselves (e.g. government assistance for the poor, v-chips to keep kids from seeing Joe Pesci hack some guy with his mom's butcher knife, making sure the factory down the road isn't dumping toxins into my water supply, and the big one Social Security). This just has too much of an Orwellian feel to it for my comfort.
Poor tobacco & cotton. The crops of our Founders hardly have a place in the U.S. anymore. Tobacco. o more smoking on the big screen (unless you're in prison, or a former cop with a drinking problem, or Brian Fantana), no smoking at NASA (next time you watch a documentary about the space program in the 60's, look for the guys in the control room puffing away), no more Winston Cup in auto racing (it is now the Nextel Cup. Talk about something that should be banned. High on my list of things that make me want to punch a baby: Some redneck standing in line at Wal-Mart yelling into his Nextel about his meeting with his child's teacher. People really...there is a private button on those fucking things. I blame the people at Nascar for putting these sophisticated devices into their hands).
Cotton…who wears cotton anymore? My socks are made of all man made materials that keep my feet cooler and drier than cotton could ever dream of. What’s the first thing that outdoor survival training tells you about clothing? “Cotton kills”! LOL Cotton kills!
So back to banning things that are deemed harmful for us.
Watch the movie “Demolition Man”. It is a little cheesy, but Sandra Bullock is really cute, plus if you read between Stallone’s grunts and Snipes’ one liners you will notice odd little things about the future city of “San Angeles”. My favorite is the fine for swearing. Even the mildest profanity is a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute, and punishable by a fine which is automatically deducted from a citizen's finances. The perpetrator is dispensed a ticket by a machine.
It is explained that anything deemed "bad for you" is now illegal, including:
· Non-educational toys
· Alcohol
· Meat and unhealthy food
· Tobacco
· Table salt
· Obscenity
· Abortion, as well as pregnancy unless one has a license
· Anything spicy
It is obvious that the tobacco lobby is losing its influence on government which is a good thing. I don’t think lobbyists should represent specific industries anyway. But, to back smoking outside? I am all for clean air…even can go so far as to say that smoking can be considered a nuisance. The litter from cigarettes alone is atrocious. But why we are banning things that are harmful to society as a whole, allow me to give you my list.
Fake sugar and other artificial sweeteners (including high fructose corn syrup, which is making our kids fat), video game consoles (which are making our kids fat), reality TV and other non-informative programming (which is making our kids fat), Dunkin Donuts (which is making all of us fat), the loss of Physical Education in schools (which is making our kids fat), music videos (which make our kids feel bad for being fat), and Humvees (bad for the environment and probably make our kids fat.
Last on the list, gold teeth on anyone who is not black and nose piercing on any girl who is not Indian or Pakistani. I need to expand that last one. Unless your name is Jaya or Anjali please don’t wear a stud in your nose. If you are a hardcore skater chick or a Suicide Girl, feel free. Even then, grow some balls and have a nice hoop there.
TikiTender is proclaiming it: “Nose studs are not hot, they are not cute.” Especially when it appears you have been shopping for clothes at Aeropostale and Gap. It is a contradiction. It’s like a skinny cook, or a bald barber, or a banker with lots of tattoos, or a one armed drummer.
Let’s ban the real killers, companies that produce assault rifles and pharmaceuticals.
So…on to the article that fostered this rant
Belmont to be first U.S. city to ban all smoking
By Dana Yates, Daily Journal Staff
Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost everywhere else. The Belmont City Council voted unanimously last night to pursue a strict law that will prohibit smoking anywhere in the city except for single-family detached residences. Smoking on the street, in a park and even in one’s car will become illegal and police would have the option of handing out tickets if they catch someone. The actual language of the law still needs to be drafted and will likely come back to the council either in December or early next year. “We have a tremendous opportunity here. We need to pass as stringent a law as we can, I would like to make it illegal,” said Councilman Dave Warden. “What if every city did this, image how many lives would be saved? If we can do one little thing here at this level it will matter.” Armed with growing evidence that second-hand smoke causes negative health effects, the council chose to pursue the strictest law possible and deal with any legal challenges later. Last month, the council said it wanted to pursue a law similar to ones passed in Dublin and the Southern California city of Calabasas. It took up the cause after a citizen at a senior living facility requested smoke be declared a public nuisance, allowing him to sue neighbors who smoke. The council was concerned about people smoking in multi-unit residences. “I would just like to say ‘no smoking’ and see what happens and if they do smoke, [someone] has the right to have the police come and give them a ticket,” said Councilwoman Coralin Feierbach. The council’s decision garnered applause from about 15 people who showed up in support of the ordinance. One woman stood up and blew kisses to the council, another pumped his fist with satisfaction. “I’m astounded. I admire their courage and unanimous support,” said Serena Chen, policy director of the American Lung Association of California. Chen has worked in this area since 1991 and helped many cities and counties pass no smoking policies, but not one has been willing to draft a complete ban. “I feel like the revolution is taking place and I am trying to catch up,” Chen told the council. The decision puts Belmont on the forefront of smoking policy and it is already attracting attention from other states. “You have the ability to do something a little more extraordinary than Dublin or Calabasas. I see what they’ve done as five or six on the Richter Scale. What the citizens of Belmont, and of America, need is five brave people to do something that’s a seven or eight on the Richter Scale,” said Philip Henry Jarosz of the Condominium Council of Maui. “The whole state of Hawaii is watching” he said. Councilman Warren Lieberman said he was concerned the city will pass a law it cannot enforce because residents will still smoke unless police are specifically called to a situation. Police cannot go out and enforce smoking rules, he said. “It makes us hypocrites by saying you know you can break the law if no one is watching,” Lieberman said. However, both Feierbach and Warden argued it is the same as jaywalking, having a barking dog or going 10 miles over the speed limit. All are illegal, but seldom enforced. “You can’t walk down the street with a beer, but you can have a cigarette,” Warden said. “You shouldn’t be allowed to do that. I just think it shouldn’t be allowed anywhere except in someone’s house. If you want to do that, that’s fine.” Dana Yates can be reached by e-mail: dana@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
The Tiki Kooler, as featured in Code Red Magazine
Earlier in the summer, I was featured in Code Red magazine along with a signature drink I created with Pango rum. Now that Pango is available for purchase at a couple of area liquor stores I thought I would post the recipe. Emjoy!
