You come visit me in Wisconsin, honey. I'll get you some nice New Glarus Apple Beer. You'll feel like you're drinking a good cold apple cider.
When I moved from England back to Canada with the kids for 2 years my then-6-year-old daughter was mortified to be offered some apple cider by a friend's mother. Cider here in the westcountry is, shall we say, just a wee bit fermented.The "scumble" Terry Pratchett mentions in the Discworld books is a take on scrumpy (a type/brand of local cider), which can, in Pratchett's words, lead to happy brain death. I love the stuff, but can only handle one pint at a time at most.
This is also an excellent place to be for real ales. I can't drink any mainstream beers because they're so, so awful compared to a proper real ale, especially straight from the keg. I'm afraid I've been spoiled!
Come to the (formerly) Great State of Wisconsin, and try something from New Glarus. Perhaps a Totally Naked, a Fat Squirrel, or my favorite, Spotted Cow. You'll think differently about American beers."Crafts"? Like.. macrame?
It was a gorgeous spring day here today, so I went on a nice long walk through Ottawa. Here's a couple random low-quality cell phone pictures, one of Chinatown, and one of the downtown skyline.
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Nice. I love seeing images of other states/country's versions of "Chinatown."
I'm sorry about you cat, Kira.
I love the cross-stich! This is on my knitting to-do list:
http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/extermaknit.html
So K, with all the henna tats you are doing.....are you getting close to having a permanent tat done?
That brings back memories. When I was a child we had those airbrush tattoes. You could have thunderbolts, butterflies. All kinds of stuff. Of course as long as you can keep blowing air out, I learned the hard way to take a breathing break.
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