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Her voice is phenomenal.

This is the strangest lighting of the Olympic flame, and opening ceremonies I have ever seen.

The classic Brown Derby cocktail features bourbon, grapefruit juice and honey syrup. That trio of simple ingredients belies the complex taste of the drink, in which honey bridges the gap between tart citrus and spicy bourbon to produce an intricate combination that has stood the test of time. According to the 2002 book The Craft of the Cocktail by bartending legend Dale DeGroff, the Brown Derby was created in the 1930s at the Vendôme Club in Los Angeles, and named for the hat-shaped diner that was located nearby. However, the cocktail’s origin gets a bit murky from there. Ingredients 2 oz. bourbon 1 oz. grapefruit juice ½ oz. rich honey syrup (3:1) Tools:shaker, strainer Glass:cocktail Preparation Shake ingredients with ice until chilled, then strain into a chilled glass.

Thanks @cat shepard Between the heat and those steps and my knee I guess getting to say I’ve been inside one will be a moot point. I don’t think I can do the steps.

I may just go a step or two and back out. I’m not claustrophobic but have a bad knee. I just want to say I’ve been in a pyramid. LOL

Yes, we go inside. I wondered what that part was like.

Have any of you taken the Giza pyramid tour where you go into the pyramid?

Baileys Colada cocktail: Ingredients 3.5oz Baileys Colada 2 cups Frozen Pineapple Finely Chopped Coconut Ice Directions: STEP ONE Into a blender add: 1-2 scoops of crushed Ice, 2 heaped cups of frozen pineapple, 3.5oz Baileys Colada STEP TWO Blend to a smooth consistency STEP THREE Dip rim of colada glass in chopped coconut STEP FOUR Garnish the glass with a slice of pineapple & leaves

@StLouisCruisers, Sandi those boys are cuties.

The whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing whiskey, lemon juice, sugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white or cocktails foamer. With the egg white, it is sometimes called a Boston Sour. With a few bar spoons of full-bodied red wine floated on top, it is often referred to as a New York Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz (3 parts) Bourbon whiskey, 1 dash egg white, 1 oz (2 parts) Fresh lemon juice, 1/2 oz (1 part) Gomme syrup Preparation: Shake with ice. Strain into ice-filled old-fashioned glass to serve "on the rocks." Standard garnish: Lemon rind, Maraschino cherry, Orange slice, Sugared glass

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Vanessa, you have a fantastic recording system to remember all of us. Opened the door last night to my two sisters and one of my brothers. I am the oldest of 5 and it was a wonderful surprise. Two from Ohio and one from Hawaii/New York.

Blue Motorcycle cocktail: Ingredients: 2 cups ice cubes 3/4 oz. Vodka 3/4 oz. Tequila 3/4 oz. rum 3/4 oz. gin 3/4 oz Blue Curacao 1 dash sour mix 2 oz. lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage 1 slice fresh lemon Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, tequila, rum, gin, Blue Curacao, sour mix, and lemon-lime soda. Shake vigorously to get lots of froth. Pour the contents of the shaker, including ice, into a tall bar glass and garnish with a slice of lemon.

@GTVCRUISER very nice.

@Nickelpenny wow! It’s beautiful.

In 1969, the owners of the Calgary Inn in Calgary, Alberta, asked Walter Chell, the Montenegrin who presided over their Owl’s Nest bar, to create a recipe to represent their new Italian restaurant in a contest. So Chell took some vodka, a bit of Worcestershire and a little Tabasco, added a mix of clam and tomato juices and dubbed it the “Bloody Caesar.” It sounds rather odd, but it’s the national drink of Canada and has been so practically since Chell invented—or should I say “invented”—it. Which kind of inventor was Chell? Chell was a h***l of a bartender, there’s no doubt about that. But as far back as 1953, Walter Winchell was writing about a Smirnoff Smiler, which called for vodka, clam juice, tomato juice and Worcestershire sauce. And in 1968, Clamato (that’s the duo of clam and tomato juices) was pushing a Clam Digger, which is basically the same drink without the spices. But nobody asks for Clam Diggers or Smirnoff Smilers these days. Ingredients: Celery salt to rim glass 1 1/2 oz. vodka 4 oz. Clamato juice 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 2 dases Tabasco sauce Prepared horseradish, to taste Garnish: celery stalk Garnish: cucumber spear Garnish: lime wedge Directions: Coat the rim of a tall glass with celery salt, fill with ice and set aside. Add the vodka, Clamato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and horseradish into a mixing glass with ice. Pour back and forth into another mixing glass a few times to combine. Strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a celery stalk, cucumber spear and lime wedge.