Cocktails!
What sustained Weekend XII ... Guavaberry Boat Drink* Motto: "don't let the taste fool you; old man Guavaberry will punch you in the face!" 1 shot Metaxa 0.5 shot Guavaberry 4 shots OJ 0.5 shot grenadine Fill tall glasses with ice, pour drink in glasses, and add a celery leaf garnish -- Beth Hage * By popular acclamation (i.e most calls for more batches), winner of the Kulm Kocktail Kontest Canoe Sunburn Motto: "after 5 hours marooned in a canoe, you need a whole pitcher !" Fill blender with watermelon Pour malibu rum to a count of 5 (about 1/4 [...]
Twelve’s Top Tens
This year, we live blogged our Top Ten entries, or live-boarded them at least, thanks to Chris's flip chart. Add more and choose your favorites .... A) You can ferment almost anything (Mike. Noted most every year past, too.) B) I think I just prevented cancer for the rest of my life. (Chris, after burying his head into Mike’s giant bag of greens) C) Is this our pie? (Chris) Whose f***ing pie do you think it is? Do you think people just drive around Wisconsin dropping off pies? (Mike) Yes. (Chris) D) I should probably put the scissors down. (John) [...]
Slamming
The saddest entry in Weekend history, from Deb .... Lacking No poems. No Bill. No Brie. No Dickes. No Kurt No Me. Some boozing. Some gazing. Some tubing. Some grazing. But, No pretense. No plays. And, No me. _________________ Being Pickled: A sonnet toast to the grand opening of The Twisted Olive Supper Club The heedless space of a bulbous Chevy Encases them. Find a spot. They see the host. Two gimlets to start, drained clean as Evvie Lowers oil-basked meats. More drinks. They toast, Lost in cackles and haze and paneled murk And highballs; an extra plate for bones [...]
Weekend XII: Now with Shakespeare Free!
Thoughts, questions, concerns, comments, rants about Weekend XII? Most especially: Suggested movies for our Movie House night. We'll run a couple features in the lodge ballroom on Saturday night.
Weekend XI wrap-up: Games, smells, muddling, smoke and gas
Good Friends All! Weekend XI has been officially declared a success. Thanks to all for the laughs, great food, wondrous beverages (Deb's excepted, of course), and lots of grand memories .... And, as always, special shoutout to Weekender Johno for hosting our Website. Don't forget to check out and add to all the pictures, Top Tens and poems, and -- for the love of intoxicants -- make sure to post your Kulm Kocktail Kontest recipe. Weekender Abby also has an extensive and most enjoyable set of pix on her FB page and Snapfish. (If you're not a Snapfish member, just [...]
Eleven’s Top Ten
Please add more entries and vote on your favorites for Top Ten XI. (A) Shhhhh!(An especially snobby and bossy crane foundation visitor, with her advice to a Weekender contingent. From Elizabeth) (B) I will go to bed and cease to be your entertainment. (Chris in the center of the smoking rotunda, just after being awakened by the laughter that followed a sleep nod. From Elizabeth) (C) It's like looking at the dead popes. (Bryan and/or Mike, upon viewing the microbrewery in the basement through the floor windows of the Corner Pub/Bakery/Brewery. From Elizabeth) (D) A baby likes the beach that [...]
Poetry (?) XI
Please add your poems below or in the comments section, and vote on your favorite. Some Haikus Elizabeth: Nice! From Flor'da. Really likes us? We're Sally Field! Elizabethan Sonnet: What I planned to write. But then, uhk, nothing. Couplets, iambs, feet, Rhyme schemes. Hell, I'd rather climb Kilimanjaro -- YOS ______________ Remembrance and Reminder: A Post-End Note As the cow said to his mom, Thanks for the mammaries This ‘postend’ I am not up for poetizing, To meter muddle our happy dregs: Peels Triumphant, sand dragged home, gobs of Visine, games put back, new blender packed, cigar butts, wheels Of [...]
Kulm Kocktail Kontest recipes
We have yet another new tradition: The annual, traveling Kulm Kocktail Trophy ..... Congratulations to Weekender Chris, the Kulm Kup laureate! And many thanks to the Kulms for the trophy and concept. Let us now share with the world the wondrous depressant-based beverages that we served at Weekend XI. Please add your recipe here or in the Comments section below. _________________ Strawberry Basil Lemonade Cocktail (all measurements are guesstimates…) 2 shots Rum 3 large strawberries, cut up or pureed 3-5 basil leaves Lemonade Ice (I would recommend in your standard pint glass) Muddle rum, strawberries, and basil. Fill glass with [...]
The path to too much food
The Weekenders Mikotti have generously offered to captain our Friday and Saturday meals. Salmon and pesto salad before the play on Friday under Chef Mary Jo, and Mike's smoking extravaganza cookout on Saturday. Bringing up some desserts and snacking materials would be in order. (And rumor has it Deb Dicke may be providing for a special cheese course.)
Hither and Thither
The lodge is available to us from Friday afternoon till Sunday afternoon. Group travel options include (1) Heading up Thursday and finding a place nearby to stay, (2) Meet up in Glen Ellyn to caravan Friday morning, (3) Any other ideas?