February 2021

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V8 Before It’s Too Late

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It’s time for a V8.  The motor.  Not the drink.  Time for the Buzz that comes with mechanical perfection and the rush that comes from pure acceleration.  

Time is running out on new production V8 motors.  V6 turbos and ultimately electric cars are the future.  Thankfully, performance of both are good to outstanding.  But there’s nothing quite like the rumble of an idling V8 or their sound when they get up and go.

Classic car buffs understand that so their beautiful sound won’t be lost.  We’re counting on you Buzzed Boomers to keep the mechanical Buzz alive.

– Maserati Mike

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Boomeritis

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Regular exercise is essential for good health and it can be very useful in creating a natural endorphin Buzz.  But overdoing it, and this is good news in a way, can be counter-productive.  Exercised muscles need time to rebuild.  And as we age, our bodies just need more time to recover from strenuous exercise.  

I tested this Boomeritis ailment with classic New Years resolution vigor and daily exercise to the point where it hurt to move.  My body was trying to tell me something but I was bent on losing those Covid 19 pounds.  Even though I was mixing up the kinds of exercise I was doing, my body rebelled.  Burning pain.  

Lesson learned.  Exercise, yes, but please be careful out there. 

– Jet Cannon

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My Favorite Martian

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After a seven month journey, the Perserverance spacecraft recently landed safely on Mars.  Named for the Roman god of war related to its blood red color, Mars is a cool planet despite it’s hot color.  Over 33 million miles from Earth at it’s minimum distance, it has the highest volcanoes and deepest canyons in the solar system.  

Our favorite Martian is Martin O’Hara whose real name is Exigius 12 1/2 from the My Favorite Martian TV show..  Played by Ray Walston, Martin is 450 years old so Baby Boomers can relate.  Martin and his buddy Tim, played by Bill Bixby, avoided revealing Martin’s true identity over 107 episodes in the 1960’s.  And Baby Boomers, Tim drove a Plymouth Valiant.

With Mars on my mind, here’s a special cocktail:

My Favorite Martian

3 oz of blood orange juice

3 oz vodka

1/2 oz Cointreau

Add ingredients and ice to a shaker and shake for seven months.  Ha.  Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with a floating orange slice and tiny antennas.  

– Jet Cannon

National Margarita Day – Monday, February 22

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Yeah, I know it’s February.  I don’t write the rules but I respect them.  It’s also George Washington’s birthday so we will be celebrating with a Cherry Margarita.  And being it’s February, let’s go frozen.

Frozen Cherry Margarita 

3 oz of tequila

3 oz of cherry juice

One cup pitted cherries

Juice from 1/2 lime

1 oz of simple syrup if you used a tart cherry juice

Lots of ice

Add ingredients to a blender.  Blend then pour into a margarita glass.  Garnish with a cherry on top.

– Jet Cannon

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Bacon & Egg Bloody

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Why didn’t I think of that?  I’ve had bacon in my Bloody Mary before but why not make it a complete breakfast?  Add the egg as pictured or spear a pickled quail egg.  Toss in a steak fry!  Brunch is served!

– Jet Cannon

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Steel Panther – Rock and Roll For Challenged Boomers Like Me

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Baby Boomers lived through the creative blossoming of fine music.  In 1973 alone, many amazing classic albums were released including Dark Side of the Moon,  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Houses of the Holy, Quadrophenia, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Band on the Run, Pronounced Let-Nerd Sin-Nerd, Aladdin Sane, For Everyman, and Mott to name just a few.  

Throughout this prolific era, I rarely heard the lyrics correctly and usually didn’t really get the intended message or symbolism involved.  For example all the references to “rockin’ all night” I assumed meant we’d be listening to music all night.

The band Steel Panther solves all that.  Warning: their music is beyond explicit.  It’s politically, and in all other ways, incorrect. They pretty much just come right out and say what they mean without symbolism.  And they’re funny.  Which I also appreciate.  Per Wikipedia, “”Steel Panther is mostly known for its profane and humorous lyrics, as well as exaggerated on-stage pastiche of the stereotypical “glam metal” lifestyle.””  No question what they’re singing about.  Their recent release “F*** 2020”…..Well the message is clear.

If you’re not easily offended and you enjoy humorous rock and roll, a la Spinal Tap, check them out.

– Jet Cannon 

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Virus Vodka

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While we’re waiting for those vaccines, here’s a nice distraction.  Virus Vodka.  No medicinal benefit but I think it sends a message to Covid-19 viruses!  

Here’s a tasty cocktail.  Let’s throw in some vitamin C.  Can’t hurt.

