A discussion of the fine art of Adventure, and how to live in an Adventurous Manner, by several Gentlemen who know a (very) little bit about the subject.
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A discussion of the food and drink that fuel our adventures, and occasionally constitute them.
I’ve often found that Adventure is where you find it. The LGA proved that in spades a few weekends ago when we went in search of a tiki-related event ostensibly taking place in a part of San Diego called Shelter Island. Shelter Island is a man-made peninsula consisting largely of hotels, piers and seafood restaurants. Although we didn’t know much about this tiki-centric celebration beyond its rumored existence, with Shelter Island measuring just over half-a-square-mile in area, we were confident (overconfident as we would find out) of our ability to find it.
I stumbled on this excellent video of one of America’s greatest bartenders, Dale DeGroff (aka, King Cocktail). Towards the middle of the video, he offers the same advice that our gent Lee gave during one of our “Drinking” podcasts. Trust your bartender, and try the stuff you think you don’t like. Also, check out that technique with the cocktail shaker…
Now that President Obama has had his beer with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, and James Crowley, the police officer who arrested Gates, I think it’s high time I, as a member in good standing of the League of Gentlemen Adventurers, offered some wild conjecture and totally unfounded analysis of their beverage choices.
The media have given no small amount of coverage to the respective brews in which the president and his guests will partake. For Gates, it will be a Red Stripe. For Crowley, a Blue Moon. Obama will have… I can barely bring myself to type these words — a Bud Light. Why did the pick these beers?
This design was suggested to me by Gentlemen Jesse and Lee. During their travels abroad, they discovered a sign featuring the staff with a snake intertwining it that symbolizes medicine or pharmacies (the Rod of Asclepius, although the Caduceus is also occasionally used) and both mistook the staff for a martini glass. Read into that what you will, but both agreed that the healing powers of the martini surely exceed anything available over the counter.
As regular listeners and/or readers have no doubt noticed, the League strongly supports drinking with both leisurely and adventurous activities. With that, I now present what we here at the LGA have deemed, “The Hippocratini”. The symbol of approval for drinking as the cause of, and solution to, many of life’s problems.
In this second discussion on the subject of drinking, the Gents explore the intricacies and minutiae of the consumption and enjoyment of alcoholic beverages.
On the Agenda:
Opening Toast, by Mr. Gregory Bass, (or equivalent)
Open Discussion on the subject of “Drinking”
Advice from a Gentleman: Mr. Bass advises on the subject of escape plans
A Gent Recommends: Mr. Lee Dunteman has some advice on the subject of mixers
