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  • "There is a difference between dining and eating. Dining is an art. When you eat to get the most out of your meal, to please the palate, just as well to satiate the appetite, that, my friend, is dining." Yuan Mei, 1936
  • “If it’s red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that’s left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it’s probably Burgundy” Jay McInerny
  • live with intention. listen hard. laugh. practice wellness. play with abandon. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. choose with no regret. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Radmacher
  • Leap and the net shall appear. Zen saying
  • We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston
  • You must be the change you want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
  • Desire, ask, believe, receive. Stella Terrill Mann

Read and Said

  • "Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought."
    -- Napolean Hill, author
  • "I only drink Champagne when I'm happy, and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it -- unless I'm thirsty."
    -Lily Bollinger of the champagne house by the same name
  • If you're going to put something in your mouth, make it good.
    wellfed.typepad.com
  • Eat locally & sustainably; Eat seasonally; Shop at farmer's markets; Plant a garden; Conserve, compost & recycle; Cook simply; Cook together; Eat together; Remember food is precious.
    -Alice Waters' fundamental guidelines, The Art of Simple Food, 2007
  • "Le Fooding: A state of mind that values atmosphere, nice food presentation, sensuality, imagination, entertainment and time as much as high quality food on the plate."
    The Paris Times, June 2006
  • “Wear black, make it tight, accessorize…you’ll look Parisian”
    Sandra Busby (quoted in Great Eats Paris)
  • “EU has ‘too much wine’; France and Italy to turn 560 million litres into fuel or disinfectant”
    Headline in the International Herald Tribune, Thursday June 8, 2006
  • “Living la vida vino”
    Colin exclaimed while wine tasting in Chateauneuf du Pape
  • "You got screwed, my friend."
    Don't order strawberries when there is chocolate to be had is Caroleigh's advice.
  • "Squiddy-boy"
    What Frederic, the maitre d' and proprietor of Hotel d'Alibert, called Colin after ordering calamari.
  • Respect the passion of wine
    A sign along the road in the Languedoc region of France. May 2006
  • "O solo mio - TNT, it's dynamite!"
    The classic mash-up of Tony Bennett and AC-DC; as sung by German tourists, La restaurante "La Grigina", Sorrento, Italy
  • "Budgie Smuggler"
    aka Banana Hammock, from Caroleigh's trashy English tabloid
  • "Poor Drinking Decisions", Colin, especially the week between April 14 and 26.
  • "Pimp my brewpub"
    Shane C, 4/10/2006; at Lompoc 5Q, North Portland
  • "Wine, not brain surgery"
    Bruce B. Proprietor of Vino in Sellwood
  • "it's going to make you feel all warm and fuzzed out"
    Dr. Chestnut, 4/1/2006
  • "There is no genetic defense against stupidity"
    Dr. Chestnut, 2/25/2006
  • "Remember the Rhubarb"
    Daniel, server at Ripe, 3/29/2006

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August 04, 2009

I Want a Revolution

Colin is mildly obsessed with cocktails this summer and I for one am grateful.  Let's start a quiet revolution to bring back "cocktail hour" shall we?  We'll have "sit-and-drink-ins" and write THE HOUR MANIFESTO on cocktail napkins.  And who cares if the pen is mightier that the sword if you have an olive pick?

The drink of the mo' is the Mojito.  Fresh mint.  Booze.  And specialty tools are required! 
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Mojitos
recipe by Jeffrey Morgenthaler

In a 16-oz mixing glass, gently muddle together:

1 large sprig spearmint
.75 oz simple syrup

Add:

Half a spent lime hull, and
1 oz of lime juice (no less, no more)
2 oz white rum
3 oz sparkling mineral water

Top with crushed ice and mix with a straw until drink is combined and glass is frosty.

Rise up!  At least until you have a couple, then you may need to sit.  Especially if Colin is pouring.



Posted at 09:17 PM in Food and Drink, Recipes |

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Ted

Wolverines!!

Posted by: Ted | August 05, 2009 at 07:21 PM

Chris McD

AND if you are really nutty like us you make your own sparkling water!
check out http://www.sodastreamusa.com

save the environment of all those damn plastic bottles... and still enjoy cocktail hour guilt free!

'tant Chris

Posted by: Chris McD | August 08, 2009 at 01:39 PM

Jodie

You are so clever and adorable, I'm really going to have to monitor myself to keep from commenting on everything you do :) I've got so much blogging to catch up on and I love it all!

Posted by: Jodie | May 06, 2012 at 07:26 AM

Caroleigh

Jodie! You are so awesome... I hope your travels went well and look forward to seeing what you post.

Posted by: Caroleigh | May 07, 2012 at 01:35 PM

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