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?
Drinking and Playing
Best Cocktail Contest Beth Hage has come up with perhaps the greatest Weekend idea ever -- Best Cocktail Contest. The lodge has blenders and all kinds of equipment. Just bring up your creativity, mixers and booze. Winner receives the Kulm Kocktail Award. Game Night Saturday night will be our Retro Game Tournament -- including, of course, Twister. Every Weekender is kindly requested to provide for one game that will demonstrate our collective lack of agility, thinking and dignity.
Made to be Broken
Like previous Weekends, we have a carefully considered a complex itinerary and schedule, which, it is to be expected, will be violated before we even start. As follows: Friday, 26th Dinner and drinks at the Lodge starting mid-afternoon Blah blah Shakespeare blah. Play starts 8pm Vote on Malvolian of the Year and Top Ten from Weekend X. Ballots will be provided. (Email me or post any late entries.) Cocktail Contest Part One Saturday Daytime beach and boating fun at Governor Dodge State Park Cocktail Contest 2.0 back at the lodge Smokin Mikottin dinner extravaganza Gown of Humility contest (Dicke) Retro [...]