Happy Hour Friday - Margarita

Getting ready for Cinco de Mayo, so must have margaritas.

Margarita

Rim a tall glass with salt.
Fill glass with ice.

Add:

• 1 oz. tequila
• 1/4 oz. Triple Sec
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• Fill with sweet and sour

Garnish with a lime slice.

Enjoy with lotsa salsa and guacamole.

Happy Hour Friday - Hot Toddy

Sigh. Hot Toddies only because I need them. Been a bit under the weather the past few weeks. Hot Toddies may be an old wives' cure but it works for me.

Hot Toddy

In a heat proof glass or mug, add:

• 1 tablespoon honey, or to taste
• 1-1/2 oz. whiskey (or my fave -- Wild Turkey Honey)
• 1 lemon wedge, juice squeezed
• Hot water

Stir and sip.

Bus Karma

Okay, I admit it. I have bad bus karma.

• I miss the bus by a light...a lot.
• I walk three blocks to the express bus...then end up waiting 15 minutes.
• I wait for a limited because it comes right after the local bus...then five more local buses show up but no limited.
• I take the express in the morning...then it gets snarled up because of an accident up the way.
• I miss the express so I walk up to the next stop to take a limited...then the limited swoops down and I miss it...by a light.
• I get a primo seat...and then an overly scented person sits down next to me.
• I take the local because it is empty as heck...and then the limited swooshes by five minutes later.

Happy Hour Friday - Vodka Gibson

I was talking about Gibsons the other day and now I cannot get them off my mind. Will I have one? Will you have one?

Vodka Gibson

Fill a shaker with ice.
Add:

• 2-3 drops dry vermouth

• 1-1/2 oz. vodka

Shake until very cold.
Strain into a martini glass.

Garnish with:

• Cocktail onions

If you want to make it a Dirty Vodka Gibson, add some of the onion juice to the shaker and blend.

All Cracked Up

Dang it. I cracked my tooth. Broke it, actually. Rats. And get this...I was eating carrots. Sigh. I thought I would be good about my munchies since I have had that weird craving of late for those wafer cookies. Well, that just bit me. I usually buy the baby carrots and then I pick through the different bags for the smallest carrots. I felt the tooth go but thought I just came down crooked. Nope. I think I cracked it. And then I was eating the day after and there it went. I heard a crunch. Ohhhhh ohhhhhh. That did not sound good. Thought I would check on the tooth and felt it. Uhhhh, kinda loose. Oops. There it goes. Wiggled it and half of my tooth is now in my fingers. Well, could have been worse. It broke off on my filling so that half of the tooth just sheered off. Crap. This means another crown and those are not the crowns I usually like to play with. And another unintended expense. I seem to be mellow about it. Growing up, maybe? Ha ha ha...

Easter!

It is Easter today. I went to the market earlier this morning and I saw some kids all dressed up in their Easter wear carrying little baskets. They were so cute! I thought about making Easter eggs this year but ended up just not having the time to get the kit from the store. It would have been fun. Not that I had any parties to go to or special dinner. Just thought about making eggs just for the heck of it. I have a hard boiled egg each morning anyway so why not just make them festive this week? Just to be cute. But I will just enjoy watching other kids have fun. That will be enough for me.

Happy Hour Friday - Chocolate Martini

There are so many versions of the Chocolate Martini. This is just one of them.

Chocolate Martini

Fill a shaker with ice.

Add:

• 1-1/4 oz. vanilla vodka
• 1/2 oz. Godiva liqueur

Shake until chilled and strain into a martini glass.

April Fool's

Tee hee. Today is April Fool's Day. What kind of fun prank are you planning today? But make it fun and not mean. Some people abuse the day to play mean pranks. That is just plain mean. So, if you are going to play a prank on someone, please just do not be hurtful.