16 oz / half a bottle of Monin's Pomegranite Syrup
32 oz Ocean Spray Ruby Red and Pomegranite juice
1 liter Polar Seltzer
1/2 full size can of Original style / low pulp OJ Concentrate
1 5 lb bag of ice
750 ml 80 proof vodka (UV worked great!)
Place ice and slices of frozen concentrate in large dispenser (my 200 fl oz iced tea dispenser performed wonderfully for this) and then add the rest of the ingredients, and stir.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I decided to be stingy, and went down to a 3 star!
And got the room for $65 plus tax and fees, for a total of $80!!!!!
The priceline gods have told me that I was too greedy and declined my request for a 3 1/2 star for $72, but after I saw $70 for a 3 star, they granted $65!
The priceline gods have told me that I was too greedy and declined my request for a 3 1/2 star for $72, but after I saw $70 for a 3 star, they granted $65!
priceline and boston pride...
The big debate - do I get a room for Boston Pride?
If I'm going to the Roxy, the answer is yes. I'll need one. I'll need to change my clothes, take a shower, rest my feet, make a cocktail and count my funds in this recession. I'm going to leave it to fate. Not actual, hotel room falling in my lap fate, but the computerized, does the hotel really want you kind of fate. That's where I love priceline. I know I'm good at it, because sometimes the room gods have said, "thou shalt not save money on a room this weekend" and the urban centers keep their $300 retail rooms. But sometimes, I see a truly magnificent deal, like the $38 a night in montreal for that last trip with the person who shall not be named. If the hotel gods, at least the hotel gods as priceline understands them (sorry I was forced into AA for a short while), grant my wish, then I'm resting in an upmarket downtown boston hotel, for no more than $80 a night. Under no circumstance however, will I let a hotel eat up more than 25% of my budget for this weekend. My budget for the weekend is $400. Why? Because I'm paying admission for 2 for the block party, beer for two, gas, parking, food for 2 and if I get a room, we'll want to go to the Roxy or *something* that's pridey. On a discount we could swap the Roxy for a lesser priced event. If I don't have at least $80 in my pocket and 2 Roxy tickets in hand ($140 in itself right there) then there is no point in staying in the city that night. Cutting out the $50 light lunch for two at Club Cafe, and feasting on $3 Fritz block party fare, should pay for half the hotel room right there. However, the hotel room isn't worth it if there isn't the financial staying power to do all of Saturday boston pride, but then again I've been burnt by not having the walking power to do pride late into the night... Plus, the respite from all the walking isn't the same unless there are several options of mixed beverages to be prepared, and the requisite ice to do so with.
Expenses: immediate: parking, up to $30. With all the walking, i'd park at the garage on Clarendon, money be damned.
Fritz admission for two: Believed to be $30.
Beers, grill grub for two, gratuities: $70 over 4 - 5 hours.
T tokens for two: $8 - 10.
BYO Beverage service for two, for in the room: $30.
Total so far: $170.
Roxy tickets, 2 in advance: $65.
Money for Roxy: $75 minimum.
Total so far: $310.
That's the key, can I get a room for $90 with tax and fees included?
I think I can, and I'm going to try. If the priceline gods grant me $75... ;)
If I'm going to the Roxy, the answer is yes. I'll need one. I'll need to change my clothes, take a shower, rest my feet, make a cocktail and count my funds in this recession. I'm going to leave it to fate. Not actual, hotel room falling in my lap fate, but the computerized, does the hotel really want you kind of fate. That's where I love priceline. I know I'm good at it, because sometimes the room gods have said, "thou shalt not save money on a room this weekend" and the urban centers keep their $300 retail rooms. But sometimes, I see a truly magnificent deal, like the $38 a night in montreal for that last trip with the person who shall not be named. If the hotel gods, at least the hotel gods as priceline understands them (sorry I was forced into AA for a short while), grant my wish, then I'm resting in an upmarket downtown boston hotel, for no more than $80 a night. Under no circumstance however, will I let a hotel eat up more than 25% of my budget for this weekend. My budget for the weekend is $400. Why? Because I'm paying admission for 2 for the block party, beer for two, gas, parking, food for 2 and if I get a room, we'll want to go to the Roxy or *something* that's pridey. On a discount we could swap the Roxy for a lesser priced event. If I don't have at least $80 in my pocket and 2 Roxy tickets in hand ($140 in itself right there) then there is no point in staying in the city that night. Cutting out the $50 light lunch for two at Club Cafe, and feasting on $3 Fritz block party fare, should pay for half the hotel room right there. However, the hotel room isn't worth it if there isn't the financial staying power to do all of Saturday boston pride, but then again I've been burnt by not having the walking power to do pride late into the night... Plus, the respite from all the walking isn't the same unless there are several options of mixed beverages to be prepared, and the requisite ice to do so with.
