Travelling For The Holidays

I expected the worst when booking my Christmas holiday flight this year. I haven't had great luck with air travel lately-- my last 1.5 hour flight was delayed by about 3 hours with no explanation. I figured the airport would be a zoo and it was, hundreds of grumbling people squashed into the terminal along with their luggage, smells, body heat, and germs. Mercifully, our flight was less than an hour late and we were beside ourselves with joy.

Think about that. A flight for which you paid a bunch of money and rushed to the airport to catch is "only" an hour late and you feel grateful for this.

Colt 45 Malt Liquor

Make no mistake, Colt 45 malt liquor sucks, but true to the blog it sucks less than expected. Colt 45 redeems itself from its dubious appearance by tasting of, well, not much really. I was afraid it would taste something like licking the floor of a bus after the evening commute, but mostly it tastes like heavily carbonated water with a few drops of artificial beer flavoring. Could be worse. Leaves a subtle aftertaste of mediocrity.

Makoto Ginger Dressing

I've always loved the ginger salad dressing often found at various Japanese restaurants. Found a recipe to replicate it but it's a lot of ingredients and a lot of work, it's just easier to buy it. I've looked high and low in fancy grocery stores and Asian markets for a dressing like it, but nothing even came close. Then I had dinner at a friend's house and they had the dressing that tastes just like what you'd find at Benihana. Behold, the Makoto Ginger Dressing *gong sound* *koto sound*



I've found it locally at Von's in the produce section. And it is good.