August ended giving us a spectacular “blue moon” which of course wasn’t blue at all just the 3rd full moon of the month and also close to earth. A photographers delight.
September is supposed to be a very wet month, but not this year. We are very short on rainfall. We have only a half dozen nights of rain fall and not even all night long rains. It is raining as I write this, one of the few day time rains I have experienced and it definatly cools everything down a few welcome degrees.
Zihuatanejo is all dressed up in her new finery. Town looks great, very festive.
September 16 is Dia de La Independencia. It is celebrated by displaying the National colors of red white an green of the flag, dressing in similar colors and shouting “viva” at midnight. Zihuatanejo has a parade, which I heard but didn’t watch and it it the only month where you can get “chiles in nogada”. I wish I had taken pictures of the dish that was served at the fiesta at La Kalle that night but I guess I was more interested in eating it that photography. It’s a beautiful dish composed of a stuffed poblano Chile smothered in a white walnut sauce sprinkled with pomegranate seeds and chopped walnuts garnished with mint leaves. Lovely presentation. It was a lovely fiesta.
I’m headed to Cancun Friday for my youngest sons wedding. So glad he has found happiness with Nancy. His last couple of years have been tough ones but now he has a sole mate. So a wedding, a bit of a family reunion and 5 days of fun are ahead.
I’m a list maker. I have talked about my list of a hundred books that I am working my way through. Well for the Cancun trip I have a new list. I have entitled this list “ Drinks that I have wondered about but didn’t try because I didn’t want to pay for something I might not like”. Or worse having someone else pay and then not drink it. So with this being and all inclusive I thought it the perfect time. Some of these are drinks I have read about, or old standards that have lost fashionability. So here is my list.
DRINKS THAT I HAVE WONDERED ABOUT BUY WAS TOO CHEAP TO TRY
Harvey’s Bristol Cream
Manhattan
Old Fashion
Whiskey Sour
Sidecar
BlackRussian
Pims Cup
Singapore Sling
Dirty Martini
Rob Roy
Chichi
Champagne Cocktail
Dads Counsel
I plan to take notes and will report my opinions. Signing off KO
Zihuatanejo 