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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.

@Sharon in AZ tell Craig:

A cocktail, by definition, includes a spirit, sugar, water and bitters—and those four ingredients are exactly what you’ll find in an Old Fashioned. It’s as classic as drinks get. Most Old Fashioneds are made with whiskey, but considering the Old Fashioned is more of a template than an exact recipe, today you will find the drink made with numerous spirits, from tequila to rum. But one variation is equally notable for its prescribed spirit and its geographical roots. The Brandy Old Fashioned, aka the Wisconsin Old Fashioned, is practically the state’s official drink. In addition to brandy, it calls for muddled fruit and a topper of lemon-lime soda. So, it’s not your great-great-grandfather’s Old Fashioned. Well, unless he’s from Wisconsin. Doctoring drinks with muddled fruit was a popular ploy during Prohibition that was used to mask the taste of subpar spirits. Add enough fruit and sugar to a cocktail, and anything is bound to become palatable. In the case of the Old Fashioned, the trick stuck around and remained popular in Wisconsin, even in the 21st century as modern bartenders reclaimed the classic no-fruit recipe. As for the brandy, it’s a product of the many Wisconsinites who emigrated from Europe over the centuries, bringing a taste for brandy with them. Today, the Brandy Old Fashioned is tied to Wisconsin more than any other locale, and the fruit and soda are nonnegotiable. Visit a bar in the Badger State, and this sweet, bubbly version will be placed before you. It may not be the Old Fashioned you’re used to, but it’s an important piece of cocktail history all the same. Ingredients: 1 dashes Angostura bitters 2 orange slices 2 brandied or maraschino cherries 1 sugar cube 2 oz. brandy 7 UP, Sprite, or club soda, chilled to top Garnish: brandied or marchino cherry Garnish: orange slice Directions: Add the bitters, orange slices, cherries and sugar cube to an Old Fashioned glass and muddle to combine. Add ice to fill the glass, then add the brandy.Top with the 7UP, Sprite or club soda, and stir to chill.Garnish with a skewered cherry and an orange slice.

Hand Grenade cocktail: The Hand Grenade cocktail is a potent and popular drink that originated in New Orleans. It is a signature drink of the famous Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter. The drink is served in a tall plastic container shaped like a hand grenade and is known for its bright green color and strong fruity flavor. The recipe for the Hand Grenade cocktail is a closely guarded secret, but the drink is believed to contain a mixture of melon liqueur, grain alcohol, and various fruit juices. Ingredients: 1 oz. vodka 1 oz. pineapple juice 1 oz. gin 1 oz. white rum .25 oz. blue curaçao 1 oz. midair melon liqueur 1 oz. grapefruit juice 1 oz. sweet and sour mix .25 oz. lemon lime soda Directions: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the melon liqueur, vodka, rum, gin, pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, and sweet and sour mix and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds. Strain the mixture into a tall glass filled with ice and add a splash of Blue Curacao and a splash of Sprite. Garnish with a slice of lime or a cherry(optional).

Cherry Vodka Sour cocktail: Ingredients: 3 oz. Vodka 3 oz. sweet and sour mix 1 tablespoons cherry grenadine syrup Directions: Stir together vodka, sweet and sour mix, and grenadine in an 8 oz. glass. Fill with ice.

Mickey Slim Cocktail is a simple drink that is made with absinthe, sugar cube, and gin. The 1940s-1950s used to be the era of this cocktail. However, the Mickey Slim Cocktail was banned from many countries because it contained DDT, so its popularity was short-lived. Ingredients: 2 oz. gin 1 oz. absinthe Directions: Pour Gin into glass Top the gin with absinthe. Place one large sugar cube on your slotted spoon, and poor ice cold water over the sugar cube on the slotted spoon slowly till it dissolves in the liquors Garnish your Mickey Slim Cocktail with a lime or lemon

@Crazy For Cats happy anniversary you two.

@Denise T, I’ve forgotten what it is you teach.

Brandy Daisy cocktail: The brandy daisy is a cocktail which first gained popularity in the late 19th century. One of the earliest known recipes was published in 1876 in the second edition of Jerry Thomas's The Bartenders . Ingredients: 1½ ounces Brandy or Cognac, ¾ ounce Lemon juice, ¾ ounce Yellow Chartreuse Preparation: Stir well with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker, then strain into a chilled Collins glass and top with a splash of chilled club soda or seltzer.

Rye and Ginger cocktail: Walk into any bar in Canada and order a “rye and ginger” and the bartender, without even blinking, will have one on the bar lickity-split. In parts of the US, it would be a “Whiskey & Ginger Ale”. The term “rye”, in Canada, simply means any Canadian Whisky, more on the confusion later. The familiarity with the “rye and ginger” order even flows into many of the US states. If you put the politics aside for a moment, we should realize that whisky and ginger ale is a great combination, possibly even better than the, dare I say, Dark ’n Stormy. Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. Rye Whiskey 3 oz. Ginger Ale 3 Dashes Orange Bitters (optional) Lime Garnish Directions: Add ice to a highball glass (or rocks) Pour in 3 oz of ginger ale Add the whisky and bitters Top off with the remaining in ginger ale Garnish with a lime

On the 5th. He had a water cast out on today so he can swim. He love it.