You, yes you , should have a dry suit too. This really puts the Chillin’ in Diving and Chillin’.
I was originally going to name this post “Diving With the Mohawks”, then “Every Dive Makes You Better”, but I settled on “Cold Ass Honky”, because I really, really was. Not in a Macklemore way either, more in the thermocline and water at 5 degrees centigrade (41F) kind of way. Without exaggerating one tiny bit, it felt like little needles of burning pain all over my body. You know you’re in trouble when you’re the only guy at the bottom without a dry suit. Still well worth it though, that’s diving for you.Read more
For all its surface simplicity, the gin & tonic, or G&T as most of the world calls it, is a storied and romantic drink. If you get past the sizeable evils of empire building, it conjures up images of adventurous and perspiring colonials in far away places, keeping a stiff and sweaty upper lip, while wearing tropical tuxedos or pith helmets and pretending they have not been exiled for some darkness of deed or birth. The more exotic corners of Victoria’s empire always had a roguish, if not outright anything goes, feel about them, and you probably did not become second deputy lieutenant governor of central Australia because of your breeding, brilliance, spotless record or scandal free life. The “A team” likely stayed in London.Read more
Maybe it was going through all the old pictures that made me a little bitter, or maybe it was the four espressos, but I was in a reflective regretful mood this morning. Then I caught myself. I’ve mentioned before my philosophy of life, if one can call it that, today I want to add to it a little.Read more
A brace of americanos with a stormy and a Cuba libre.
TL;DR? Just drink it.
My americano
Ice cubes into a tall narrowish glass, be generous
1.5 ounces Campari
1.5 ounces sweet vermouth
Few drops of cocktail bitters, less is more, Angostura’s orange is especially nice
Stir
Top with soda water to taste
Garnish with an orange wheel or expressed lemon peel (optional)
Stir very briefly (keep them bubbles)
There’s no scuba diving in sight for the immediate future. I had the opportunity to go dive in a quarry, in Mohawk territory, but my bad social planning skills intervened. So instead of glorious but cold ass underwater vistas, brace yourselves for a short series on…. you know it , drinks, and probably some random thoughts to go with that.Read more
Here’s a few visual tidbits, of middling quality and interest, to tie you over in case you’re not diving any time soon and you’ve already scrolled through all the search results for scuba on google images.