Expenses: immediate: parking, up to $30. With all the walking, i'd park at the garage on Clarendon, money be damned.
Fritz admission for two: Believed to be $30.
Beers, grill grub for two, gratuities: $70 over 4 - 5 hours.
T tokens for two: $8 - 10.
BYO Beverage service for two, for in the room: $30.
Total so far: $170.
Roxy tickets, 2 in advance: $65.
Money for Roxy: $75 minimum.
Total so far: $310.
That's the key, can I get a room for $90 with tax and fees included?
I think I can, and I'm going to try. If the priceline gods grant me $75... ;)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
One of the great advantages...
One of the great advantages of having a friend skip a couple birthdays, is that you have an excuse to miss them too every once in a while ;)
I never really felt how eerie it was to look through 10 year old digital photos of yourself and people that you were once close with. It reminds me that those times were real and it goes to show just how little of one's life is under their own control - because so many nuances, moments, events and associations would have been edited, guided or built could one's reality be more actively managed...
After reviewing the old photos, I came to realize the biggest loss from it all wasn't him, it was just that I never had that intensity of emotion about anyone, since.
I never really felt how eerie it was to look through 10 year old digital photos of yourself and people that you were once close with. It reminds me that those times were real and it goes to show just how little of one's life is under their own control - because so many nuances, moments, events and associations would have been edited, guided or built could one's reality be more actively managed...
After reviewing the old photos, I came to realize the biggest loss from it all wasn't him, it was just that I never had that intensity of emotion about anyone, since.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Excerpts from various songs:
wrap me in a bolt of lightning
maybe that's the way I should go
I've lost my whole life and a dear friend.
I have said it so many times
I wouid change my ways no never mind,
God knows I've tried"
call me a sinner call me a saint
tell me it's over i'll still love you the same
call me your favorite call me the worst
tell me it's over i don't want you to hurt
it's all that I can say
so i'll be on my way...
I'll always keep you inside, you healed my heart and my life
call me a sinner call me a saint
tell me it's over i'll still love you the same
call me your favorite call me the worst
tell me it's over i don't want you to hurt
it's all that I can say,
so i'll be on my way..
- Shinedown, Call Me
Backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.
I'm sure you've heard it all before but you've never really had a doubt.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me and after all, you're my wonderwall.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
And all the roads that will lead you there are winding.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me
and after all, you're my wonderwall....
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.
And all the roads that will lead you there are winding.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that safes me, and after all you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
- Oasis, Wonderwall
wrap me in a bolt of lightning
maybe that's the way I should go
I've lost my whole life and a dear friend.
I have said it so many times
I wouid change my ways no never mind,
God knows I've tried"
call me a sinner call me a saint
tell me it's over i'll still love you the same
call me your favorite call me the worst
tell me it's over i don't want you to hurt
it's all that I can say
so i'll be on my way...
I'll always keep you inside, you healed my heart and my life
call me a sinner call me a saint
tell me it's over i'll still love you the same
call me your favorite call me the worst
tell me it's over i don't want you to hurt
it's all that I can say,
so i'll be on my way..
- Shinedown, Call Me
Backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.
I'm sure you've heard it all before but you've never really had a doubt.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me and after all, you're my wonderwall.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
And all the roads that will lead you there are winding.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me
and after all, you're my wonderwall....
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you
By now you shoulda some how realized what they're not to do.
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.
And all the roads that will lead you there are winding.
All the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things I'd like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that safes me, and after all you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me...
- Oasis, Wonderwall
2009 QOTY Candidate
"you know after 30 years, I can finally say that"
"I'll miss waterbury, I really do. Where else can you get away with driving an unregistered or uninsured vheicle? No where, except here...
"I'll miss waterbury, I really do. Where else can you get away with driving an unregistered or uninsured vheicle? No where, except here...
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