Students: Do you believe in working hard but also playing hard? Norway is your kind of place. “One out of five students at the University of Oslo has developed health ailments related to their study conditions.” Coincidentally, “[r]oughly half of [the pre-university students in Oslo who were] surveyed feel that they are not sufficiently challenged …
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Drinks of the week: Blue Denim and Dimond Fizz
Tomorrow is Denim and Diamonds, a fund-raising event held yearly at the Butler Country Club. It features a big raffle, the prize for which is a Mercedes. My parents won one year and have come close to winning again since, so they buy tickets to be in the running. But they never attend. I’ll be …
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Drink of the week: Vampire
Tonight I’ll attend the Butler Little Theatre’s production of Dracula, and afterwards I’ll bring friends back to my piano lounge for cocktails. I expect we’ll need something strong (dare I say ‘biting’?) to recover from the show. Here’s what I’ll serve: Vampire 1 part Raspberry Liqueur 1 part Vodka 1 part Cranberry Juice 1 part …
And the horse you rode in on
More legal fun, thanks to on-the-ball defense attorneys: Pa. drunk driving law doesn’t apply to horsemen: Keith Travis, 41, of Grove City, and Richard Noel, 49, of Sandy Lake, were charged with drunken driving, along with a man driving a pickup who allegedly rear-ended the horse Travis was riding away from a bar on a …
These boots are made for staggering
There’s at least one lawyer in North Carolina who’s thinking outside the box: Thomas contended it would be “fundamentally unfair” to use the results of field sobriety tests against one of his female clients because she was wearing stiletto heels at the time, making her unsteady on her feet. One of the tests required the …
Drink of the week: The Buck
From the Bombay Sapphire website, a refreshing long drink that I suggest as a novel alternative to the ubiquitous Mojito: The Buck 1 1/2 shots Bombay Sapphire gin 1 shot freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/2 shot green creme de menthe glass // 12 oz collins method // shake first three ingredients with ice and strain …
Time to bring back the two Martini lunch
I’ve never liked vermouth. When I ask for a Martini I always say, “Skip the vermouth.” So actually I don’t drink Martinis: I drink very cold gin or vodka, up, with a twist. Sometimes I even order just that: “I’d like ice-cold vodka, up, please. Lemon twist.” But this distaste for vermouth nags at me, …
Drink of the week: Raspberry Spider
RASPBERRY SPIDER Ingredients: Rocks Amaretto Chambord Frangelico Coffee cream to fill Preparation: Put ice in a lowball glass. Pour all liquor or cordials, juice, mix over ice, directly into serving glass in the order as drink recipe lists. (Note that there’s no relation at all between this drink and a White Spider, in either version.)
Drink of the week: Tachyon
I have recently discoverd the “In My Bar” feature of Webtender.com, which lists all the drinks one can make with the ingredients one has on hand.* This handy tool brings us this week’s drink: Tachyon Ingredients: 1 oz Pernod 1 oz Tequila Dash Lemon juice Mixing instructions: Stir over ice. Either strain in a cocktail …
Hello, I must be going
I apologize for posting so little this week. Workload and other life demands have occupied me, and will continue to do so for a few days more. May I suggest a bit of diverting reading while I’m away? The winners of Bonny Doon Vineyard’s parody contest are available online. Here’s the beginning of the winning …