The fog that clouded my ability to see the funny in any given situation is beginning to lift. In the throes of my real estate debacle, I wasn’t able to laugh at the absurd. Weeks after the closing, I was still suffering from post-traumatic stress; but with the passage of time, my perception of the ridiculousness of events morphs from nightmarish to dark comedy as I feel my old self returning.
Author Archives: J Reilly
Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Cocktail Lab
Sailor Jerry is a spiced Caribbean rum with flavors of vanilla, cinnamon, and molasses.
Apple Cider Cocktail Lab Revisited
Apple Cider Cocktail Lab Revisited
From the Age of Innocence to the Age of Invisibility
Youth doesn’t disappear overnight, but in increments so small that you don’t even notice it’s leaving until someone else points it out.
Apricot Brandy Drink Lab
It’s time to empty another bottle; one more for Weekend In Review and one less in the liquor cabinet.
Evacuation
While all-day news coverage of Irma is creating panic over the intensity of the storm and destruction in the Caribbean, the station’s weather reporter stands in a street in Puerto Rico with torrents of rain soaking his waterproof suit and bracing against the wind to keep from being blown away.
When Life Hands You Crappy Wine, Make Sangria!
You’re at the wine store and the end of aisle promotional display looms before you. An eye-catching label, a close-out sale price, or an unfamiliar varietal, you find a few new bottles to try. Cocktail hour arrives and it’s time to open one of your much-anticipated acquisitions. Pouring, swirling, sniffing, and sipping culminates with sadContinueContinue reading “When Life Hands You Crappy Wine, Make Sangria!”
Once Upon A Time
My Alexa has a new baby sister and in keeping with the George Foreman tradition of baby naming, she is called Alexa, too (or Alexa II).
Acorn Squash and Crossfork Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Acorn squash usually conjures images of fall’s bounty, the autumn harvest’s cornucopia of pumpkin, butternut, spaghetti squash, and all those hard, bumpy winter squashes that we don’t quite know what to do with.
Grilled Shrimp-Stuffed Portobello Mushroom
Our roving palates resulted in another recipe mash up and the offspring looks like a stuffed Portobello mushroom and tastes a bit like New Orleans style barbecue shrimp.
