We’re verging onto a very important 4-day weekend here in the land of the big red bridge. The July 4th 4-day weekend, to put a finer point on it. This weekend isn’t held dear to me by any smidge of patriotism, or because I’m a pyrotechnics nut, no.. It’s sacred because it’s my girl’s birthday weekend!

Yes, she, just like Tom Cruise’s parapliegic war hero, was born on the 4th of July. ..and there was much rejoicing.

To commemorate the distinct summeriness of the weather, 4 impending days of glittering freedom and the birth of one of my very favorite bipeds, I thought I’d christen the bottle of Flor De Cana (s’cuse the accent) rum we picked up for a song at Duty Free on the way home from vacation in Costa Rica. Below is an unfussy and very thirst-quenching little number:
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