Morning All!

I know I could have focused on last night's speech but to be honest my brain and heart weren't in it. It's hard to gin up even the remotest interest in something that I already have a notion will go sometime like this: blah, blah, blah, POW, POW, POW, bah, blah, blah, 911, 911, 911, blah, blah, blah. So I thought I would end this week with some frivolous fun instead. This is something of a throw back to the old days of Unfiltered.

For those who for whatever reason didn’t get to listen to the original show that brought a lot of us together, Fridays were reserved for not just the usual news but also had a feature of bringing music and mixology to the table. I think that is also the place where we saw the origination of the Raintini.

This week the news has been dominated by hurricanes and the Republican convention, so basically it’s all hot air and blowing stuff around. And that is the overall theme for music and adult beverages, so feel free to add.






How does one rock you like a hurricane, I wonder. I mean a few of us have been through a good number of storms and it seems to me that it’s mostly –



Dark & Stormy
2oz Black Rum
8oz of Ginger Beer.
Pour rum over ice add ginger beer and stir.

In addition to the wind there is also an amazing amount of –



Eye of the Storm
7oz Spiced Rum
10oz Coca Cola
1oz Lime Juice.
Add lime juice, then rum, then coke, stir but don’t kill the bubbles.

Then the eye comes over and it’s absolutely beautiful, with the freshest air you can imagine and a bright blue sky. In some cases it can be a little creepy knowing you’ve just gone through this storm and you still have the back to go, so –




But at the end of the storm we all reach out for



and know that everything will be better with the dawn of a new day. :p

Tequila Sunrise
2 measures of Tequila
Orange Juice
2 dashes Grenadine

Pour tequila in a highball glass with ice, and top with orange juice. Stir. Add grenadine by tilting glass and pouring grenadine down side by flipping the bottle vertically very quickly. The grenadine should go straight to the bottom and then rise up slowly through the drink. Garnish stirrer, straw and cherry-orange.


So have a good weekend everyone. Safe travels for all those on the road and thanks to everyone for letting me be totally frivolous this Friday.

Ya'll know your the best, right?! :hug: :hug: :hug: