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May 18, 2008 | 9:19 pm
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And a very very VERY big HELLO back to you, OTNB!!! 
We have some special appies for you today - only the very best and tastiest low-chol low-cal and low-fat and YES they still taste fabulous. They are a secret recipe but available to anyone who hangs here in The Lounge.
Also, we have such an amazing selection of red wines that you will not even mind being limited to one glass per night, as you will look forward to the next evening's offerings.
Darn, I do have a habit of serving in a rather generous glass, though!
So happy that you and Mrs. OTNB could drop by and give us an update!
We have some special appies for you today - only the very best and tastiest low-chol low-cal and low-fat and YES they still taste fabulous. They are a secret recipe but available to anyone who hangs here in The Lounge.
Also, we have such an amazing selection of red wines that you will not even mind being limited to one glass per night, as you will look forward to the next evening's offerings.
Darn, I do have a habit of serving in a rather generous glass, though!
So happy that you and Mrs. OTNB could drop by and give us an update!
May 18, 2008 | 9:35 pm
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But I want the teaching job that has me travelling internationally every weekend too. How do I find it?Welcome back OTNB!! And Abby, where have you been????
May 18, 2008 | 10:23 pm
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I could ask the same of you, m'dear!
I am saddened by news that Canada's Hottest Bartender has to use Tabasco Sauce. Why no Cholula, I have been asking? But in vain, I fear, for no Cholula.for.hot.Canuck.bartenders contest seems to be in the works. And with a trip to Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, no less, it's a fun gig!!!
Maybe we could get David Cook into this one, forget the border temporarily and let him leave that annoying AI formula for long enough to remember that ... DamnItAll... being a Barrrtender is NOT A BAD THING!!!!
(OMG, how did I ever get caught up in that cheesefest of a show???!!!! And what do I need for withdrawal????)
Whew, now that I have that one off my chest, so to speak, because I am still balancing a glass of something while I type, and hey, it's not easy eDDRCMAWE.RE,RFAEW FAPORTIAdsC .........
I am saddened by news that Canada's Hottest Bartender has to use Tabasco Sauce. Why no Cholula, I have been asking? But in vain, I fear, for no Cholula.for.hot.Canuck.bartenders contest seems to be in the works. And with a trip to Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, no less, it's a fun gig!!!
Maybe we could get David Cook into this one, forget the border temporarily and let him leave that annoying AI formula for long enough to remember that ... DamnItAll... being a Barrrtender is NOT A BAD THING!!!!
(OMG, how did I ever get caught up in that cheesefest of a show???!!!! And what do I need for withdrawal????)
Whew, now that I have that one off my chest, so to speak, because I am still balancing a glass of something while I type, and hey, it's not easy eDDRCMAWE.RE,RFAEW FAPORTIAdsC .........
May 18, 2008 | 10:45 pm
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.... OK, now that I've taken care of that mini-crisis, this one is just for you, Traveller!
Tales of the Cocktail has posted their official non-alcoholic drink for 2008!
(OK, I guess we'll make one up for Canarsie too, just for a break from all that book/management/coaching stuff.)
(Mmmmmm, it has jalapenos, prickly pear and mango -- ALL IN THE SAME GLASS -- I don't think I'll even miss the booze!!!! )
NOLitA Heat
Official Alcohol Free Drink of the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail
The official non-alcoholic cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail 2008 was created by Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of The Liquid Muse Virgin Mixology®
Ingredients & Instructions
3-4 jalapeno slices
1/2 ounce limejuice
1/3 ounce Prickly Pear syrup (available in bar stores and online)
2 ounces mango juice
Fre alcohol-removed Brut sparkling wine
1 skewered whole jalapeño or Thai chili
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Rim chilled champagne flute with sugar, set aside. Muddle jalapeno slices, limejuice and a pinch of sugar in a mixing glass. Add ice and mango juice, shake vigorously, and strain into the champagne flute. Slowly pour in Prickly Pear syrup, allowing it to settle on the bottom of the glass. Gently top with Fre Brut, and garnish with a skewered jalapeño or Thai chili on the side of the glass.
http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/2008/recipes.php
Tales of the Cocktail has posted their official non-alcoholic drink for 2008!
(OK, I guess we'll make one up for Canarsie too, just for a break from all that book/management/coaching stuff.)
(Mmmmmm, it has jalapenos, prickly pear and mango -- ALL IN THE SAME GLASS -- I don't think I'll even miss the booze!!!! )
NOLitA Heat
Official Alcohol Free Drink of the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail
The official non-alcoholic cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail 2008 was created by Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of The Liquid Muse Virgin Mixology®
Ingredients & Instructions
3-4 jalapeno slices
1/2 ounce limejuice
1/3 ounce Prickly Pear syrup (available in bar stores and online)
2 ounces mango juice
Fre alcohol-removed Brut sparkling wine
1 skewered whole jalapeño or Thai chili
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Rim chilled champagne flute with sugar, set aside. Muddle jalapeno slices, limejuice and a pinch of sugar in a mixing glass. Add ice and mango juice, shake vigorously, and strain into the champagne flute. Slowly pour in Prickly Pear syrup, allowing it to settle on the bottom of the glass. Gently top with Fre Brut, and garnish with a skewered jalapeño or Thai chili on the side of the glass.
http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/2008/recipes.php
May 19, 2008 | 11:13 am
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Dede, glad I could give you the crabs
My doc saw something he didn't like in my stress test in Dec. (Actually, he has been trying to get me to do an angeogram for a few years since my bypass was 15 years ago)..Angeo was great, everything squeaky clean.