The Tiki Kooler
1 1/2 oz Pango Rhum
3/4 oz Malibu coconut rum
splash of grenadine
pineapple juice to balance
1/2 oz dark rum, floated on top
Garnish: orange wedge, fresh mango, and a cherry
Preparation:
Fill a hurricane or pint glass with ice. Add the first four ingredients. Cover with a shaker and shake until thoroughly mixed. Top with a floater of dark rum and add garnish.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Fishbone
Fishbone
1 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz Midori® melon liqueur
2 oz orange juice
2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz 7-Up®
Fill glass with ice, add liquor, orange juice, and sour mix. Shake well. Add 7-up and serve.
1 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz Midori® melon liqueur
2 oz orange juice
2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz 7-Up®
Fill glass with ice, add liquor, orange juice, and sour mix. Shake well. Add 7-up and serve.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Rules For Drinking
Thanks to Paul for these!
I have highlighted those that apply directly to my job. Teehee.
1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar.
Preferably during happy hour.
2. Always toast before doing a shot.
3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer a toast.
4. Change your toast at least once a month.
5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.
6. Buying a strange woman a drink is still cool. Buying all her drinks
is dumb.
7. Never borrow more than one cigarette from the same person in one
night.
8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a
slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half
martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and
two-part cocktails.
9. Get the bartender's attention with eye contact and a smile.
10. Do not make eye contact with the bartender if you do not want a
drink.
11. Unacceptable things to say after doing a shot: Great, now Im going
to get drunk. I hate shots. Its coming back up.
12. Never, ever tell a bartender he made your drink too strong.
13. If he makes it too weak, order a double next time. He'll get the
message.
14. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not
like you.
15. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still might
not like you.
16. If she buys you a drink, she likes you.
17. If someone offers to buy you a drink, do not upgrade your liquor
preference.
18. Always have a corkscrew in your house.
19. If you don't have a corkscrew, push the cork down into the bottle
with a pen.
20. Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the
guy who drinks girly drinks.
21. Our parents were better drinkers than we are.
22. Never talk to someone in the restroom unless you're doing the same
thing: urinating, waiting in line or washing your hands.
23. Girls hang out, apply make-up, and have long talks in the bathroom.
Men do not.
24. After your sixth drink, do not look at yourself in the mirror. It
will shake your confidence.
25. It is only permissible to shout 'woo-hoo!' if you are doing a shot
with four or more people.
26. If there is a d.j., you can request a song only once per night. If
he doesn't play it within half an hour, do not approach him again. If he
does play it, do not approach him again.
27. Learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. You'll be surprised
how well it works.
28. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Go
to the liquor store.
29. If you owe someone twenty dollars or less, you may pay them back in
beer.
30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.
31. If you have been roommates with someone more than six months, you
may drink all their beer, even if it's hidden, as long as you leave them
one.
32. You can have a shot of their hard liquor only if the cap has been
cracked and the bottle goes for less than $25.
33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.
34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two
cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.
35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every
jackass would be doing it.
36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartenders guide and browse
through all the drinks youve never tried.
37. Try one new drink each week.
38. If you are the bar's sole customer, you are obliged to make small
talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you're
off the hook. The same goes for him.
39. Never tip with coins that have touched you. If your change is $1.50,
you can tell the barmaid to keep the change, but once she has handed it
to you, you cannot give it back. To a bartender or cocktail waitress,
small change has no value.
40. If you have ever told a bartender, "Hey, it all spends the same",
then you are a cheap ass.
41. Anyone on stage or behind a bar is fifty percent better looking.
42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by how close they keep
their drink to their mouth.
43. A bar is a college, not a nursery. If you spill a beer, clean it up.
If you break a glass, wait for a staff member to clean it up, then blame
it on someone else.
44. Being drunk is feeling sophisticated without being able to say it.
45. It's okay to drink alone.
46. After three drinks, you will forget a woman's name two seconds after
she tells you. The rest of the night you will call her baby or darling.
47. Nothing screams 'nancy boy' louder than swirling an oversized brandy
snifter.
48. Men don't drink from straws. Unless you're doing a Mind or Face
Eraser.
49. If you do a shot, finish it. If you don't plan to finish it, don't
accept it.
50. Never brood in a dance bar. Never dance in a dive bar.
51. Never play more than three songs by the same artist in a row.
52. Your songs will come on as you're leaving the bar.
53. Never yell out jukebox selections to someone you don't know.
54. Never lie in a bar. You may, however, grossly exaggerate and lean.
55. If you think you might be slurring a little, then you are slurring a
lot. If you think you are slurring a lot, then you are not speaking
English.
56. Screaming, "Someone buy me a drink!" has never worked.
57. For every drink, there is a five percent better chance you will get
in a fight. There is also a three percent better chance you will lose
the fight.
58. Fighting an extremely drunk person when you are sober is hilarious.
59. If you are broke and a friend is sporting you, you must laugh at all
his jokes and play wingman when he makes his move.
60. If you are broke and a friend is making sport of you, you may steal
any drink he leaves unattended.
61. Never rest your head on a table or bar top. It is the equivalent of
voluntarily putting your head on a chopping block.
62. If you are trading rounds with a friend and he asks if you're ready
for another, always say yes. Once you fall out of sync you will end up
buying more drinks than him.
63. If you're going to hit on a member of the bar staff, make sure you
tip well before and after, regardless of her response.
64. The people with the most money are rarely the best tippers.
65. Before you die, single-handedly make one decent martini.
66. Asking a bartender what beers are on tap when the handles are right
in front of you is the equivalent of saying, I'm an idiot.
67. Never ask a bartender "what's good tonight"? They do not fly in the
scotch fresh from the coast every morning.
68. If there is a line for drinks, get your damn drink and step the hell
away from the bar.
