DRINK RECIPES

The Recipe

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• 1 1/2 oz. Citron Vodka
• 1/2 oz. Cointreau
• 1/2 oz. Lime Juice
• 1/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
• Garnish with lime, lemon, or the peel of either

Shake all liquid ingredients until cold. Pour, and serve. Add garnish. It’s simple and easy but looks quite impressive.

The Experience

The Cosmopolitan is easily accessible sophistication with a splash of understated fame. It’s like having a standing reservation for the corner bar stool at the finest restaurant in town or being on the secret…

DRINK RECIPES

If you want to know more, read on. If you’re just here for a recipe, here it is. Mix away, and Cheers.

The Recipe

• 2 oz. clove-infused Canadian whisky
• ¾ oz. lemon juice
• ½ oz. simple syrup
• 1 splash of fresh orange juice
• Garnish with a sugared rim, orange slice, or a whole clove

Shake over ice and pour into a sugar-rimmed glass.

This recipe comes directly to us from the Costco Connection magazine in an article written by Curtis Adamson. It’s credited to “Matthew Price-Huntington, owner of Public House 124 in Walla Walla, Washington”

Well, Matthew Price-Huntington and Costco, let’s see…

DRINK RECIPES

The Recipe

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• 3/4 oz. Italian Vermouth
• 1 1/2 oz. Scotch
• 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• Maraschino or Whiskey-soaked cherry

Add all three liquid ingredients into a shaker with plenty of ice. Stir until cold, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with one cherry.

The Rob Roy is purposeful, focused enjoyment. …

DRINK RECIPES

If you want to know more, read on. If you’re just here for a recipe, here it is. Mix away, and Cheers.

The Recipe

• 1.5 oz. Bourbon
• 1/4 orange
• 3 cloves
• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 2 tsp. honey (or more if you like a sweet drink)
• 12 oz. hot water

Add Bourbon and spices to a mug. Squeeze orange slice into the mug. Fill with hot water. Add another small orange slice if you like.

Make this drink with care and it will communicate that care to the person you serve it to.

At some point in the 20th century, the United States…

DRINK RECIPES

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The Recipe

• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 oz dark rum
• 3/4 tsp. ground allspice
• 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 3 or 4 cups hot milk or water
• 1.5 oz. of bourbon per drink
• Optional — splash of Cognac

Separate eggs. Beat egg yolks and egg whites separately. Beat sugar and spices with egg yolks until mixed and then pour in rum slowly while stirring. …

TEACHING

We are all back to school now, whatever that means; virtual teaching, hybrid teaching, and learning pods seem to be the popular options. Here in Washington, DC, we have opted for an all-virtual strategy.

I agree with the all-virtual decision for various reasons. But, the problem with this decision is that the district is not prepared for it. We don’t have enough technology or support. The systems that we have decided to use are not up to the task. …

MATH HUMOR

In response to Jennie Young’s treatise on making grading easier for English teachers, here are eleven things that we have voted unanimously to change in the math department. Why eleven? It’s the last time we get to use a prime number.

1. Straight Lines. By definition, all lines are straight. It’s not a gender thing, it’s just a precise way of describing it. The other ones are called curves. But, you know what, we’re going to let that go so all graphs don’t get canceled.
2. You can go ahead and say “times-ed” now. We’re tired of correcting you with the term…

APPLAUSE

Hi writer!

It’s me and I was just reading your article. It was the good one about your kids, or vegetables, or maybe both. But you see, right as I was getting done with the reading part and was contemplating how to respond, I thought I heard a knock at the door. It could have been my Amish popcorn delivery, or maybe someone else from the neighborhood who wants to put an election sign in my yard. I mean there are seven in my yard already so of course, I don’t mind if you want to put another one there…