Today I'm sharing an idea for a perfect New Year's drink. It's a compilation of several ideas that I got from local bartenders. I won't give you specific measurements so you can feel free to make this to your personal taste.
The basics are:
Take a warm heat resistant glass and add honey (I generally use about 2 tablespoons), squeeze some fresh lemon juice into glass and throw the lemon wedge in the glass. Add whisky or cognac and about 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice. Stir with a cinnamon stick and add hot water.
Just the aroma is wonderful and the taste is even better. Happy New Year !!!
For the past six years the "girls" go out for a Pre-New Year's Eve lunch and today, it was at Corbett Fish House in the Lair Hill area close to where we live. If you're in the area, please check this place out - it's an old time neighborhood cafe that specializes in every kind of fish available.
corbetfishhouse.com
Our lunch together is a wonderful time to discuss the year past and the anticipation of the new year ahead.
Allison and Rae are in the first photo and Ann and me (Janice) below.
I send much love and happy new year wishes to my lovely friends .......
Special occasions are always even more special when I receive a hand painted card from my artist husband, Roger.
He spends many hours working on the cards (trying to hide them when I visit his studio) so they are truly appreciated.
We are so fortunate to have found a new love at our advanced ages.
Merry Christmas - Happy New Year to you all.
Christmas celebrations change as we become older - much less activity, fewer gifts, less food - but, there's still the glow of enjoyment and the sharing of love with each other and friends and family.
Roger and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a new year that is joyful and filled with new experiences and new opportunities.
One reviewer writes "Bombshell" is a scalding and powerful movie about what selling, in America, has become. The film is about selling sex, selling a candidate, selling yourself, selling the truth."
Ann and I had a "ME" day today; first seeing "Bombshell" at the Living Room Theater (with the prerequisite Irish coffee) and then, lunch at Kenny & Zuke's (Rueben sandwiches). Portland offers so many options but we must admit that we've started getting into a rut by doing the same routines.
The sky was blue with puffy clouds - cold but lovely, so we even talked ourselves into a little extra walking (maybe to burn a few of those calories).
My only concern is that FOX TV still features women wearing suggestive clothing (and, of course, they have perfect bodies). Is that what people want on a news channel? Just asking ............
SO - you may be thinking that U.S. politics have hit "rock bottom". If you do, it's time for you to see the movie "Kingmaker".
One website states "The film about the Philippines' former First Lady Imelda Marcos reveals a grotesquely self-pitying, wholly unrepentant and very rich woman, who has clearly still kept her hands on a great deal of the American aid money that successive US presidents once gave the Philippines in return for suppressing communism and civil rights and showing hospitality to US naval power - cash that she and her husband, Ferdinand, looted from the public purse and salted away abroad."
I highly recommend that you see this movie - however, you'll leave with a sour taste in your mouth.......... and you'll face the reality of corruption and entitlement of politicians, here in the United States and throughout the world.
Today I'm sharing an idea for a perfect New Year's drink. It's a compilation of several ideas that I got from local bartenders. I won't give you specific measurements so you can feel free to make this to your personal taste.