My doc saw something he didn't like in my stress test in Dec. (Actually, he has been trying to get me to do an angeogram for a few years since my bypass was 15 years ago)..Angeo was great, everything squeaky clean.
May 19, 2008 | 11:42 am
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Thanks all for the welcome back!!!! I just went to my last cardio rehab and they are graduating me. Now the MRS says she has made arrangements for me to continue with her trainer!
I was thinking I get enough exercise in the airports. 
I was thinking I get enough exercise in the airports.
May 19, 2008 | 12:00 pm
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Hi yall OTNB here with the Mrs. typing. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers during my recent replumbing job. I feel better than I have in a long time and am at about the same weight I was when I met the Mrs 30 years ago. That is what happens when you spend 3 wks in the hospital and then get fed "sawdust for 3 months. She even goes into Delta and changes my meals to diabetic!!!
Made my first flight since Jan in late March. The day before I got a delivery of flowers from Delta. Stock has been down since my illness and since I invested so is my net worth! All is well though, I am back in the air. Headed to SAC tomorrow and then taking the family to Cancun the end of the week. I have slowed down. No working weekends!
Carol I did miss Dega....couldn't climb the stairs, but made Dallas as it is easier. That was actually my flight. The Mrs has limited me to one trip a week
. She has gotten pretty bossy, not that she already wasn't !
The Doc said red wine is good....one a day...and also read my mind b/c he said that doesn't mean save up and have 7 in one day.
No Bombay Sapphire or Maker's in a while.....guess their stock is down too.
Anyway hello to all in the lounge!
Made my first flight since Jan in late March. The day before I got a delivery of flowers from Delta. Stock has been down since my illness and since I invested so is my net worth
! All is well though, I am back in the air. Headed to SAC tomorrow and then taking the family to Cancun the end of the week. I have slowed down. No working weekends!Carol I did miss Dega....couldn't climb the stairs, but made Dallas as it is easier. That was actually my flight. The Mrs has limited me to one trip a week
. She has gotten pretty bossy, not that she already wasn't !The Doc said red wine is good....one a day...and also read my mind b/c he said that doesn't mean save up and have 7 in one day.
No Bombay Sapphire or Maker's in a while.....guess their stock is down too.
Anyway hello to all in the lounge!
May 19, 2008 | 2:47 pm
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I am glad to have you return to The Lounge™.
(OK, I guess we'll make one up for Canarsie too, just for a break from all that book/management/coaching stuff.)
(Mmmmmm, it has jalapenos, prickly pear and mango -- ALL IN THE SAME GLASS -- I don't think I'll even miss the booze!!!! )
NOLitA Heat
Official Alcohol Free Drink of the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail
The official non-alcoholic cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail 2008 was created by Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of The Liquid Muse Virgin Mixology®
Ingredients & Instructions
3-4 jalapeno slices
1/2 ounce limejuice
1/3 ounce Prickly Pear syrup (available in bar stores and online)
2 ounces mango juice
Fre alcohol-removed Brut sparkling wine
1 skewered whole jalapeño or Thai chili
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Rim chilled champagne flute with sugar, set aside. Muddle jalapeno slices, limejuice and a pinch of sugar in a mixing glass. Add ice and mango juice, shake vigorously, and strain into the champagne flute. Slowly pour in Prickly Pear syrup, allowing it to settle on the bottom of the glass. Gently top with Fre Brut, and garnish with a skewered jalapeño or Thai chili on the side of the glass.
http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/2008/recipes.php
(Mmmmmm, it has jalapenos, prickly pear and mango -- ALL IN THE SAME GLASS -- I don't think I'll even miss the booze!!!! )
NOLitA Heat
Official Alcohol Free Drink of the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail
The official non-alcoholic cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail 2008 was created by Natalie Bovis-Nelsen of The Liquid Muse Virgin Mixology®
Ingredients & Instructions
3-4 jalapeno slices
1/2 ounce limejuice
1/3 ounce Prickly Pear syrup (available in bar stores and online)
2 ounces mango juice
Fre alcohol-removed Brut sparkling wine
1 skewered whole jalapeño or Thai chili
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Rim chilled champagne flute with sugar, set aside. Muddle jalapeno slices, limejuice and a pinch of sugar in a mixing glass. Add ice and mango juice, shake vigorously, and strain into the champagne flute. Slowly pour in Prickly Pear syrup, allowing it to settle on the bottom of the glass. Gently top with Fre Brut, and garnish with a skewered jalapeño or Thai chili on the side of the glass.
http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/2008/recipes.php
Thank you!