69. If there is ever any confusion, the fuller beer is yours.
70. The patrons at your local bar are your extended family, your fathers
and mothers, your brothers and sisters. Except you get to sleep with
these sisters. And if you're really drunk, the mothers.
71. It's acceptable, traditional in fact, to disappear during a night of
hard drinking. You will appear mysterious and your friends will
understand. If they even notice.
72. Never argue your tab at the end of the night. Remember, you're
hammered and theyre sober. It's akin to a precocious five-year-old
arguing the super-string theory with a physicist. 99.9 % of the time
you're wrong and either way you're going to come off as a jackass.
73. If you bring booze to a party, you must drink it or leave it.
74. If you hesitate more than three seconds after the bartender looks at
you, you do not deserve a drink.
75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you
dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.
76. The greatest thing a drunkard can do is buy a round of drinks for a
packed bar.
77. Never preface a conversation with a bartender with I know this is
going to be a hassle, but . . .
78. When you're in a bar and drunk, your boss is just another guy
begging for a fat lip. Unless he's buying.
79. If you are 86'd, do not return for at least three months. To come
back sooner makes it appear no other bar wants you.
80. Anyone with three or more drinks in his hands has the right of way.
81. If you're going to drink on the job, drink vodka. Its the no-tell
liquor.
82. There's nothing wrong with drinking before noon. Especially if youre
supposed to be at work.
83. The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to last call.
84. A flask engraved with a personal message is one of the best gifts
you can give. And make sure there's something in it.
85. On the intimacy scale, sharing a quiet drink is between a handshake
and a kiss.
86. You will forget every one of these rules by your fifth drink
I have highlighted those that apply directly to my job. Teehee.
1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar.
Preferably during happy hour.
2. Always toast before doing a shot.
3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer a toast.
4. Change your toast at least once a month.
5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.
6. Buying a strange woman a drink is still cool. Buying all her drinks
is dumb.
7. Never borrow more than one cigarette from the same person in one
night.
8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a
slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half
martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and
two-part cocktails.
9. Get the bartender's attention with eye contact and a smile.
10. Do not make eye contact with the bartender if you do not want a
drink.
11. Unacceptable things to say after doing a shot: Great, now Im going
to get drunk. I hate shots. Its coming back up.
12. Never, ever tell a bartender he made your drink too strong.
13. If he makes it too weak, order a double next time. He'll get the
message.
14. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not
like you.
15. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still might
not like you.
16. If she buys you a drink, she likes you.
17. If someone offers to buy you a drink, do not upgrade your liquor
preference.
18. Always have a corkscrew in your house.
19. If you don't have a corkscrew, push the cork down into the bottle
with a pen.
20. Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the
guy who drinks girly drinks.
21. Our parents were better drinkers than we are.
22. Never talk to someone in the restroom unless you're doing the same
thing: urinating, waiting in line or washing your hands.
23. Girls hang out, apply make-up, and have long talks in the bathroom.
Men do not.
24. After your sixth drink, do not look at yourself in the mirror. It
will shake your confidence.
25. It is only permissible to shout 'woo-hoo!' if you are doing a shot
with four or more people.
26. If there is a d.j., you can request a song only once per night. If
he doesn't play it within half an hour, do not approach him again. If he
does play it, do not approach him again.
27. Learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. You'll be surprised
how well it works.
28. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Go
to the liquor store.
29. If you owe someone twenty dollars or less, you may pay them back in
beer.
30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.
31. If you have been roommates with someone more than six months, you
may drink all their beer, even if it's hidden, as long as you leave them
one.
32. You can have a shot of their hard liquor only if the cap has been
cracked and the bottle goes for less than $25.
33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.
34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two
cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.
35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every
jackass would be doing it.
36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartenders guide and browse
through all the drinks youve never tried.
37. Try one new drink each week.
38. If you are the bar's sole customer, you are obliged to make small
talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you're
off the hook. The same goes for him.
39. Never tip with coins that have touched you. If your change is $1.50,
you can tell the barmaid to keep the change, but once she has handed it
to you, you cannot give it back. To a bartender or cocktail waitress,
small change has no value.
40. If you have ever told a bartender, "Hey, it all spends the same",
then you are a cheap ass.
41. Anyone on stage or behind a bar is fifty percent better looking.
42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by how close they keep
their drink to their mouth.
43. A bar is a college, not a nursery. If you spill a beer, clean it up.
If you break a glass, wait for a staff member to clean it up, then blame
it on someone else.
44. Being drunk is feeling sophisticated without being able to say it.
45. It's okay to drink alone.
46. After three drinks, you will forget a woman's name two seconds after
she tells you. The rest of the night you will call her baby or darling.
47. Nothing screams 'nancy boy' louder than swirling an oversized brandy
snifter.
48. Men don't drink from straws. Unless you're doing a Mind or Face
Eraser.
49. If you do a shot, finish it. If you don't plan to finish it, don't
accept it.
50. Never brood in a dance bar. Never dance in a dive bar.
51. Never play more than three songs by the same artist in a row.
52. Your songs will come on as you're leaving the bar.
53. Never yell out jukebox selections to someone you don't know.
54. Never lie in a bar. You may, however, grossly exaggerate and lean.
55. If you think you might be slurring a little, then you are slurring a
lot. If you think you are slurring a lot, then you are not speaking
English.
56. Screaming, "Someone buy me a drink!" has never worked.
57. For every drink, there is a five percent better chance you will get
in a fight. There is also a three percent better chance you will lose
the fight.
58. Fighting an extremely drunk person when you are sober is hilarious.
59. If you are broke and a friend is sporting you, you must laugh at all
his jokes and play wingman when he makes his move.
60. If you are broke and a friend is making sport of you, you may steal
any drink he leaves unattended.
61. Never rest your head on a table or bar top. It is the equivalent of
voluntarily putting your head on a chopping block.
62. If you are trading rounds with a friend and he asks if you're ready
for another, always say yes. Once you fall out of sync you will end up
buying more drinks than him.
63. If you're going to hit on a member of the bar staff, make sure you
tip well before and after, regardless of her response.
