Jet Cannon

Mountain Glassware

Looking for a peak experience? Try enjoying your favorite beverage in a glass that includes a mountain peak. They are definitely a crowd pleaser. My brother bestowed the Mt. Rainier version on me and it’s one of my favorite go-to glasses. See huckberry.com or thegreenhead.com among others online. Northdrinkware.com donates a percentage of sales to non-profits that work to protect mountains or their surrounding communities.

Your favorite peaks including the Matterhorn, Everest, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Hood, and Mt. Washington are available from various companies. Decanters, in some cases, too.

Drink up! Higher!

– Jet Cannon

Green Tea – Jolly Good

Caffeine, Fitness, Food and Drink / By Jet Cannon

You may have heard that green tea has positive health benefits. According to WebMD, the catechins in the tea are antioxidants that fight cell damage. Blood flow may be increased, cholesterol may get lowered, and high blood pressure may be reduced. It may improve memory and possibly reduce the plaques linked to Alzheimers. No guarantees but introducing tea time to your day may do more than just provide a time to relax with a cuppa.

– Jet Cannon

V8 Before It’s Too Late

2 Comments / Good Clean Fun / By Jet Cannon

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

Boomeritis

1 Comment / Endorphins, Fitness / By Jet Cannon

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

National Margarita Day – Monday, February 22

Food and Drink, Recipes / By Jet Cannon

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

Bacon & Egg Bloody

Food and Drink, Recipes / By Jet Cannon

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

Steel Panther – Rock and Roll For Challenged Boomers Like Me

1 Comment / Endorphins, Music / By Jet Cannon

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

National Drink Wine Day – February 18

Food and Drink / By Jet Cannon

Is that an order? Well, okay!!

Jet Cannon

Virus Vodka

Food and Drink, Recipes / By Jet Cannon

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

Happy Fat Tuesday!

Food and Drink, Good Clean Fun, Recipes, Travel / By Jet Cannon

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