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Let's Get Blitzen Cocktail Advent Calendar, Day 5: Tomatini

Imagine a drink that starts off as a Ceasar, then moves into a Martini, and then ends in a delicious garden salad. Yes it's bizarre, but makes for a great apéritif 😀

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Let's Get Blitzen Cocktail Advent Calendar, Day 4: Carribean Carol

Today's drink is a great balance between tropical tastes and local comfort. Christmas to me means winter and cold. But I also have to remember that a lot of people celebrate in warm weather!

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I read the book in French and I loved it! I'm also not a big reader, so that says a lot haha.

A pair of dark drinks in coupes with coffee beans on and in them.

Let's Get Blitzen Cocktail Advent Calendar, Day 3: Yuletide Brew

This drink had a nice kick in terms of taste, and I'm sure it will keep me up tonight! 😀

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That McDonald's was legendary. Going in there, especially after midnight, was kind of asking for trouble.

The worst I witnessed was a group of people being carried out by security and thrown on the street, with the door being locked behind them. They then tried to break the windows. 😮

There are billionaires cheating the tax systems and making profit from public projects and subsidies. So I really don't care about a minority of people cheating the system if it means helping those truly in need.

This reminds me of the Carlingwood Mall in Ottawa where their slogan was pretty much "Plenty of Parking." They kept repeating that phrase in their commercials. I actually wrote to them that they should mention the OC Transpo routes that serve it, such as the frequent 85. 😁

A few bar glasses, one with "M", and the other with "K." They are holding a drink that looks golden with one large ice cube, each with an orange peel.

Let's Get Blitzen Cocktail Advent Calendar, Day 2: Domino Effect Negroni

After one hell of a "Domino Effect" kind of day, this drink was nice. The mezcal, Campari, and Amaro Nonino all seemed to compete for flavours but in a nice way!

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Another person who is totally out of touch with REAL problems. 🙄

Other than that, the most common offences that I would see every single day, whether on bike or foot, are drivers stopping in a crosswalk instead of the stop line.

The most dangerous ones, which is accidental, are right hooks. Near misses may happen once a month. In the 5 years I've been doing this, I actually slammed into a car.

And one time I had the ROW going straight, but an opp left turning car plowed through nearly hitting me and crossing pedestrians.

When there is no snow, I do 62 km r/t between Kanata & St-Laurent. I can't give you statistics, but I may start if I have a reason to record them.

Most offences I see are not stopping at reds before turning right or stop signs. Probably once per week.

A pair of drinks in martini glasses. They are topped with foam and drops of orange on top. There are pages below with a variety of dice used in Dungeons and Dragons.

Let's Get Blitzen Cocktail Advent Calendar, Day 1: Snowfall Sour

We're off to a great start this year with this festive and playful drink that I enjoyed at my bi-weekly D&D session tonight. 😀

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No joke, j'ai entendu cette chanson la première fois cette année hier. Je pense que je suis dans la minorité qui l'adore. J'étais dans un café à Montréal et la nostalgie m'est rendu un peu emotionel. 😅

Well that's sus. How do I really know if you're wearing sunglasses or not? 🤔🙃

I pretty much only listen to CBC. I'd love to see them in this chart. I think they'd be right at the top, maybe left leaning. They have a reputation in Canada for being "liberal propaganda." But I think that's what people who don't listen to it think.

One thing that's interesting is that this is a pyramid. The more an agency leans left or right, the less reliable or accurate they are. So when certain politicians think that "mainstream media" are all leftists or whatever, they're just stating facts!

Unless this sign is designed to fall on speeding cars, I'm not interested. 😤

As a Canadian, I am also annoyed. Especially when we have the nicer one in October. 😀

I've been doing this on my ebike lately, and it's sooooo satisfying!

When I take the bus/lrt from Kanata to St-Laurent for work, I don't get that same level of satisfaction because the bus gets stuck in with the cars on the Kichi Zībī Mīkan. 😑

Alberta and the feds reeps the rewards while BC takes the risks. I wonder what's wrong with this arrangement? 🤔

Last week, I was quite excited about a screening of this queer hockey movie. But I then found out it starts at 9. Yes, starts at! And it was all the way downtown. They would have to drag my sleepy ass out of there when the movie's over!

To paraphrase a friend describing dating apps: "I want to know your personality, goals, ambitions, and I at least want to know if you have a head!"

Good. There's nothing more annoying than when I'm walking on a trail, and I hear "eeeeeeeeeeeeee." I wish the National Capital Comission in Ottawa were just as hard on this.

"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:

I definitely relate to salad lady there.

Top? Bottom? No. Salad!

My husband is the kindest, most polite, and most patient person who is always charming to front-line workers. That's why I always let him do the talking. I get my mother's impatience, which is why I'm quiet. 😁

Our recent problem with Marriott, he was able to get us an early check-in!

I drive my husband nuts when I either play Banjo-Kazooie or make weird noises to myself. I'd definitely have to try this double-whamy! 😀

This is totally incel behaviour. Seriously. It's bizarre and kind of a self-righteous attitude.

I kind of so that tbh, but also I don't really expect people to engage with me for that reason. 🤷‍♂️

My husband took in one of our neighbours' delivered packages, and they just showed up at our door to retrieve it. They gave us a can of maple syrup as a gift for keeping it safe.

How Canadian is that? 🇨🇦 🍁