64. The people with the most money are rarely the best tippers.
65. Before you die, single-handedly make one decent martini.
66. Asking a bartender what beers are on tap when the handles are right
in front of you is the equivalent of saying, I'm an idiot.
67. Never ask a bartender "what's good tonight"? They do not fly in the
scotch fresh from the coast every morning.
68. If there is a line for drinks, get your damn drink and step the hell
away from the bar.
69. If there is ever any confusion, the fuller beer is yours.
70. The patrons at your local bar are your extended family, your fathers
and mothers, your brothers and sisters. Except you get to sleep with
these sisters. And if you're really drunk, the mothers.
71. It's acceptable, traditional in fact, to disappear during a night of
hard drinking. You will appear mysterious and your friends will
understand. If they even notice.
72. Never argue your tab at the end of the night. Remember, you're
hammered and theyre sober. It's akin to a precocious five-year-old
arguing the super-string theory with a physicist. 99.9 % of the time
you're wrong and either way you're going to come off as a jackass.
73. If you bring booze to a party, you must drink it or leave it.
74. If you hesitate more than three seconds after the bartender looks at
you, you do not deserve a drink.
75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you
dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.
76. The greatest thing a drunkard can do is buy a round of drinks for a
packed bar.
77. Never preface a conversation with a bartender with I know this is
going to be a hassle, but . . .
78. When you're in a bar and drunk, your boss is just another guy
begging for a fat lip. Unless he's buying.
79. If you are 86'd, do not return for at least three months. To come
back sooner makes it appear no other bar wants you.
80. Anyone with three or more drinks in his hands has the right of way.
81. If you're going to drink on the job, drink vodka. Its the no-tell
liquor.
82. There's nothing wrong with drinking before noon. Especially if youre
supposed to be at work.
83. The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to last call.
84. A flask engraved with a personal message is one of the best gifts
you can give. And make sure there's something in it.
85. On the intimacy scale, sharing a quiet drink is between a handshake
and a kiss.
86. You will forget every one of these rules by your fifth drink
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Why Does The St. John's River Flow North?
There is a joke in Florida (at least North Florida) that goes like this:
"Why does the St. John's River flow to the north?"
"Why?"
"Because Georgia sucks."
Insert laughter.
Now, I'm not a Floridian , nor do I have anything against Georgia. I am thinking that the joke probably originated as a taunt from Gator football fans. To which I say "Do they play football in Florida?". I have been here 10 years and still claim no allegiance to any Florida sports team, except for maybe the Daytona Cubs.
As I said, I hold no ill will against Georgia. I spent a weekend in downtown Savannah and it ranks high in my list of top weekends ever. I have taken more than a few day trips to St. Simon's Island and developed quite a fondness for Brogan's near the lighthouse. I have an actual list of places I want to go visit in Georgia, such as Cumberland Island and Springer Mountain. I love the "living sociological experiment" that is a Huddle House restaurant, where a white person can experience the feeling of looking around and seeing nothing but different colored faces.
At this point though, I am pissed at Georgia. Georgia is taking away my friends. Sucking them away, if you will. Three friends (4 if you count Leilani) have gone. Left without fanfare or celebration, some without warning. I have spent the last 10 years on what I call an extended vacation. I say that because I have worked at golf resorts, for a golf wholesale company, and as a bartender. Having been in the "Hospitality Biz", which is notorious for seasonal employees and staff turnover, I should be used to here today gone tomorrow friendships. This time is different though.
So..today I am pissed at Georgia. I am only about 100 miles from the Florida-Georgia border so this bird is for you Georgia.
Come to think of it, I'm a little upset with New Orleans right now too.
Y'all know who you are....here's some drinks that will always be yours in my recipe book....
Hot Georgia Peach
1/2 oz Hot Damn cinnamon schnapps
1/2 oz peach schnapps
Chill and pour into a shot glass. Serve.
Suntanned Surfer Girl
2 oz Malibu coconut rum
fill with pineapple juice
splash of Coca-Cola
Pour into an ice-filled old fashioned glass. Stir and serve.
Georgia Tea
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1 oz peach schnapps
pineapple juice
orange juice
Build over ice in a highball or hurricane glass. Pour liquors, then fill with equal parts OJ and pineapple juice. Shake and serve.
Flower Of Heaven
1 1/2 oz Bacardi light rum
1 oz creme de banane
1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1/4 oz lime juice
Dash grenadine
Blend with a small amount of ice. Serve in an oversized cocktail glass or coupette.
And for the friends I lost to Louisiana...
Cajun Comforter
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Old Grandad bourbon whiskey
Dash Tabasco sauce
Pour Southern Comfort and bourbon over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Add a dash of Tabasco (or your choice of hot sauce). If you're feeling friskaaay, garnish with a jumbo shrimp!
Red Raider
1 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz sour mix
dash of grenadine
Shake ingredients with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.
Just to let every one of you know that I am thinking of you. Mix 'em up and we can toast from afar.
There are good ships,
and there are wood ships,
The ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are friendships,
And may they always be.
"Why does the St. John's River flow to the north?"
"Why?"
"Because Georgia sucks."
Insert laughter.
Now, I'm not a Floridian , nor do I have anything against Georgia. I am thinking that the joke probably originated as a taunt from Gator football fans. To which I say "Do they play football in Florida?". I have been here 10 years and still claim no allegiance to any Florida sports team, except for maybe the Daytona Cubs.
As I said, I hold no ill will against Georgia. I spent a weekend in downtown Savannah and it ranks high in my list of top weekends ever. I have taken more than a few day trips to St. Simon's Island and developed quite a fondness for Brogan's near the lighthouse. I have an actual list of places I want to go visit in Georgia, such as Cumberland Island and Springer Mountain. I love the "living sociological experiment" that is a Huddle House restaurant, where a white person can experience the feeling of looking around and seeing nothing but different colored faces.
