Sunshine and Snowdays

I haven't been posting because quite frankly I am having a bit of trouble finding inspiration. The holiday's are well on their way but up here in Maine the snow is nowhere to be found. The last real snow we had was an untimely storm just prior to Halloween.

I watched Charlie Brown Christmas on TV already for Christ sake! (Side note watch when all the kids are dancing for the Christmas play. Good stuff!) Still I have yet to make the transition from shorts to full length pants. For the past week it has been 50 degrees in the morning. So it isn't ultra warm but at the same time it isn't cold either. Where typically reaching mid-December I would already be sporting the Nanook of the North winter line of clothing. I bought new gloves, hat and jacket in anticipation of the ski season but instead I should have saved my money and thought more about flip-flops.

Seeing as the weather is in this sort of not too warm not too cold holding pattern should I too go for the in-between option and rock capri pants? That just doesn't seem to manly. I mean then I'm just a "European carry-all" (purse) away from owning skin products and going the way of the metro-sexual or a job at Abercrombie & Fitch. Seeing as I like my current sexual identity I think I will steer clear of that fashion no-no.

I think for now I will pray for the weather gods to make up their minds. I will do my best to angle my thoughts to a holly jolly holiday and by all means hope it snows, hope it snows, hope it snows. In order to give me another subject to direct my whit and sarcasm towards. However being things as they are I will give you this little concoction I mixed up the other night.

The Swiss Sunshine Martini came from my thoughts of ski season and how much snow they are probably seeing now in the Swiss Alps, my recent love affair with St. Germain (the elder flower liqueur not the patron saint of the Jackson 5) mixed with the Florida sunshine that we are seeing here in the Northeast currently. So have grab your sunscreen and your winter hat a few sips of this sweet little cocktail and practice writing your name in the the grass for when the snow finally falls.




The Swiss Sunshine Cocktail
2 oz. - Vanilla Vodka
.5 oz. - St. Germain
Fill with O.J.
Mix and serve over ice or straight up.Top with a dash of grenadine

Cheers!
Some guys can pee their name in the snow. Chuck Norris can pee his name in concrete!