It is great to hear that you have a clean bill of health despite you recklessly spreading crabs all over the place.
May 19, 2008 | 5:15 pm
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Aucarol is conspicuous in her absence. So is the Dovster...Hmmmmmmmm
May 19, 2008 | 5:19 pm
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Welcome back, oldtirednbusy!
I am glad to have you return to The Lounge.That actually sounds pretty good, Abby.
Thank you!The first part is wa-a-a-a-a-ay too much information, mikey1003.
It is great to hear that you have a clean bill of health despite you recklessly spreading crabs all over the place.
I am glad to have you return to The Lounge.That actually sounds pretty good, Abby.
Thank you!The first part is wa-a-a-a-a-ay too much information, mikey1003.
It is great to hear that you have a clean bill of health despite you recklessly spreading crabs all over the place.
Hmmmm, in rereading my post, I forget what I was talking about, my angiogram or my colonoscopy?????????
May 19, 2008 | 6:10 pm
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Today is Victoria Day in Canada and a local company is debuting its newest spirit - Victoria Gin! It has a photo of a young Queen Victoria on the label and will be the Fairmont Empress's premium gin offering.
Martinis, anyone?
Cholula, I see you heading over to the bar! Twist of lemon in yours, I believe?
VICTORIA GIN
[...] the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, who have just come up with their own in-house gin.
A project to help celebrate the grand old ladys 100th birthday, Victoria Gin is more than just a custom label slapped on a bottle of premium spirits. The handcrafted gin was distilled by local winemaker Ken Winchester of Winchester Cellars, who used the winerys wood-fired, copper pot still to blend ten locally grown, organic botanicals, from juniper berries to rose petals (plus one secret ingredient known only to the distillery).
The gin will be sold exclusively by a handful of venues, including the Empress, and already the mixologists in the Bengal Lounge are adding it to some of their specialty cocktails for summer -- not the least of them being the Queens Jubilee which was created in honour of her Majestys visit to the hotel in 2002.
Packaged in heavy French flint bottles, where the traditional shape is intended to recall gins reputation as a medicinal cure-all, the gin will also be available for purchase at Straith Spirit Merchants and the tasting room at Winchester Cellars.
From all tasting reports we have heard, its well worth the price tag of $49 Cdn.
[...] the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, who have just come up with their own in-house gin.
A project to help celebrate the grand old ladys 100th birthday, Victoria Gin is more than just a custom label slapped on a bottle of premium spirits. The handcrafted gin was distilled by local winemaker Ken Winchester of Winchester Cellars, who used the winerys wood-fired, copper pot still to blend ten locally grown, organic botanicals, from juniper berries to rose petals (plus one secret ingredient known only to the distillery).
The gin will be sold exclusively by a handful of venues, including the Empress, and already the mixologists in the Bengal Lounge are adding it to some of their specialty cocktails for summer -- not the least of them being the Queens Jubilee which was created in honour of her Majestys visit to the hotel in 2002.
Packaged in heavy French flint bottles, where the traditional shape is intended to recall gins reputation as a medicinal cure-all, the gin will also be available for purchase at Straith Spirit Merchants and the tasting room at Winchester Cellars.
From all tasting reports we have heard, its well worth the price tag of $49 Cdn.
Cholula, I see you heading over to the bar! Twist of lemon in yours, I believe?
May 19, 2008 | 6:28 pm
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And, yes, I'll take a double. Just flew in from Chicago and am in need of some TLC. Not sure what was worse....the packed flights on WN or the 105 degrees when I stepped off the plane in ONT.
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Delta sky miles transfering promotions
In the past 3-4 weeks Delta offered double miles transfering promotions( now I kick myself for not taking the plunge)
Presently their promotion is waiving the transfer fee.
Does anyone know how soon will be the next promotion and any inkling what it would be based on past history?
thanks
Presently their promotion is waiving the transfer fee.
Does anyone know how soon will be the next promotion and any inkling what it would be based on past history?
thanks
May 19, 2008 | 8:18 pm
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In the past 3-4 weeks Delta offered double miles transfering promotions( now I kick myself for not taking the plunge)
Presently their promotion is waiving the transfer fee.
Does anyone know how soon will be the next promotion and any inkling what it would be based on past history?
thanks
Presently their promotion is waiving the transfer fee.
Does anyone know how soon will be the next promotion and any inkling what it would be based on past history?
thanks
Last 3 years, I've never seen Delta offer double bonus on mile transfers. Waiving the transfer fee happens about twice a year.
May 19, 2008 | 9:27 pm
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I think Abby's drink would have me sitting on the toilet wishing I had had one of these:
The Unhealthiest Drink in America
Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)
Let's look at America's Worst Drink in numbers:
73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.
The Unhealthiest Drink in America
Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)
Let's look at America's Worst Drink in numbers:
73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons of sugar this drink contains.
11: The number of Heath Bars you would have to eat to equal the number of calories found in one Baskin Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake.
8-12: The average number of minutes it takes to consume this drink.
240: The number of minutes you’d need to spend on a treadmill burning it off, running at a moderate pace.