At this point though, I am pissed at Georgia. Georgia is taking away my friends. Sucking them away, if you will. Three friends (4 if you count Leilani) have gone. Left without fanfare or celebration, some without warning. I have spent the last 10 years on what I call an extended vacation. I say that because I have worked at golf resorts, for a golf wholesale company, and as a bartender. Having been in the "Hospitality Biz", which is notorious for seasonal employees and staff turnover, I should be used to here today gone tomorrow friendships. This time is different though.
So..today I am pissed at Georgia. I am only about 100 miles from the Florida-Georgia border so this bird is for you Georgia.
Come to think of it, I'm a little upset with New Orleans right now too.
Y'all know who you are....here's some drinks that will always be yours in my recipe book....
Hot Georgia Peach
1/2 oz Hot Damn cinnamon schnapps
1/2 oz peach schnapps
Chill and pour into a shot glass. Serve.
Suntanned Surfer Girl
2 oz Malibu coconut rum
fill with pineapple juice
splash of Coca-Cola
Pour into an ice-filled old fashioned glass. Stir and serve.
Georgia Tea
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1 oz peach schnapps
pineapple juice
orange juice
Build over ice in a highball or hurricane glass. Pour liquors, then fill with equal parts OJ and pineapple juice. Shake and serve.
Flower Of Heaven
1 1/2 oz Bacardi light rum
1 oz creme de banane
1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1/4 oz lime juice
Dash grenadine
Blend with a small amount of ice. Serve in an oversized cocktail glass or coupette.
And for the friends I lost to Louisiana...
Cajun Comforter
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz Old Grandad bourbon whiskey
Dash Tabasco sauce
Pour Southern Comfort and bourbon over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Add a dash of Tabasco (or your choice of hot sauce). If you're feeling friskaaay, garnish with a jumbo shrimp!
Red Raider
1 oz bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz sour mix
dash of grenadine
Shake ingredients with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.
Just to let every one of you know that I am thinking of you. Mix 'em up and we can toast from afar.
and there are wood ships,
The ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are friendships,
And may they always be.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Landshark
Landshark
3/4 oz light rum
3/4 oz spiced rum
1/2 oz dark rum
2 oz pineapple juice
splash of Rose's lime juice or squeeze half lime
Shake with ice and strain over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
3/4 oz light rum
3/4 oz spiced rum
1/2 oz dark rum
2 oz pineapple juice
splash of Rose's lime juice or squeeze half lime
Shake with ice and strain over ice into a highball glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Thanks to all who voted!
When I arrived at work today I was greeted by the marketing manager of Backstage Pass Magazine. He shook my hand and said "Congratulations, you're my bartender of the year." Effing sweet!
He gave me a certificate and a copy of the magazine with all the winners. It is the September 16-30, 2006 edition and is available at all your favorite bars (for those of you in east Central Florida at least). They don't have the new edition up on their website, so I will post a link when it is up.
Until then, a quote from the magazine: "Florida's favorite bartender went hands down to Mark Woods of the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach. Wow, talk about fans. Mark got the most votes to date for this category."
So in the 8 years they have been having this contest, no other bartender received more votes than me. That is freaking awesome! Thanks so much to all who voted for me. Be sure to come visit me soon, so I can live up to my new title!
I wanted to mention a couple of my friends that also received honors.
Harryoke, my fave karaoke host is also the people's choice for favorite host! Go visit him here, and show him some love. David lane, also of the Golden Lion, was selected as favorite server. Go show David some love, and listen to some great music, on myspace.
Thanks again everyone!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Carrie's Undercurrent
Today's drink was shared with me by Carrie, a bartender from Virginia who was at the Golden Lion last night.
Carrie's Undercurrent
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz blue curacao
1/2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur or creme de cassis
Splash sour mix
Shake the vodka, curacao, and sour mix with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sink the Chambord (or cassis), creating a dark layer under an ocean blue layer.
Thanks Carrie!
Carrie's Undercurrent
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz blue curacao
1/2 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur or creme de cassis
Splash sour mix
Shake the vodka, curacao, and sour mix with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sink the Chambord (or cassis), creating a dark layer under an ocean blue layer.
Thanks Carrie!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
The Weekend is Here!
Most of you are going back to work this morning after a long weekend. I am staying home to loung after a long weekend of working. I am glad to have a break too. It has been hot...and my bar has been amateur. Most of my regulars, all very cool people, had parties and barbecues to go to all weekend. I was left with people who seemingly never stepped into a restaurant before this weekend. LOL
Last night being my Friday night, I went to sing karaoke. It was Harryoke's birthday over the weekend and Vicki the bartender put together a party for him last night. That was good times. Plus I got to hang with some groovy friends. Jojo, Neecy, and Mikey early in the night and Mason, Sticky Pete, and Bela D later in the night. My head is a touch foggy this morning but it was worth it.
Speaking of Mason....his band, The Jimmy Mason Project, is playing the Lion this weekend. I am so excited! I expect to see everyone there or else!
My website is coming along nicely. I am working on searchable drinks recipe database and also ans RSS feed. Keep checking it for updates.
One last thing. The voting for Florida's Favorite ends today.
Backstage Pass Magazine is holding their annual Floridas Favorite. I am asking votes for the following: Favorite Bartender-Mark Woods, Golden Lion Cafe (thats me), Favorite Server-David Lane, Golden Lion Cafe, and Favorite Restaurant (General)-Golden Lion Cafe.
The online ballot is available here. Thank you for your support.
Mahalo and Aloha!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Australia's 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray's barb - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
Australia's 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray's barb - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune: " Australia's 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed by stingray's barb
The Associated Press
Published: September 4, 2006
CAIRNS, Australia Steve Irwin, the ebullient Australian whose catch cry of 'Crikey!' helped him rise to global fame as television's the 'Crocodile Hunter,' was killed Monday by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called 'Ocean's Deadliest' when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, said John Stainton, a friend and colleague.
'He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,' said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat, Croc One, at the time.
Crew members called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.
Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and for regularly getting up close and personal with dangerous animals in his television program 'Crocodile Hunter,' which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 before it was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting him to international celebrity.
