Invented in the famous bar and restaurant Zefiro in Portland, OR, this drink is named after the famous actress/dancer/singer. Which is a little curious, since she was a teetotaler. How she managed to marry five times and not ever get drunk is something beyond me.
In any case, this is gin, lime juice, ginger syrup, ginger ale and mint. Very refreshing drink for a hot day like today.
Research shows that the reason some of us laugh hysterically at an event or joke while some of us barely crack a smile has to do with our genes. Read it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11642617/Heard-the-one-about-laughter-Its-all-in-your-genes.html
Again, the reason you don’t find my jokes funny? It’s not my jokes. It’s you 🙂 🙂
Here is an interesting piece of news that should make all oenophiles in the world throw up – apparently, good wine tastes like koala bear urine. You can read about it here: http://io9.com/good-wine-tastes-more-like-koala-urine-than-youd-think-1706588545
Who in this world sits in their lab and conjures up these experiments? Did somebody go – “I know. Here is a discovery idea that will revolutionize the world. I am going to taste all animal urine and see which one tastes most like wine!!”
And who funds these kind of experiments?
Can’t wait till Wine Spectator puts its rating on the new errrr… “Pee”no Grigio??? 🙂
Today was the last evening in Kalyani this trip. Like everyday, after dinner, we all went for a walk. “All” means the nephews, niece, my brother, sister, brother in law and of course myself. We, the adults, chat about a lot of things and I usually give the kids some math or logic puzzle to keep them busy.
Today started as an innocuous puzzle. But the adults joined in too. As a result, we amped up the difficulty of the puzzle. We have not been able to solve it fully. Maybe you can…
The puzzle is simple – using just the digits 1, 2 and 3 (each only once) derive all numbers from 0 to 25. You can use any of the following mathematical symbols any number of times : plus, minus, multiplied by, divided by, factorial, square root of, decimal point and parentheses (+ – * / ! Sqrt . and () ). For the programming types, ++ and — are not mathematical symbols.
E.g you can get 7 by 21/3 or 3*2+1 etc etc
We got everything other than 19 and 21. Still stuck.
Care to give it a try?
I am going to sleep now – will check tomorrow morning. Feel free to answer in Comments section.
