Nearing the End - November

All my followers ~ (ha, ha) I bet you've wondered where I've been.  Here, there & everywhere.  November was a busy month. The two drinks we traveled high and low for were:  White Heat - gin, triple sec, dry vermouth & pineapple juice and XYZ: rum, triple sec & lemon juice.  My computer was on the fritz and the pictures were lost. 

Sorry for this short & boring blurb. I'll try to do better for the swan song of December as we close out the year.

Optimistic October



ULANDA



Good Grief - October already!  Why, you might ask, is this month's blog entitled Optimistic October.  Well, went to a meetup group get together and was "optimistic" that a fair time might finally be had and it was unexpectedly good in fact.  Really enjoyed the people and had our first Oct. drink - the Ulanda @ Buffalo Wild Wings on Eastwood.  Not sure why the drink is called the Ulanda- ingredients are: I can't remember and Pernod.  For those unfamiliar with Pernod - it's licorice tasting so since the establishment did not have Pernod, we substituted Sambuca. It was quite a good sipping drink.  ULANDA - kinda sounds like a victory call!  ULANDA - finally got through a night without crying!  ULANDA - life really does go on!  ULANDA - You landa on your feet ... eventually!


Vampire


Next stop - Halloween....Dressed as Vampires (our costumes were really pretty good for homemade), we set out into the eerie Halloween night.  Having Hurricane Sandy pass through made the night all the more perfect! Of course, we had already chosen our "V" drink, appropriately named "Vampire" and ended up at Wild Wings mingling with the ghouls, the goblins and the just plain weird that only surface during the wee hours of such a night. The Vampire drink: vodka, raspberry liqueur & cranberry juice just didn't cut it without the added eyeball that I just happened to have with me!  Now that made the drink good and spooky.  So we only have two months left (4 drinks) for this blogging adventure and we are beginning to consider what next year's challenge might be!  Have any suggestions?

Sassy September





Mateo & Sex on the Beach

  

Ah, September - well this will be short & sweet as my computer hasn't been working since the last post and I've got tons of follow up to do.  We hadn't planned it, but our first drink for the month was had in Italy.  We took a wonderful tour of Umbria & Tuscany and here is Mateo with Sex on the Beach in both hands overlooking the Tuscan hillside just outside San Giamango.  While far from the beach, this was most definitely a molte benne place to be.



So, back home again, thinking of Mateo & our hunky tour bus driver Pietro, we chose our 2nd Sept. drink: Tie Me to the Bedpost.  A little cougar mentality goes a long way - like from italy to the USA!  Unfortunately, my camera was still on movie mode when I took pictures of this drink - citrus vodka, coconut rum, melon liquer & sour mix - so I can't get the picture to post.  But so what when you've got these guys to look at! 

So, here's a replacement picture - Pietro - I hope you're not too disappointed - we weren't (tee, hee).



Pietro - Italian Stallion



Abnormal August

Abnormal August - you wonder??? Well, we had a Q drink for the first drink of August and damn - the book's selection was not so good - drink wise or laughter wise.  So, what did we do?  Well, all you devoted followers of the Not So Merry Widows (what are you, 6?) we improvised - a little abnormal, but then so are we!  Ha. 

Qcumber Gimlet

If you recall, I blogged back in May that we went to Cameo 1900 and they had some drinks we really wanted to try, but stuck to the task at hand.  So, back we went with Ann's visiting daughter in tow, and taking poetic license we ordered a Qcumber Gimlet (get it?  Q drink?).  Healthy, refreshing and well worth the deceit!!! Try it, I bet you'll like it. 

Am I blue?  No, I'm Rhett Butler and frankly my dear, I don't give a damn  - that I'm the color blue.

Rhett Butler


Rhett Butler was the man of the evening and a good man is hard to find.  We found Rhett @ the Browncoat Pub & Theater.  Only $5 for a man in blue - Southern Comfort, curacao, lime juice & lemonade (they didn't have lemon juice so we improvised) and it was good.  Three drinks in the picture again 'cause we were joined by our good pal and had not trouble convincing her to have a taste of the south!  This was our first trip to the Browncoat and we saw a 2 hour comedy show for $10 - not bad.  Overall we enjoyed the show, all but one skit which was kind of abnormal - we'll leave at that, but the kids were all pretty talented and funny.  Surely we were the oldest in the small crowd, but the staff was very accommodating to us oldies but goodies.  We'll definitely visit them again.

2012 - The Not So Merry Widows working their way through the Bartenders Black Book from A-Z

Jane & Ann, 62 & 75 respectively, recently widowed, are looking to work through their grief together by embarking on a light hearted adventure to which our husbands would surely say - live, laugh & enjoy! Our goal - laughter.  And so, beginning this month, we set out to challenge local bartenders @ various establishments in our community - Wilmington, NC.  We'll order drinks from the Bartenders Black Book A-Z.  The only criteria for selecting the drink (always in alphabetical order) is that the names have to make us laugh.  We'll rate the bartender's knowledge & expertise, their likeability factor, the establishment's ambiance & of course, the drink itself.  Perhaps along with the laughter we may meet some cool, colorful and interesting people and we'll share our views and adventure.  We'll get an appetizer too, just so we don't get snockered!

So, we head to Historic downtown on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 8th.  First stop, the Deluxe Cafe to order the first selection ~ an Alien Orgasm. Once satisfied, we'll mosey on over to The George for Banging the Captain 3 ways on the Comforter.  Cheers!