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1 part gin 3 parts juice (grapefruit) Preparation: Pour ingredients into salt-rimmed crunk cup filled with ice. Then do something Snoop Dogg would do — like, go out and get endorsed by someone. Look at this! Snoop Dogg just got picked up by Symantec to be the face of their new “Hack is Wack”...
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In recognition of this week’s theme — “forgetting” — it would have been convenient had I resorted to contriving a post in list form because I had forgotten about this week’s deadline. But, the truth of the matter is that (1) I read kwilk’s post this week; (2) I liked it; (3) I’m impressionable;...
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1 part brandy 1 part triple sec 1 dash bitters 1 part Irish cream Preparation: Mix all ingredients, except for Irish cream, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; strain into chilled cocktail glass, pour Irish cream on top. Proceed to ask anyone nearby what they think the unidentified floating object is in the...
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If I wrote a political column worth its salt, I’d use this week’s theme — nightmares — to talk about the upcoming electoral season. After all, the word night-mares could be tweaked to mean “dark horses,” and I’d use that play on words as a jumping off point for a post about the candidates...
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3 parts vodka 6 parts tomato juice Varied parts “Mystery Ingredient” Preparation: Pour vodka and tomato juice into ice-filled pint glass, have a friend or a stranger fill the rest of the glass with a “Mystery Ingredient” of their choice, stir, and serve. As you consume, wonder what that “something” is and remember, even...
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I hate controversy. Really, really hate it. I don’t want to think about how many illegitimate children I’ve brought into this world simply to avoid an uncomfortable conversation about taking a relationship to the “next step.” I say this only so that you will understand the dread with which I am approaching this week’s...
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Miami is a city full of tricks and traps. Only the most cunning get out of here alive; of those, a small few escape well-fed. It’s that time again in the Magic City; the weather is beautiful- cool and dry. Some of Miami’s best restaurants have joined together in a two month-long campaign to...
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1 part grenadine 1 part white crème de menthe 1 part blue curacao Preparation: Pour the grenadine into a tall shooter. Float the white crème de menthe on top of the grenadine, float the blue curacao on top of the blue white crème de menthe, suck the whole thing down before the colors run…even...
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Are you ready? Well, are you? Are you ready to get boring? If you stick with me, I promise a paradox at the end. (Check out David Cohen’s post at SCOTUSblog to drink the genius water straight from the fire hose.) To get truly boring, we need to go back in time to the...
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Tip O’Neill, former Chairman of the US House of Representatives’ Grammar Committee, once declared that “all politics is local.” Very true, Tip. Here in Miami, it’s also the case that “toda la política es loca.” And I mean crazy in a bad way. As in, “Did you see that crazy drag queen stab that...
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