'The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet,' Stainton told reporters in Cairns. 'He died doing what he loved best and left this worl"
The Associated Press
Published: September 4, 2006
CAIRNS, Australia Steve Irwin, the ebullient Australian whose catch cry of 'Crikey!' helped him rise to global fame as television's the 'Crocodile Hunter,' was killed Monday by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called 'Ocean's Deadliest' when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, said John Stainton, a friend and colleague.
'He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,' said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat, Croc One, at the time.
Crew members called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.
Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and for regularly getting up close and personal with dangerous animals in his television program 'Crocodile Hunter,' which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 before it was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting him to international celebrity.
'The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet,' Stainton told reporters in Cairns. 'He died doing what he loved best and left this worl"
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Pirate's Treasure
Pirate's Treasure
2 oz Captain Morgan spiced rum
1 1/2 oz Crown Royal
Coca-Cola
Build over ice in a collins glass.
2 oz Captain Morgan spiced rum
1 1/2 oz Crown Royal
Coca-Cola
Build over ice in a collins glass.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Hairy Navel
Hairy Navel
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz peach schnapps
orange juice
Build over ice in a highball glass. Orange juice to fill. Enjoy!
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz peach schnapps
orange juice
Build over ice in a highball glass. Orange juice to fill. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
I Carry Your Heart With Me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
-e e cummings 1958
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
-e e cummings 1958
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
CNN.com - Suit: Women burned by flaming rum - Aug 1, 2006
CNN.com - Suit: Women burned by flaming rum - Aug 1, 2006
Suit: Women burned by flaming rum
Bacardi has said it warns against setting rum on fire
Tuesday, August 1, 2006; Posted: 11:33 a.m. EDT (15:33 GMT)
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Manage Alerts | What Is This? MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Two women have sued wine and spirit maker Bacardi, claiming they were seriously burned by flaming rum during a night out.
Agata Macierzynska is a friend of Danielle Alleyne, who had previously sued the company over an August 2002 incident at a Miami night club. Alleyne, of Miami, sued the company last week.
Both women say they suffered serious burns after being hit by the flaming rum and claim in their lawsuits that one of Bacardi's products is defective and dangerous. Both were filed in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
The company has said its product is clearly labeled with warnings against setting fire to it. The Miami-based company said Monday it had not been served with Macierzynska's lawsuit and could not comment on it.
A bartender, who was not identified in either lawsuit, was pouring shots of Bacardi 151 when a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol. The bottle that was being used to pour the shots turned into a flame thrower and sent flaming rum all over Macierzynska, the lawsuit said.
Macierzynska suffered second and third degree burns on her face, neck, arms, underarms, ears, back and hands and is permanently disabled and disfigured, the lawsuit said.
Alleyne suffered similar burns, her lawsuit said.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
Suit: Women burned by flaming rum
Bacardi has said it warns against setting rum on fire
Tuesday, August 1, 2006; Posted: 11:33 a.m. EDT (15:33 GMT)
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Manage Alerts | What Is This? MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Two women have sued wine and spirit maker Bacardi, claiming they were seriously burned by flaming rum during a night out.
Agata Macierzynska is a friend of Danielle Alleyne, who had previously sued the company over an August 2002 incident at a Miami night club. Alleyne, of Miami, sued the company last week.
Both women say they suffered serious burns after being hit by the flaming rum and claim in their lawsuits that one of Bacardi's products is defective and dangerous. Both were filed in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
The company has said its product is clearly labeled with warnings against setting fire to it. The Miami-based company said Monday it had not been served with Macierzynska's lawsuit and could not comment on it.
A bartender, who was not identified in either lawsuit, was pouring shots of Bacardi 151 when a customer lit a menu on fire and placed it in the stream of alcohol. The bottle that was being used to pour the shots turned into a flame thrower and sent flaming rum all over Macierzynska, the lawsuit said.
Macierzynska suffered second and third degree burns on her face, neck, arms, underarms, ears, back and hands and is permanently disabled and disfigured, the lawsuit said.
Alleyne suffered similar burns, her lawsuit said.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Sweet Georgia Tea
Sweet Georgia Tea
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1 oz peach schnapps
orange juice
pineapple juice
Pour liquors over ice in a tall glass or hurricane glass. Fill with equal parts of juices. Stir and serve.
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1 oz peach schnapps
orange juice
pineapple juice
Pour liquors over ice in a tall glass or hurricane glass. Fill with equal parts of juices. Stir and serve.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
I was called a "c*nt" last night....
After my shift last night, talking to some co-workers...someone said to me "you need to be yourself and stop being a disgruntled c*nt. everything else will take care of itself."
vulgar? yes. innapropriate? maybe a little. on the money? damn straight...
because, for the last few days, I have been exactly that. i have been in a funk at my job and have forgotten that people come to visit me because they want to have a good time. I am the ringmaster of the circus, putting on a show for the customers. Over the last few weeks I have allowed myself to be dragged into negative conversations and have focused on what others are doing wrong instead of what I can do right.
thanks to my longtime friend and co-worker for pointing this out to me in your own special way.
It ain’t about the money, it ain’t about the time
It ain’t about the love you lost or the things you think you left behind
It ain’t about your losing streak, makes you feel like you’re falling apart
What matters is the heart
vulgar? yes. innapropriate? maybe a little. on the money? damn straight...
because, for the last few days, I have been exactly that. i have been in a funk at my job and have forgotten that people come to visit me because they want to have a good time. I am the ringmaster of the circus, putting on a show for the customers. Over the last few weeks I have allowed myself to be dragged into negative conversations and have focused on what others are doing wrong instead of what I can do right.
thanks to my longtime friend and co-worker for pointing this out to me in your own special way.
It ain’t about the money, it ain’t about the time
It ain’t about the love you lost or the things you think you left behind
It ain’t about your losing streak, makes you feel like you’re falling apart
What matters is the heart
Friday, August 18, 2006
If I Had A Boat
Artist/Band: Lovett Lyle
Lyrics for Song: If I Had a Boat
Lyrics for Album: Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
If I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be single
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
It'd just be me and trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
Lyrics for Song: If I Had a Boat
Lyrics for Album: Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
If I were Roy Rogers
I'd sure enough be single
I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
It'd just be me and trigger
We'd go riding through them movies
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
Today's Drink Recipe: Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1 1/2 oz rum
3/4 oz orange juice
3/4 oz sour mix
3 dashes blue curacao
Build over ice in a rocks glass. Stir and serve.
