Commercial Awesomeness

New favorite commercial.

Ooohh, just found another one, too.

These guys are awesome.

Tafia In The Making

My bayou rum is quickly vanishing...

Wow hey! Bayou rum is new... 2013 new!

The History of Rum Making in Louisiana

• 1751 Early Jesuits growing cane and using for making tafia (French word for rum prior to British naming in Caribbean)
• 1764 French Chevalier sends spoils of the harvest to France including 18 hogsheads of tafia (rum)
• 1770 Manual Solis relocates to Louisiana from Santo Dominque in Hispaniola bringing distillery equipment
• 1770 Etienne de Bore’s father hires “sugar and rum making” expert to help him
• 1795 Etienne de Bore crystallizes sugar and has distillery room added to main house for rum making
• Early 1800s Sugar Houses install distillery equipment to make rum
• 1861 to 1865 Union Soldiers confiscate Louisiana rum and destroy stills during war
• 1898 advertising of distilling equipment and articles written to attract sugar mill owners – no takers
• 1919 Prohibition shuts off any official rum making and forces any “activity” underground – no written history
• 1930 Great depression and LA sugar industry in world competitive market keeps pricing low requires focus and specialization to survive – no funds or expertise for speculating in rum market
• 2011 Louisiana Spirits vows to make a world class rum from Louisiana sugarcane and begins construction of a new purpose-built distillery
• 2013 Bayou Rum is announced and the anticipation begins…

(Taken from Bayou Rum.com)

By the way... "tafia" is considered to be "cheap rum." So why did a common 750mL bottle cost me double what I usually pay?

The taste is definitely different. I can tell the difference between the aged and the new with the sugar cane.

 

Not to sound holier-than-thou, because I've made my share of mistakes, but some people don't get it. Sometimes you just want to say "wow, again? Cause you did such a bang-up job the first go-around."

Post-Vacation Post

Back from my vacation. It went well, mostly. Loved taking my child to the beach for the first time. So did he, he was devastated when we finally left. The grocery stores there carry more than the ones here do. One had an olive bar that included sun-dried tomatoes and pickled garlic cloves. And fresh-made sushi and seaweed salad... so good.

Got some Bayou rum on the way there and some craft beer from the area we stayed.

Saw family graves and learned family history... some of which is a little disturbing... Won't go into detail here.

On our way back, we splurged a bit a got a hotel with an indoor pool, for my kid to play in. Upon entering our room, he had to turn on all the lights. Then he & my mom went to the pool. I take care of some of our stuff, order our food, and turn on the tv. Find the original Halloween movie, immediately turn back off all the lights and settle in. 'Cause you can't not watch that movie in the dark. Classic.

But now I'm home. Got home around 4p last night, worked today, and am still getting thing cleaned and put away. We brought back much more than we took. (We arrived at my grandmother's and within 3 hours we needed a U-Haul to get back home.)

Good company, good food, good pics, good memories. Good trip.

Getting Things Done

As my trip out of state draws near, my husband and I have been struggling to find some... alone time. Unsuccessful in our ventures. Tonight, however, I was told to pick him up from work at the usual time, since he had no one show for the night's event. So I go. Wait. Text. Get told oops... the event is on after all.

So I go home. Clean a bit, get a glass of beer. Then put on my favorite song and, well, revenge is best served... hmm, alone?

Must say, the combination of fave song, and time since the last one, made it... well...

Finding Album Artwork...

At work, there is major construction going on. There's a big tower crane that I see several times a day. And many of those times, I hear Guy Garvey singing "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver" in my head. One of his songs that he just lets loose and gives it all he has. I love it. That's when he's at his best.

Just found some artwork that is related to their Seldom Seen Kid album, by the same artist that did the cover, Oli East...

I kinda like this too...

Go Ahead. Investigate.

Bad week. For many reasons. One thing after another. But things are getting resolved.

However, this was very much my reaction to being told something at one point this week:

Anyway.

Rob Zombie has recently covered Grand Funk Railroad's song "We're An American Band." It's played rather requently on the local rock station. It's alright... Definitely not my "Rocky Mountain Way" cover by Godsmack. Or the "Burnin Down The House" cover by The Used. (Which is a far second to RMW.)

Wrap-Ups and Preparations

Must now add Badfinger to my music collection. Must must must. Their song "Baby Blue" has been immortalized. Very, very good choice for the last moments of the Breaking Bad series finale. Outstanding.

Also need to start making up a playlist for my 14 hour road trip coming up in 11 or 12 days. Hehe.

Mmm rum.

Badfinger acquired!

"Baby Blue" has that rhythm I absolutely love. The one I've mentioned before, which includes Of Monsters and Men's song "Your Bones" and "Don't Worry Baby" by the Beach Boys and Amy Winehouse's "Back In Black."

Still loving the new Arctic Monkeys album. I think it'd be one I'd listen to every night, if I were still on the evening shift.

Feelin' good tonight. Got my rum, music, Elbow cube shirt on, a gift certificate for a 1 hour Swedish massage, a road trip coming up... Perhaps a bit reluctant to end it by going to bed.

So, I have three thoughts on Breaking Bad.
1) Mike Ehrmantraut was my favorite character, definitely.
2) Bryan Cranston plays "at death's doorstep" phenomenally.
3) Watching scenes between Walt and his baby daughter Holly in the last few episodes was heart wrenching. He obviously loved her with everything he had, despite his choice of lifestyle.

Fourteen hour playlist creation has commenced.