Orange You Tired Of Covid?!

3 ounces freshly squeezed orange or tangerine juice

1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/2 ounce simple syrup

1 ounce Cointreau liqueur or triple sec

3 ounces vodka

Add to shaker with ice, shake, and pour into a chilled cocktail glass.

– Jet Cannon

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Happy Fat Tuesday!

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Fat Tuesday says New Orleans and Hurricanes!  Buzzed Boomer likes to emphasize quality over quantity and a proper Hurricane….Well it won’t take many to catch that Buzz.  They tend to be strong.  My research says there are lots of variants as far as recipes go so we have some latitude.  See the InterWeb for a bunch of fancy recipes.  A Buzzed Boomer key should be keeping it as fresh as possible.  But even in New Orleans at Pat O’Briens, where the Hurricane was invented in the 1940’s, the Hurricanes are pre-mixed.  Tourists!  They’ll drink anything.  

Originally the Hurricane was just dark rum, passion fruit juice, and lime juice.  Pretty straight forward.  I found pseudo passion fruit juice at the supermarket.  It’s a blend of juices, including passion fruit, so it’s not the real deal.  If you don’t have even that, orange juice and a little Grenadine to turn it red will do.   

The glass is important, too.  Kind of hurricane lamp shape.  Didn’t think I had one but, by golly, I do.  Courtesy of Alaska Airlines.  

So, we will cobble something together drink-wise, make some cajun shrimp mac and cheese to fatten us up before Lent, and off we go!!

Cheers!

– Jet Cannon

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Happy Presidents Day!

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Presidents Day originally celebrated George Washington’s birthday.  George was a whiskey drinker.  Therefore, I’m getting out the good stuff.

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” 

― George Washington

Cheers!

– Jet Cannon

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Happy Valentines Day!

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Let’s celebrate with drinks on the red color spectrum.  How about a sparkling rose or pink Champagne?  Get out the nice glassware!  

For a cocktail, it’s hard to go wrong with a Cosmopolitan.  

  • 3 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice 
  • 3 ounces Cointreau liqueur
  • 6 ounces cranberry juice cocktail
  • 6 ounces  vodka

Add the ingredients to ice in a shaker and pour into a chilled cocktail glass.

– Jet Cannon

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Happy Chinese New Year!

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Year of the Ox

Cocktail anyone?  Green tea originated in China.  To offset the claims of green tea’s health benefits, let’s toss in some alcohol.

Buzzed Boomer Green Tea Martini

3 oz vodka or citron vodka

3 oz green tea

1/2 simple syrup or honey

Add ingredients to shaker with ice, shake and pour into cocktail glass.  Garnish with mint or lime

– Jet Cannon

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Buzzed Boomers Boomer Bar – The Horse & Cow Pub & Grill

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A bar that honors the undersea element of our nuclear triad needs to be celebrated and, ideally, visited.  Boomers is the nickname for the ballistic missile submarines that protect our freedom via their unfathomable deterrent to an attack on our country.  An Ohio-class sub can launch 192 warheads wiping 24 enemy cities off the map.  Boom.  

So back to the Horse & Cow.  Located in Bremerton, Washington and also Guam, the pubs contain one of the largest private collections of submarine artifacts.  And the food and drinks are great.  Taking the ferry from downtown Seattle to Bremerton is a scenic treat in and of itself.  The pub is located right outside the gates of the US Navy submarine base in Bremerton and both are a only a short walk from the ferry terminal.  The “sail” from the spy submarine Parch is just down the street. For Baby Boomers, having lived through the Cold War, it’s a visit you’re not likely to forget.

For more history, where the name Horse and Cow comes from, and more information, see horseandcow.com

-Jet Cannon

the Beatles on Ed Sullivan – February 9, 1964

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Many Buzzed Boomer will remember the first appearance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.  Black and white TV.  Tiny speaker.  Screaming girls.  Parents longing for Frank Sinatra.  It was a big deal.To commemorate, here are some Beatles-inspired drinks.  The Ticket To Ride.  Juicy Lucy.  Sgt. Pepper.  Brandy Alexander.  Across the Universe.  Daq in the USSR.  The Apple Records Martini.  Luvly-Rita.  Ringo’s Drumsticks.  

Lots of choices.  Yet one of the most important beverages in the Beatles’ world and the one found most often in the recording studio…. Tea.  So classically British.

For something stronger, try the Sgt. Pepper:

Scotch

Splash of Grenadine

Slice of Jalapeño pepper

 

– Jet Cannon