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I was in two airports this morning at the asscrack of dawn. I had to work last night until 11pm, and *still* had to make a 6:30am flight. My company does this because it saves them money. I am actually OK with it because I get home sooner and flights that early aren't usually delayed. As I was walking through both airports, I noticed all the bars were pushing mojito cocktails. I guess this is the current drink-in-vogue. We did drink a lot of them at Burning Man last month with these guys:

Paul and Russ

So anyway, I was thinking about a mojito all day, just knowing I had everything at home to make one, until I opened the fridge and discovered I had almost nothing to make a mojito. It was hard to face that after my mouth was watering for one all day, plus we are out of beer.

At this point we had to go into "plan B", which was a Margarita. It was a good one, but I decided I didn't want a second one, so I opened a bottle of something called "Verdi Spumante." The Verdi website describes their product as this:

VERDI
SPARKLING ITALIAN FUN.

Verdi Spumante is a natural, sparkling beverage imported
from Italy.

Deliciously sparkling and zesty, it has a soft and fruity flavor.
Serve chilled to fully enjoy its balanced, clean, delightful taste.

Verdi Spumante is a perfect crowd pleaser for every occasion.
Its elegant taste appeals to all…and its re-sealable cork closure preserves the sparkle until you’re ready for the next glass.

It’s the new fun drink alternative and the fastest-growing sparkling Italian Spumante in the U.S.!


Yeah, it was really sweet, but interesting for a change of pace as I've never had this type beverage before. I'm not sure what that bottle of Verdi was doing in my refrigerator anyway. I think it's been in there for over a year.

*SATURDAY*

I think all I have on tap for tomorrow is maybe a nice dog walk in the park, then some shopping at Target. Halloween candy is on sale, and I need some khakis for work

Tomorrow night is "Sex Kitten Roundup" at the local club/disco. This is just a bawdy and borderline ridiculous show that they put on every once in awhile. We like to go just to see who else turns up, and it's a prefect excuse to drink some Coronas.

*SUNDAY*

Sunday will be a hunt for some good food day.

That's about it for the weekend.

Oh, I was napping on the sofa earlier with the television on. I kept sort of waking up and hearing somebody talking about "boning a chicken." For just a moment I was confused about what they meant. :D :lol: p:

working for the kingmy monday morning pre-dawn drive and whining

Comments

Carol 17. October 2009, 19:14

What ingredients are in the majito?

Green 18. October 2009, 01:47

wow those guys dont seem gay (^o^)

eh mojito are alllllright, but anything with cranberry juice it is considered "the shit", like vodka and cranberry juice...

slackwrdave 18. October 2009, 02:19

Originally posted by operainchicago:

What ingredients are in the majito?


"A mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, sparkling water and mint."

The guys in the pic we nicknamed "the mojito boys." They had a mobile pedal-powered mojito bar that they took around burning man and made mojitos for anyone that asked. They made us bunches of them. Really good stuff.

Originally posted by GuiltyGear:

wow those guys dont seem gay


Yeah, they were rather flamboyant, and they often made jokes about that themselves. They were great neighbors.

daxonmacs 18. October 2009, 15:43

Originally posted by slackwrdave:

I kept sort of waking up and hearing somebody talking about "boning a chicken." For just a moment I was confused about what they meant


It must have been your dreams and reality coinciding that caused the confusion. :D

Mojito is hyped here, too, since last summer. They now sell it ready made ( Bacardi and even other brands ) which is a total disgrace IMO.

Carol 18. October 2009, 16:24

How fun :yes:

slackwrdave 18. October 2009, 16:34

Originally posted by daxonmacs:

They now sell it ready made


I don't think Ernest Hemmingway would have approved.

I think the rum industry is enjoying the current trend. Awhile back it was cosmopolitans and martinis.

I don't know what happened to martinis. I always thought of them as a strong sipping drink of mostly gin and vermouth, or sometimes vodka. Now I hear of chocolate ones and other flavors. Yuck.

