Hot Enough For Ya?
A group of us usually get together on summer nights, bring our dogs and our favorite libations and watch the sunset over the lake. These past few weeks, the air has been so thick you had to breathe it through a colander and the dogs preferred the a/c at home-so much for “man’s best friend”!
Thirsty People
The heat does funny things to your brain and it made me start to think about what drink would be best in such circumstances. Fruity rum drinks are fine when you’re young or they’re being brought to you by someone young while sitting on a tropical beach.
Something clear and crisp was called for.
A quick Google search brought forth all kinds of ideas, many that involved vodka and umbrellas. These are not pre-dinner cocktails-too sweet, too frou-frou. Then my eyes ran across a classic-gin and tonic. It’s clear, refreshing, it doesn’t ruin your palate. Perfect! Slice the limes, fill the tall glass with ice. . .you get the rest.
Love and Gin
While I was searching through the Google cocktail suggestions, my eyes fell on a listing with a link to the lyrics of a song. Apparently a bride had this read at her wedding and, since I am in to all things “wedding”, I had to check it out. While unusual for most ceremony readings, I like it-love certainly does all of this and more to a person! What do you think?
“Love is Like a Bottle of Gin” by the Magnetic Fields
It makes you blind, it does you in
It makes you think you’re pretty tough
It makes you prone to crime and sin
It makes you say things off the cuff
It’s very small and made of glass
and grossly over-advertised
It turns a genius to an ass
and makes a fool think he is wise
It could make you regret your birth
or turn cartwheels in your best suit
It costs a lot more than it’s worth
and yet there is no substitute
They keep it on a higher shelf
the older and more pure it grows
It has no color in itself
but it can make you see rainbows
You can find it on the Bowery
or you can find it at Elaine’s
It makes your words more flowery
It makes the sun shine, makes it rain
You just get out what they put in
and they never put in enough
Love is like a bottle of gin
but a bottle of gin is not like love
Cheers!!—
