Happy St. Patrick’s Day to the Irish and to everyone who enjoys eating corned beef and cabbage and drinking green beer. Those aren’t really my cup of tea – so I invented a green cocktail of course instead. A green-capped aquatic bird and an Irish romance complete our bird time trio this week. A couple… Continue reading Celebrating Patrick (A different one this time)
Tag: Blue Curacao
Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights
This week marked the return of NASCAR season (I don’t include the cluster Clash two weeks ago which was overshadowed by Mother Nature bringing down its wrath on California). I started watching the premiere Cup series about mid-way through last year, became a fast Kyle Larson fan, and regretfully now find myself juggling my Sunday… Continue reading Days of Thunder, Talladega Nights
So long, Ophelia, I barely knew ya
Last weekend, we attended our first beverage festival since early 2020, “Whiskey Wine and Fire” in Cary, NC. Koka Booth Amphitheatre’s first outside festival of the year unfortunately coincided with Hurricane Ophelia’s assault on the east coast, leaving us with a wet festival ground, a few struggling campfires, and a leak in our four-year-old roof.… Continue reading So long, Ophelia, I barely knew ya
Let Freedom Ring! (let the white dove sing)
Let the whole world know that today, is a day of reckoning! It’s Independence Day! Thank you, Martina. After failing seven times in the last week to get Blue Curacao to float on top of sweetened vodka (unwilling to use lemonade as all the online recipes suggest), I have come up with a new recipe… Continue reading Let Freedom Ring! (let the white dove sing)
Birds, Books and Bourbon 