GUEST POST: May this buzz last through Election Day
The weather forecast for this weekend? Cold and unpleasant. Mind you, it's not Chicago cold, however my blood has thinned considerably since I moved to California and I'm now a thin-blooded wuss who grumbles and grouses every time it dips below 50 degrees. There, I said it. It's on the internet now, so it must be true.
So, this weather situation being the way it is, I will inevitably ask my husband to start a fire (this time: in the fireplace) and watch lots of television. I like watching the news. I like shows on which my friend Chris Turner produces or is the host. It takes a strong breed to watch network television the weekend before an election. If you're like me and you need a stiff drink just to make it through another commercial break filled with election advertisements, try my favorite:
Gin Daisy
2 oz Tanqueray gin
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp superfine sugar
1/2 tsp grenadine
1 Maraschino cherry
1 orange slice
How you do it: In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the wine, lemon juice, sugar, and grenadine. Shake well. Pour into an old-fashioned glass and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.
If you try it, let me know what you think!
With my senses considerably numb, I should be able to craft and revise my voting cheat sheet which I'll take to the poll with me on Tuesday.
In other news, my husband is woefully jet-lagged after spending two weeks in England and France on business. (He has also never seen the Proposition 87 ad in which Bill Clinton talks about babies with asthma.) For the two weeks he was off in lands with no election ads, I slept so incredibly well I feel almost guilty about it. I'm looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow... you know, as opposed to every other day when I also sleep in. (Self-employment rocks.)
So, this weather situation being the way it is, I will inevitably ask my husband to start a fire (this time: in the fireplace) and watch lots of television. I like watching the news. I like shows on which my friend Chris Turner produces or is the host. It takes a strong breed to watch network television the weekend before an election. If you're like me and you need a stiff drink just to make it through another commercial break filled with election advertisements, try my favorite:
Gin Daisy
2 oz Tanqueray gin
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp superfine sugar
1/2 tsp grenadine
1 Maraschino cherry
1 orange slice
How you do it: In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the wine, lemon juice, sugar, and grenadine. Shake well. Pour into an old-fashioned glass and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.
If you try it, let me know what you think!
With my senses considerably numb, I should be able to craft and revise my voting cheat sheet which I'll take to the poll with me on Tuesday.
In other news, my husband is woefully jet-lagged after spending two weeks in England and France on business. (He has also never seen the Proposition 87 ad in which Bill Clinton talks about babies with asthma.) For the two weeks he was off in lands with no election ads, I slept so incredibly well I feel almost guilty about it. I'm looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow... you know, as opposed to every other day when I also sleep in. (Self-employment rocks.)
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