Archive for the 'food & drink.' Category

it’s saturday, and the bar is open.

June 28, 2008

Here’s a relatively uncommon drink that’s easy to mix, and quite tasty:
Hard Cream Soda
–1 to 1 1/2 ounces of vanilla vodka (a shot to a shot and a half)
–Ginger ale
Put some ice into a soda glass, pour the vodka, fill up with ginger ale, and stir.  The vanilla taste masks the alcohol very well, so [...]

whaddaya mean, it’s not our awesome coffee?

June 3, 2008

Starbucks has been feeling the pinch lately.  It turns out that when people have to tighten their belts because of increased fuel/food prices, they cut out non-essentials like $5 lattes first.
Now, in an attempt to increase their flagging sales, they offer something truly revolutionary:  free Wi-Fi.  If you maintain at least a $5 balance on [...]

a glaring design omission.

May 9, 2008

As you can see, the beverage holder in the Grand Caravan is entirely inadequate for its stated purpose.  My Merlot glass keeps tipping over on the bumpy dirt roads here in rural NH.
I shall have to write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer.