3 September 2016

From the bartender’s corner – Vieux Carre

One of those classical cocktails, Vieux Carre gets its name from its place of origin – the French Quarters in New Orleans (which is also called Vieux Carre). It was invented by Walter Bergeron in the 1930s. The bar he worked in when he invented this was called (and still is) Carousel bar. If any one is visiting New Orleans, this bar is inside Hotel Monteleone on Royal St (between Bienville St and Iberville St).

On the lighter side, any Bengali having a vague idea about French pronunciation is probably going to stay away from this drink – “kenona ei drink-e oder bhoy korey” 🙂

This cocktail has Rye Whiskey, Cognac, Benedictine and bitters.

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2 September 2016

Very funny one from good old Larry Mason!!

I got a real good chuckle reading this….

Apparently Larry received this in his email box.

URGENT!!!! HELP NEEDED!!!!!
A friend of mine won two tickets for the 2017 Super bowl from a local radio station. He won box seats plus airfares, Marriott Hotel accommodations and $3,000.00 for miscellaneous expenses.
When he won them his wedding date had not yet been finalized. Now it turns out the only date available at the church for their wedding is Super Bowl Sunday – So he can’t go.

If you’re interested and want to go instead of him, it’s at First Lutheran Church at 5 PM. She is a fairly nice looking girl about 5’5″, clean, cute, great personality and her name is Kelly. She will be the one in the white dress. (Ring is paid for)

If interested, contact me ASAP for more information!

30 August 2016

A classic one … from the outrageously hilarious PG Wodehouse.

Do you know,’ said a thoughtful Bean, ‘I’ll bet that if all the girls Freddie Widgeon has loved were placed end to end—not that I suppose one could do it—they would reach half-way down Piccadilly.’
‘Further than that,’ said the Egg. ‘Some of them were pretty tall.’

26 August 2016

Hair-dos-and-donts

The husband walks in home after office – between you and me lets say yesterday around 8 PM 🙂 – and compliments the wife on her hair. And asks if she had done something special to the hair that day.

Very pleased that he had noticed her hair, she smiled slightly and suggested that it was nothing special. Really.

After a quick nod, he too smiled slightly as he walked away. “Man this anti-fraud feature on the new credit cards that texts me every time it is used is a real life saver”, he thought. Really 🙂

I am not saying this necessarily happened at our house.

I am just saying 🙂

21 August 2016

Classic photography… not!

At first, I had thought that this is a photograph. In reality this is drawn using charcoal as the media on paper by my friend from middle school – Niladri Datta. (You may remember him from my visit to him a few months back to check on him, his family and his parents in Kolkata). None of us were aware of his artistic skills while in school. I think he picked it up as a hobby only a few years back. (That and taking videos while being driven at high speed on roads and also getting drenched in the rain 🙂 ). He takes to his hobby after everybody has gone to sleep at night (once his office and son’s studies and all that has been taken care of) and then posts them on his timeline. It is always a treat for me to wake up in the morning and see a wonderful painting from him.

I am simply amazed by his skills. This particular piece of art is absolutely mind blowing. Just conceiving this mentally and then making such a wonderful figure stand out – not by giving definition with colors – but actually taking definition away from the rest of the picture by putting in the darkness… this is truly awe-inspiring.

Unfortunately he still has not set up a website to share his pictures (he is happy just painting for himself) but I do hope he will set it up so many others can see his creations too.

Oh! another point – any one of you who think that you are too old to start something new, I throw my friend from fifth grade at you!!

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