1 1/2 oz rum
3/4 oz orange juice
3/4 oz sour mix
3 dashes blue curacao
Build over ice in a rocks glass. Stir and serve.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Shooting Star
So Kayleigh from work asked me to make her a CD. Anytime I make someone a mix CD, I include "Shooting Star" by Bob Dylan. So, thought I would share it with everyone.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you.
You were trying to break into another world
A world I never knew.
I always kind of wondered
If you ever made it through.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me.
If I was still the same
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
Did I miss the mark or
Over-step the line
That only you could see?
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me.
Listen to the engine, listen to the bell
As the last fire truck from hell
Goes rolling by, all good people are praying,
It's the last temptation
The last account
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount,
The last radio is playing.
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip Away.
Tomorrow will be another day.
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
That you needed to hear me say.
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away.
Copyright © 1989 Special Rider Music
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you.
You were trying to break into another world
A world I never knew.
I always kind of wondered
If you ever made it through.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you.
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me.
If I was still the same
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
Did I miss the mark or
Over-step the line
That only you could see?
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me.
Listen to the engine, listen to the bell
As the last fire truck from hell
Goes rolling by, all good people are praying,
It's the last temptation
The last account
The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount,
The last radio is playing.
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip Away.
Tomorrow will be another day.
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
That you needed to hear me say.
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away.
Copyright © 1989 Special Rider Music
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A Little Self Promotion
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Kori's Saturday Night Special
Kori's Saturday Night Special
1 oz banana liqueur
1 oz Malibu coconut rum
1/2 oz dark rum
vanilla ice cream
Blend all ingredients until smooth. If it gets too thick, add some cream. Top with whipped cream and a cherry.
1 oz banana liqueur
1 oz Malibu coconut rum
1/2 oz dark rum
vanilla ice cream
Blend all ingredients until smooth. If it gets too thick, add some cream. Top with whipped cream and a cherry.
Friday, August 11, 2006
BuffettWorld Newsletter
BuffettWorld Newsletter
August 11th, 2006
You could win 1 of 5 DVD's of the movie Hoot that Buffett World is giving away!
Enter now @ www.buffettworld.com/hootcontest.html
Based on the best-selling book, Hoot is a classic story that is fun for all ages. When a boy and his classmates realize that a population of endangered, burrowing owls is threatened by new construction, the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends. Packed with surprising plot twists, quirky characters, and offbeat humor, HOOT is a classic story that's fun for all ages. HOOT is from a screenplay by Wil Shriner and directed by Wil Shriner and stars Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Cody Linley and Luke Wilson. The film also features original music from producer Jimmy Buffett.
And as always, visit www.buffettworld.com for all the latest Buffett news and information
August 11th, 2006
You could win 1 of 5 DVD's of the movie Hoot that Buffett World is giving away!
Enter now @ www.buffettworld.com/hootcontest.html
Based on the best-selling book, Hoot is a classic story that is fun for all ages. When a boy and his classmates realize that a population of endangered, burrowing owls is threatened by new construction, the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends. Packed with surprising plot twists, quirky characters, and offbeat humor, HOOT is a classic story that's fun for all ages. HOOT is from a screenplay by Wil Shriner and directed by Wil Shriner and stars Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Cody Linley and Luke Wilson. The film also features original music from producer Jimmy Buffett.
And as always, visit www.buffettworld.com for all the latest Buffett news and information
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Dirty RedHeaded Slut
Dirty RedHeaded Slut
1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
1 oz Crown Royal
1 oz Southern Comfort
Shake with ice and strain into a rocks glass
1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur
1 oz Crown Royal
1 oz Southern Comfort
Shake with ice and strain into a rocks glass
Friday, May 26, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Jellyfish
Jellyfish
White creme de cacao
Amaretto
Irish cream
Grenadine
Use a rocks glass or a cordial glass. Pour equal parts amaretto and creme de cacao (about a half shot each). Layer irish cream on top.
To make the jellyfish: using a beverage straw, drop grenadine through the irish cream. The grenadine will sink to the bottom, leaving trails of cream behind. These are the tentacles. Fun!
White creme de cacao
Amaretto
Irish cream
Grenadine
Use a rocks glass or a cordial glass. Pour equal parts amaretto and creme de cacao (about a half shot each). Layer irish cream on top.
To make the jellyfish: using a beverage straw, drop grenadine through the irish cream. The grenadine will sink to the bottom, leaving trails of cream behind. These are the tentacles. Fun!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Catalina Margarita
Catalina Margarita
1 1/4 oz tequila
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz blue curacao
4 oz sour mix
Pre-chill an unsalted margarita glass with ice. Pour all ingredients into an ice-filled shaker. Shake shake shake! Pour into the prepared glass. Anytime I use blue curacao, I like to garnish with an orange wedge.
Enjoy!
1 1/4 oz tequila
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz blue curacao
4 oz sour mix
Pre-chill an unsalted margarita glass with ice. Pour all ingredients into an ice-filled shaker. Shake shake shake! Pour into the prepared glass. Anytime I use blue curacao, I like to garnish with an orange wedge.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Chelsea's Tipsy Turtle
A customer brought this drink back to me from the Bahamas. She had visited the Green Turtle Club on Abaco. The Club specialty, the Tipsy Turtle Rum Punch, was chosen by Esquire Magazine as the best rum punch in all the Caribbean. Chelsea came to the bar wearing a t-shirt with the recipe for a gallon of the stuff, along with a black eye. "Tipsy" is apparently an apt name. :-) So she turned around, I did a quick set of conversions and wrote down the recipe. After that we became friends. So here it is, Chelsea's Tipsy Turtle!
Chelsea's Tipsy Turtle
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz light rum
3/4 oz dark rum
1 1/2 oz coconut rum
1/2 oz creme de banane
splash grenadine
pineapple juice
orange juice
Fill a hurricane or pint beer glass with ice. Build drink over ice, finishing with equal parts of the juices. Pour into a shaker and shake, shake, shake!