Sometimes I like a sweet, juicy, tropical-like drink, but when I think of a cocktail, I usually think of a drink with little more than one liquor/one mix in it. That's just my preference.

Green 18. October 2009, 23:37

wait....of all the pictures to take why the pic with the two Gay(?) guys?

daxonmacs 18. October 2009, 23:55

"the asscrack of dawn"
:lol:
Nice expression.

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 01:41

Originally posted by daxonmacs:

the asscrack of dawn


One I mutter frequently as I am driving hours before dawn. :D

Originally posted by GuiltyGear:

why the pic with the two Gay(?) guys



They were fun, made great mojitos that they gave away with gusto, and were just generally warm-hearted neighbors. We don't discriminate. :lol:

Carol 19. October 2009, 01:45

Off topic: We ate at Moe's tonight. New in the area. Love this place...mmm :smile:

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 01:51

Originally posted by operainchicago:

We ate at Moe's tonight


Monday is "Moe Monday" with a burrito-chip-drink special for $5.55. It's better to get there before 5pm as at that time, the parents with herds of children roll in which slows everything down to a crawl.

Tonight I had Chinese take-out. I've got to stop eating those chicken wings before my cholesterol goes crazy.

Green 19. October 2009, 03:45

today i went to flemings, it was bithin'

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 07:24

Wonder what Flemings is.

Green 19. October 2009, 07:26

a very expensive steak house, buuut not as good as houston's(omfg i want it real bad right now, i assure you houstons is so great your mouth would get wet (yeah, pun intended)

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 07:28

Sounds good to me. :chef:

Green 19. October 2009, 07:29

yeah it is, sooooooooooooooooo you single?

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 07:37

Nope.

Green 19. October 2009, 07:38

lol just kidding im straight as a line, wow there goes my gay joke fuck!

Carol 19. October 2009, 13:04

Are you single? :lol: look at the profile photo!

slackwrdave 19. October 2009, 22:09

Originally posted by GuiltyGear:

there goes my gay joke


Of course you know this was our first fight. :lol: I'll take you out to eat or sumpin'. p:

Originally posted by operainchicago:

Are you single? :lol: look at the profile photo!


Yeah. Screw the state. I declare myself married, so I am. We've seen a lawyer to get some important stuff in place, but a lawyer can only do so much. Waiting for North Carolina to change anything would be like watching a glacier "swoosh" by. The elections and voting laws here are clad in steel. Only a narrow range of candidates gets through, usually. If it weren't for Asheville, Charlotte, and the northern Pamlico Sound area, it would be even worse.

slackwrdave 20. October 2009, 06:42

I pruned the last 6 or so comments and changed access back to general. There's only so much of me that I want on a blog. A few of us read it, it was ok, but I don't want a google catalog to be out there of every single thing.

Green 20. October 2009, 08:08

humans...pfft we suck(well exept for me)

slackwrdave 20. October 2009, 08:35

Don't forget baby pacifiers, then years later, the flaming pacifiers called cigarettes. Humans seem to have a need to have something in the mouth. :whistle:

daxonmacs 20. October 2009, 10:20

Originally posted by slackwrdave:

Humans seem to have a need to have something in the mouth.


:lol:

Green 21. October 2009, 00:06

*wink* wait eeeeww not what your thinking of slack

daxonmacs 21. October 2009, 00:29

You know him that well, do you? :left:

Green 21. October 2009, 21:40

almost

slackwrdave 22. October 2009, 03:49

:D :whistle:

Green 22. October 2009, 04:08

ooooo aaahh oooooohhhh (no thats not the sounds of something i wouldnt do) im just amazed!!!

slackwrdave 22. October 2009, 04:13

Originally posted by GuiltyGear:

(no thats not the sounds of something i wouldnt do)


Cancel out the triple negative in that sentence and you get "that's the sounds of something i would do"

hot dayyum! lol

j/k

Green 22. October 2009, 04:16

cancel out the triple negative....wow ive never used that kind of term(?) i learn something new everyday....

lol of course you would P:

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