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Dallas Tailgating and a Zarza Cocktail
Dallas Tailgating and a Zarza Cocktail:
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
America and Donald Trump: You're getting what you deserve
America and Donald Trump: You're getting what you deserve:
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ISTANBUL — There is a Trump Towers building right in the heart of Istanbul, next to a main overpass that runs through the city in the ugly commercial district of MecidiyekÖy. Condominium sales have been slow. No doubt the neighborhood’s constant traffic jams cancel out the promise of a bird’s-eye view of the city for any buyer looking to spend a few million.
Still, it is hard to miss the high rise. It sits close to a colossal courthouse, Çağlayan Adliyesi, where Turkey’s top journalists and academics have been facing trials for their criticism of government policies — on charges of “supporting terrorism,” “coup attempt,” or “espionage.”
So when my American friends ask what I think of Donald Trump, I tell them outright: “I sure hope he gets to be the president.” They tend to look at me with horror, and search my face for signs that I’m joking. “So you get a little taste of what we have all been going through in the rest of the world,” I add by way of explanation.
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Monday, April 25, 2016
Why does bbc America constantly air star trek: the next generation? It's practically all they show!
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Report: Sam Bradford demands to be traded after Eagles trade for No. 2 pick
Report: Sam Bradford demands to be traded after Eagles trade for No. 2 pick
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Friday, April 22, 2016
Pukka Hot Pepper Sauce-Up BLT Sandwich
Pukka Hot Pepper Sauce-Up BLT Sandwich:
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Inside Tailgating 27: Upcoming Summer Fun! PLAY
Inside Tailgating 27: Upcoming Summer Fun! PLAY:
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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April 19th 1956: Wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier
On this day in 1956, the American actress Grace Kelly married the Prince of Monaco, Rainier III. Kelly was a successful established actress, having won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, when she met Prince Rainier. The couple met at the Cannes Film Festival, stayed in contact, and soon were engaged to be married. It was important for Rainier to marry and produce an heir as a 1918 treaty provided that if there was no heir, Monaco would return to France. The wedding was an elaborate fanfare, with many calling it ‘the wedding of the century’. The civil ceremony took place the day before the April 19th wedding, but the church event the next day was the real spectacle, with around 30 million people watching on television. Kelly soon retired from acting to focus on her duties in Monaco, and as a mother to the couple’s three children. Princess Grace died in 1982, aged 52, after suffering a stroke while driving, which led to her crashing the vehicle. It was a tragedy for Monaco and the world, and her funeral received the same calibre of distinguished guests as her wedding had 26 years earlier. Prince Rainier did not remarry, and was buried alongside her when he died in 2005.
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Trevor proposes that the U.S. elect both a president and mascot to eliminate campaign woes.
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Monday, April 11, 2016
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Inside Tailgating 26: Baseball Season Has Started!
Inside Tailgating 26: Baseball Season Has Started!:
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Friday, April 08, 2016
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Jessica Williams sits down with Colorado Representative Gordon Klingenschmitt to discuss transphobic bathroom laws.
Loooooove Jessica Williams. She is a treasure.
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Thursday, April 07, 2016
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Gregory Peck Cocktails
Today we mark the 100th birthday of Gregory Peck, Academy Award-winning American actor, born on April 5, 1916. Peck is generally regarded as one of Hollywood’s greatest actors and his film credits include such classics as: To Kill a Mockingbird, Moby Dick, The Guns of Navarone, Cape Fear, How the West Was Won, The Omen, and The Boys from Brazil.
Raise a glass to his memory with one of the drinks from our collection of Gregory Peck Cocktails!
Gregory Peck Drinking Trivia:
- Gregory Peck was a heavy drinker during his time as a young actor in Hollywood. While filming David and Bathsheba in 1949 he was hospitalized with heart spasms and many suspected that he had a heart attack. It turned out to be heart palpitations brought on by lifestyle and overwork, but Peck nevertheless curtailed his drinking afterwards.