Garnish with an orange slice and a flagged cherry.
Chelsea's Tipsy Turtle
3/4 oz vodka
3/4 oz light rum
3/4 oz dark rum
1 1/2 oz coconut rum
1/2 oz creme de banane
splash grenadine
pineapple juice
orange juice
Fill a hurricane or pint beer glass with ice. Build drink over ice, finishing with equal parts of the juices. Pour into a shaker and shake, shake, shake!
Garnish with an orange slice and a flagged cherry.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Cool Caribbean Breeze
Cool Caribbean Breeze
I named this, but can't take credit for the recipe. I'm sure it's been done before. One of my fave drinks to order.
1 1/2 oz light rum
1 oz cranberry juice
splash of 7-Up
pineapple juice
Build first three ingredients over ice. Fill with pineapple juice.
Enjoy!
I named this, but can't take credit for the recipe. I'm sure it's been done before. One of my fave drinks to order.
1 1/2 oz light rum
1 oz cranberry juice
splash of 7-Up
pineapple juice
Build first three ingredients over ice. Fill with pineapple juice.
Enjoy!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Today's Drink Recipe: Liquid Panty Remover
Today's Drink Recipe:
Liquid Panty Remover
3/4 oz Crown Royal
3/4 oz Midori melon liqueur
Splash of pineapple juice
Shake with ice and pour into a shot glass.
OR
Build over ice in your glass of choice, filling with pineapple juice.
Liquid Panty Remover
3/4 oz Crown Royal
3/4 oz Midori melon liqueur
Splash of pineapple juice
Shake with ice and pour into a shot glass.
OR
Build over ice in your glass of choice, filling with pineapple juice.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
What It Takes
Heard this on the radio tonight...long story, but it stuck
From the Aerosmith Song:
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing
So baby, what's the story? Did you find another man?
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
When you don't look back I guess the feelings start to fade away.
I used to feel your fire
But now it's cold inside
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
Girl, before I met you I was F.I.N.E. Fine
but your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time
You spent me up like money, then you hung me out to dry
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise
Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me that it's better when you're all alone
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
Tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me who's to blame for thinkin' twice
No no no no 'cause I don't wanna burn in paradise
Ooo Let go, let go, let go,
let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go,
let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
I don't wanna burn, I don't wanna burn
From the Aerosmith Song:
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing
So baby, what's the story? Did you find another man?
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
When you don't look back I guess the feelings start to fade away.
I used to feel your fire
But now it's cold inside
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
Girl, before I met you I was F.I.N.E. Fine
but your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time
You spent me up like money, then you hung me out to dry
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise
Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tell me that it's better when you're all alone
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch
Tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much
Tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pain's supposed to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night
Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice?
Tell me who's to blame for thinkin' twice
No no no no 'cause I don't wanna burn in paradise
Ooo Let go, let go, let go,
let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go,
let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
I don't wanna burn, I don't wanna burn
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Pics From New Year's
Here are a few pictures from New Year's Eve...I was behind the bar at the Lion.
Carol And Me
Zeus and Me showing off our matching hats!
Is it me or do I look a little crazy in this picture?
Blowing some bubbles
Jenn and Methos
Monday, January 02, 2006
Today's History Brief: Meiji Restoration in Japan (1868)
In an event that heralds the birth of modern Japan, patriotic samurai from Japan's outlying domains join with anti-shogunate nobles in restoring the emperor to power after 700 years. The impetus for the coup was a fear by many Japanese that the nation's feudal leaders were ill equipped to resist the threat of foreign domination. Soon after seizing power, the young Emperor Meiji and his ministers moved the royal court from Kyoto to Tokyo, dismantled feudalism, and enacted widespread reforms along Western models. The newly unified Japanese government also set off on a path of rapid industrialization and militarization, building Japan into a major world power by the early 20th century.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Today's History Lesson: Let There Be Light
EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT LIGHT:
December 31, 1879
In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American
inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran special trains to Menlo Park on the day of the
demonstration in response to public enthusiasm over the event.Although the first
incandescent lamp had been produced 40 years earlier, no inventor had been able
to come up with a practical design until Edison embraced the challenge in the
late 1870s. After countless tests, he developed a high-resistance carbon-thread
filament that burned steadily for hours and an electric generator sophisticated
enough to power a large lighting system.Born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847, Edison
received little formal schooling, which was customary for most Americans at the
time. He developed serious hearing problems at an early age, and this disability
provided the motivation for many of his inventions. At age 16, he found work as
a telegraph operator and soon was devoting much of his energy and natural
ingenuity toward improving the telegraph system itself. By 1869, he was pursuing
invention full-time and in 1876 moved into a laboratory and machine shop in
Menlo Park, New Jersey.Edison's experiments were guided by his remarkable
intuition, but he also took care to employ assistants who provided the
mathematical and technical expertise he lacked. At Menlo Park, Edison continued
his work on the telegraph, and in 1877 he stumbled on one of his great
inventions--the phonograph--while working on a way to record telephone
communication. Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor
world famous, and he was dubbed the "Wizard of Menlo Park."Although the
discovery of a way to record and play back sound ensured him a place in the
annals of history, the phonograph was only the first of several Edison creations
that would transform late 19th-century life. Among other notable inventions,
Edison and his assistants developed the first practical incandescent lightbulb
in 1879 and a forerunner of the movie camera and projector in the late 1880s. In
1887, he opened the world's first industrial research laboratory at West Orange,
New Jersey where he employed dozens of workers to investigate systematically a
given subject.Perhaps his greatest contribution to the modern industrial world
came from his work in electricity. He developed a complete electrical
distribution system for light and power, set up the world's first power plant in
New York City, and invented the alkaline battery, the first electric railroad,
and a host of other inventions that laid the basis for the modern electrical
world. One of the most prolific inventors in history, he continued to work into
his 80s and acquired 1,093 patents in his lifetime. He died in 1931 at the age
of 84.
from www.history.com
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