I can’t even begin to tell you what I’ve been up to for the last week, unless you want a dissertation on search engine optimization and proper AP style. Because that’s what I’ve been writing about. ALL WEEK.
Fascinating, I know!
Wade had lunch with his friend Miles the other day and somehow they started talking about red beer (beer with tomato juice in it, if you don’t know) which of course ended with both of them going back to their offices and Googling “red beer history.” Wade came home that night and said, “There’s nothing! We’re going to write the history of red beer! We’ll be making it up, but who’s going to know?”
I offered to make their explanation searchable for them. Because that is all I can think about.
There was also something in there about the invention of tomato juice — a bartender somewhere ran out of oranges so he squeezed some tomatoes instead and served those to his customers. And then that got us talking about the Bloody Mary, which is one of my favorite cocktails ever (because it’s like a salad in a glass!) and Wade declared that while he really liked the idea of the Bloody Mary he just couldn’t get past the tomato juice part.
And the kids fell all over themselves laughing about the name “Bloody Mary,” because hoo, that’s funny!
And then Henry said, “You know what would be a great name for a drink? The Nuclear Chicken!” And Wade said, “How about the Nuclear Chicken Gone Bad? It would have vodka, and Tabasco, and … Bailey’s!”
The Bailey’s is the “gone bad” part. Obviously.
Still taking pictures! Daily proof I’m not dead!
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I remember my dad ordering a Bloody Mary on a plane and my brother and I FALLING ABOUT LAUGHING because of the name. Like seriously, we laughed all the way from Hong Kong to England and that’s a 14 hour flight. I bet he probably ordered a beer from then on.
By Nothing But Bonfires on 01.14.10 3:30 pm | Permalink
I love that in all your pictures you are posing just like all the fashion mags say to- to pop to one side. I can never remember that. You are red carpet ready!
By elz on 01.14.10 6:05 pm | Permalink
In Canada, we (well not me but other people I know) drink the “red eye” which is red beer with an egg in it!!! I know, yum, right?
By Sharon on 01.14.10 6:47 pm | Permalink
Your family busts me up. Nuclear Chicken is truly inspired.
By Kim Yamaguchi on 01.14.10 8:05 pm | Permalink
Everyone is commenting on the drinks, but I love the shoes! Shocking? No, not really… I’m a bit of a shoe-aholic.
By Mama Bear on 01.15.10 10:03 am | Permalink
I’m so happy to finally hear the story of how the Nuclear Chicken Gone Bad idea came to be. This was keeping me up nights. Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but I WAS curious …
I’m so coming to visit you one of these days, and this post is exactly why.
By Kristen on 01.15.10 1:31 pm | Permalink
So glad you’re not dead! Good luck with that thingy you’re writing about, whatever it means.
By STL Mom on 01.16.10 12:13 pm | Permalink
I am sure Wade would love MY favorite cocktail, which is even better than a Bloody Mary….a CAESAR! (invented right here in Calgary, I’ll have ya’ll know). This is clamato juice and vodka, sooo good….also very good (especially for hangovers) is the beer and clamato combo, very delish. Thought I would share that with you
I like mine spicy, with tabasco, worcestershire sauce and rimmed with celery salt…toss in a stalk of celery or a pickled green bean, yummers! Do you guys drink caesars down there in Oklahoma??
By Tracey on 01.17.10 11:19 pm | Permalink
Moving from the midwest to the east, I have learned the easterns do not know what red beer is…. it was one of my favorite drinks. I use V-8 juice, beer of choice and some salt YUMMY
By Heidi on 01.18.10 1:06 pm | Permalink
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