Quarantiki - Porch Life/Mermaid Lounge

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Dale and I each got a LOT of steps in today partly due to our walk around Lake Nokomis. We believe that all the way around is about 2.8 miles. Again, much more pleasant day than yesterday. Sunny, lower temps, and MUCH less humid along with a glorious breeze that pretty much lasted the whole day.

Due to the wonderful temps and awesome breeze we turned off the air conditioning and opened up the house. It was so pleasant to have the windows open on the porch for cocktail hour. Dale had wine and I made a Joey's Orange Speedo (Ounce and a half each of grapefruit juice, orange curaçao, rum, and one ounce of falernum topped off with club soda). I shake the first three ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain into a lowball glass, add the ice from the shaker then add the club soda and stir. 

Downloaded another album by Augie Colon. 

Quarantiki - Tiki Tuesday Cocktails

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Cocktail hour tonight! I’m calling my new creation the Banana Hammock. It’s one part amber rum, one part orange curaçao, one part pineapple juice (one part in this case is an ounce and a half), one ounce falernum, and then topped of with club soda. It’s delicious and very refreshing if I do say so myself. Dale had wine.

I took a picture of the two of us on the porch but the flash worked more in my favor than Dale’s. I was closer to the camera so I looked radiant. Dale, however, was relegated to the shadowy background.  That said, he has forbidden me from posting it. Above is one I took just of myself. 

Music tonight by Augie Colon. I'd never heard of him before until I saw the above album cover posted on a tiki message board I follow. I think he's fantastic.