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| Crazy Broad |
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| Duck Fart |
The 2nd Not so Merry Widows Express departed late afternoon on Sat. Feb. 18th to Lumina Station. We set out to poke around the shops first & how fortuitous it was. I stumbled upon a great pair of boots - I really needed them too - no really I did! $80 boots for $20 - how could I refuse? But I digress.
It was early - just around 6:30pm - only 1 bar patron seated as we entered the Brasserie du Soleil. After ordering up the next in our alphabetical list of libations - Crazy Broad - the lone gentleman at the bar commented that he knew the name of just about every drink you could think of but never heard of a Crazy Broad. Well, he was about to see two of them and further his education! The friendly bartender Molly needed our recipe to produce a Crazy Broad - vodka (we do like our vodka!), Amaretto, Southern Comfort, cranberry juice & ginger ale. This is our unanimous favorite so far - but we've got 10 months to go and 22 more drinks! The bar was great & ladies - - they have hooks underneath for the purses! Molly was thoroughly into our mission & took our blog address. Along with the drink, she gave us some nice crusty bread & an olive tray. We ordered mussels in white wine with shallots & Ooh La La - These Crazy Broads were in heaven. Great bar, bar food, bartender & atmosphere - go there.
Then on to the Port City Chop House (chop, chop, tee hee) for a Duck Fart. Coffee liqueur on the bottom, Irish Cream poured over the back of a spoon & whiskey on top! Well, it was iffy - could we get through this one? Once past the pure whiskey on top - it grew on us though - kind of like when a seagull poops on you - it's good luck! The bar with it's low lighting is quite nice, but I guess Jeff the bartender was too busy to pay much attention to us widows. The patrons, however, were really into us & our mission. This unsolicited enthusiasm makes the endeavor even more fun for us. Scratch the ducks fart though - too pricey and too much endurance required to get to the sweet spot.
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| Empire State Slammer |
Two extra drinks over the year to cover all 26 letters of the alphabet are being selected on our husband's birthdays. Today - 2/26 - was mine (Jane) so we selected a drink made with hubby's favorite-Jack Daniels. The Empire State Slammer - perfect name for a NY born & bred boy made with Jack Daniels, sloe gin, banana liqueur & OJ. We stopped in at Boca Bay around 5pm after our line dancing class, gave the bartender Ryan our recipe & ordered calamari to round out the birthday celebration. The calamari was perfect & the bar menu is only $5 daily between 5 - 7pm. This one hit it out of the ballpark on many levels. Here's to you honey - Happy Birthday - I love & miss you.