- Guinness was Peck’s favorite drink and he drank it almost every day. This eventually led him to have a dedicated Guinness tap installed in the bar at his home.
- In Cockney Rhyming Slang, “Gregory Peck” is used as the for neck (as used traditionally by the inhabitants of East London), so the expression “Get it down your Gregory” means “Drink this!”.
Gregory Peck Cocktails:
The Devil’s Dagger
Created by Timmy Kitchens, of the West Hollywood’s Rock & Reilly’s, adapted from Max Stirner’s Five Hundred Movie Drinks and Cocktails.
This drink gets its name from the stabbing scene from Peck’s 1976 film, “The Omen” where his character, American diplomat Robert Thorn, attempts to kill his demonic adopted son, Damien with seven mystical daggers. Kitchens, the creator of this drink comments: “If only Robert and Damien had discussed their differences over this cocktail, maybe they would have both lived.”
- 1 1/2 oz. cherry vodka
- 3/4 oz. cherry brandy
- 1/2 oz. benedictine
- 1/2 oz. grapefruit juice
- 1/2 oz. lime juice
- Soda water
Pour all ingredients but or the soda water into an ice-filled shaker, shake and strain into an ice-filled collins glass, top with soda water.
The Gimlet
This classic drink was featured in the 1952’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro, where it is enjoyed on screen by stars Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. Oddly enough, this is a year before the Gimlet rose became super-popular due to its inclusion in Raymond Chandler’s 1953 Philip Marlowe novel, The Long Goodbye.
This is one of the only drinks where you MUST use the Rose’s preserved lime juice instead of fresh. Old-time Gimlet connoisseurs demand the original formula and may be alienated if you get all precious and play around with it too much. To quote Chandler: “A real Gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.”
Adapted from Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide.
- 2 oz. gin
- 1 oz. Rose’s Lime Juice
- Garnish: Lime wedge
Pour gin and lime juice into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge. The Gimlet can also be served on the rocks in an Old-Fashioned glass.
Tequila Mockingbird #1
Inspired by Harper Lee’s novel this drink emerged sometime in the 1960s.
Recipe adapted from Difford’s Guide
- 1 1/2 oz tequila
- 3/4 oz green creme de menthe
- juice of 1 lime
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into cocktail glass.
Tequila Mockingbird #2
A more modern, and perhaps more palatable take on the Mockingbird theme.
Recipe by Greg Seider, adapted from Liquor.com.
- 1 Jalapeño pepper slice
- 2 oz Patrón Silver Tequila
- 1.5 oz Watermelon-Basil Purée
- .75 oz Fresh lime juice
- .75 oz Agave syrup (one part agave nectar, one part water)
In a shaker, muddle the jalapeño slice. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake for 10 seconds and double strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.
Watermelon-Basil Purée
- 2 cups Chopped fresh watermelon
- 7 Basil leaves
Purée both ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Refrigerate until needed.
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Six photos tell the ending
The end of the men’s college basketball national championship game in six photos.
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Monday, April 04, 2016
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CAST ANNOUNCED FOR BBC AMERICA’S DOCTOR WHO SPIN-OFF – CLASS
Announced today, the stars of BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who spin-off series Class - exciting young new talents Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah. They will be joined by Katherine Kelly, as she takes the role of a teacher and powerful new presence at Coal Hill School.
These four Coal Hill School students have hidden secrets and desires. They are facing their own worst fears, navigating a life of friends, parents, school work, sex, sorrow - and possibly the end of existence.
Coal Hill School has been a part of the Doctor Who universe since the very beginning, but that has come at a price. All the time travelling over the years has caused the very walls of space and time to become thin. There’s something pressing in on the other side, something waiting for its chance to kill everyone and everything, to bring us all into Shadow.
Fear is coming, tragedy is coming, war is coming. Prepare yourselves, Class is coming. (x)
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