Week 51 in the Year of Drinking Adventurously. Tiki cocktails.
Oh dear, we near the end of the adventure. Alas, this week isn’t well suited for my tastes. I know Lula will have something fabulous to share. She is the Mistress of Mixology, the Countess of Cocktails, the Duchess of Drinky-poos… All right I’m getting carried away.
Suffice it to say, complicated cocktails are not really my thing. I’m more of an ‘on the rocks’ kind of girl. The most complicated drinks I indulge in are Martinis and Manhattans. Chances are my rum is mixed with Coke and if my gin isn’t being shaken not stirred, it’s being diluted with tonic or lime. My whiskey is always straight up, on the rocks or neat. Same goes for the cognac. Absinthe is for staring into the abyss. Or, at a minimum, for moping. I went off script with a few of the weeks. My visit to wine country, my hard cider experiment, just to name two.
In reviewing the virtual booze cruise I tried a few things I’d never had before, mostly from the Asian countries. Sake, baiju, sho chu… My favorite discovery however was Fernet from Italy. I have repurchased it since the initial experiment and drink it as the Argentinians do —with Pepsi. I also enjoyed getting to know my local brewers at Freewill Brewing in Perkasie, the town next to mine. And of course, learning to brew at home —updates on the Radioactive Monsters Brewing Company
(that’s what I’m calling it) to follow in the coming year.
It’s been a fun challenge, finding all the different alcohols, even in Fascist Pennsylvania. I have to think of a new adventure to embark upon for 2017, maybe something a little more healthy? Nah…
Suggestions welcome!
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
Heehee. Something healthy? Pfft. 😃
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I know, right? 😀 Maybe I’ll do fried food of the week or something!
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Ooh, now you’re thinkin’ like a southerner. 😃
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Everything’s better deep fried! 😉
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You’re tellin’ me! It’ll be like state fair food every day! Great. Now I’m craving a fried Snickers. 😃
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Ahhhhhh, droooooool!!!!!
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They’re really good. Terrible for you, but soooo good! Life is twisted sometimes. 😃
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Yep, sure is! Well, I could do Tasty Tuesday and feature a food from some literary source – gotta keep this a writing blog, don’t you know!
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I hear ya. I believe you could write about Tiddlywinks and we’d read it, so you pick. 😃
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Aw! Thanks, Beach! 😀
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‘Tis true. 😃
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My first trip to Las Vegas involved a booze cruise on Lake Mead. From what I can remember it was a grand time 😊
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I’ve never actually been on a real booze cruise. Isn’t that weird? For me, I mean?!?
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We can fix that 😂
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Well, I am certainly up for it! 😜
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We only need a designated driver and we’re set.
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Perfect!!!
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Lol
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I had lots of fun reading and living vicariously through you!
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Thank you! I’m so glad! It was a fun challenge and I have no idea how to replace it for next year.
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I know, I was already thinking about the A to Z in April and what I could write about. Challenges would be good, I need some focus…
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Well, I won’t be doing limericks again! I’m about limericked out… I might do something regarding baking – I can tie it into the novel that way.
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Ooh, good one, I like that!
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Le Boulangerie! 🍞☕️⚜️
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I’ve loved this! Can’t wait to see what you do next.
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Thank you! I’m open to suggestions… 😀
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A year of:
Meatless Mondays
Sex Positions
All Things Coffee
Writing Tips
Baking Breads
That’s all I got. Lol
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Hahaha! Those are all good! Lol! Sex positions? I bet that would bring a whole new world of followers!
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Haha, maybe! 😜
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If you do this can you please consider those of us who may be a little bit older, and include suggestions for aids to get back up (off the floor I mean!).
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Ahahaha! Don’t worry Peter, that kind of thing would never appear on my blog!
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New dessert every week… I need a name for that… sign me up! Okay, that may be excessive… maybe once a month…
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Meg, how about a different type of homemade bread each week? I have no idea what that would take, or if it would even be practical, just a thought. 🙂
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That’s a lot of bread!!! Maybe once a month… it could be baking in general with bread as one feature, Le Boulangerie Mardi! Tres bien!
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Oh, I like that idea Meg! Tres bien! 🙂
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😀
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It has been fun reading though I suspect you had more fun doing it.
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Thank you! Yes I did have a good time with this. Time to dry out a bit… Not!
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Not at Christmas anyway. Maybe the new year, maybe.
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Maybe…
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Meg, first of all, forget “healthy”…and what about something to do with chocolate…anything involving chocolate would make me so very happy 😉
No? Well, just a suggestion 😀
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Yes! I actually do think I’m going to do a baking series, so chocolate will definitely play a big role. Plus it will tie in with my current novel project and thus will be relevant to the writing too. If you have a request, just let me know! 😋
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I love the baking idea! I bake a lot, always have done so I shall look forward to that series 😀
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That’s great! I hope I can come up with 52 recipes…. 😱
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