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Watches, Whisky, Dogs, And Rucking. Is there more to Life?

This is a classic Last Word made by @fchrisgrimm @sugarandolives . I’ll talk about this perfect drink itself in another post. But I hope it shall become obvious why I’m toasting you all with this particular drink today.

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Every year I get sick the week before it. The days get short and the prospect of winter stretches out in front of me. Since I’ve been tied to an academic calendar most of my life, the year is lopsidedly stressful. This week has always been the hardest of the year for me — as a kid, a student, and as a teacher. Yet I still love Halloween, despite all that.

I had my 1st date with my husband 32 years ago on Halloween. The week before, I was sick, depressed, and miserable. I got on the bus at school and made some guy move all the stuff he had piled on the seat next to him so I could sit. For some reason the guy started talking to me anyway. I remember this clearly: we talked about Joe Biden, who had just withdrawn from the USA presidential race at the time. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Halloween has its roots in the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. The Celtic New Year starts with death, often represented by the figure of an old wise woman, a witch, a crone. It’s one of the liminal times of the year, when spirits were thought to cross over to living world. If you didn’t want one to find you, you could wear a mask.

Lots of cultures have traditions celebrating the cycle of life/death, focusing on boundaries between worlds. Mexican Day of the Dead is currently celebrated in a way that merges it a bit with Halloween, but its roots probably go back to Toltec celebrations that occurred in mid-summer. Symbolism tracing back to the Norse, Ancient Egypt and China all have circular life/death motifs.

Happy Halloween! Wear a mask if you don’t want to talk to any spirits! Happy New Year!

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Are you drawn to pretty drinks or scary ones with weird combos of ingredients?
Do you tend toward easygoing or challenging spirits? Do you judge others for choosing easy/simple?

These are real questions. I already know what *I* think – I live with me. I’ll lay my cards down lest anyone think I sit here on a high throne of selfimportance.
My answers: 4 yes’s & a yes/no.

No throne. I sit on the floor wondering where everyone got chairs because I didn’t see any chairs. Besides, from the floor I can see the bottoms of people’s shoes & they’re very dirty. Eww.

If that metaphor made no sense, I’ll put it this way. I’m a die-hard brown spirits fan. I’ve been drinking Scotch since 1792. I only offer that late date because I dont want to be trendy. I’d say I drank rye before that but *scoff* rye is newfangled for an American spirit! Robert Laird’s great-grandpappy learned to distill applejack from a recipe I tattooed on my own shoulder with a rooster feather while escaping the precursor to phylloxera in the 1600s. That’s the true origin of the term “cocktail.” Not sure how Mr. Wondrich missed that one in the archives — sheesh!

I may have just lost my license to practice history in any state that teaches evolution, but now that I’ve clearly established my Serious Drinks Person bona fides I’ll say I also enjoy gin sours with flower garnishes. They taste good. And pastel ones sure are prettty. I do still expect to smell or eat whatever is in a drink though. So as lovely as a bigass Floribunda rose is, it’s jarring to see in a cocktail pic when it has no aroma. As I’ve grumbled before, a baby or puppy garnish would be just as functional.

So I’m judgey. I don’t especially like certain colors of clothes, much dance music, or beige cars. Bleh. But I’m not going to judge YOU for all that. You may be a wonderful person. You’ve likely got a better set of financial priorities than I do. Because clearly a beige car must’ve been deeply discounted. I mean, why else!? It’s like drinking flavored gin. Or spiced rum. Or chill filtered whisky. Serious Drinks Persons don’t do those things.* … Right? *I’ve done them all. With a dietcola back & a side of truffle fries. I dont repent

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$@teamf0xtr0t had asked if I wanted to do an event hosted by @fractionsofzero . The event is to create a similar looking drink, but having different ingredients. Similar to a doppelganger, but more of a #doppeltail ! Fox had wanted to do a coffee based drink with Averna. I had agreed and we both like whiskey as a main spirit, but I decided to change it up and went in a different direction. I went with gin because I wanted to incorporate the popular cold brew coffee GnT into a spirit forward drink. So our drinks are both spirit forward coffee drinks with an orange peel garnish. Since I am at a blank for naming this, I am going to name it something ridiculous that has nothing to do with the flavor of the drink! I'll name it after Fox and his love for dogs. Don't hate me Fox 😜! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "The Fox and the Hound" 1.5 oz coffee infused @tanqueraygin 1oz @tempus_fugit_spirits gran classico 0.5oz @anticaformula_official 0.25oz tonic syrup 2 dashes of black walnut bitters Orange peel Stir ingredients in a chilled mixing glass. Pour into a chilled rocks glass that contains a large ice cube. Express orange peel over drink. #gin #coldbrew #coldbrewcoffee #coffee #granclassico #carpanoantica #anticaformula #negroni #ginoclock #liqpic #craftcocktail #craftedcocktail #craftcocktails #cocktails🍹 #cocktails #cocktail #drinkup #drinkstagram #cocktailgram #cocktailsofinstagram #cocktailporn #homebartender #homebar #imbibe #imbibegram #thirsty #ginandtonic #caffeine #icemydrink$

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