Happy 2010 Friends. Jess and I dubbed it the best year of our life…….that took 31 years and 14 
seconds. So off to a good start I suppose. Ended the 9er with a nice little Trigon Reunion and started 10 with the Frey and about 30 glasses of Mulled Wine. Alas I Digress > Regress, I have been presented a drink recipe from a dear friend, The Urban Iccarus. He represents the DC Divisional Food and Beverage Rep for Trigon World Wide So here alas we start the best year of my / our lives with a drink. Kick back, get ready for a smooth silky drink and let the Captain take over (i.e. f$#k captain Morgans, sorry but he and i had it out a few years back). Also, special thanks for the food channel for blowing my mind about 2 seconds before i put you in the mental folder with The Hallmark Channel, Oxygen, TMC, etc, etc. So without ado, welcome 2010 with a smooth silky throat smile known as the: Captain Handsome:
Ingredients 
- 1 1/2 ounce Gin
- 1/2 ounce creme de violette
- 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1/4 ounce limoncello
- Absinthe, for the glass
- Splash of chilled seltzer
- Brandied cherry (sold in jars at gourmet stores), for garnish
Directions
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add the gin, creme de violette, lime juice and limoncello and shake well. Rinse the inside of a cocktail glass with absinthe. Strain the drink into the glass, add the seltzer and garnish with a brandied cherry. -Photograph by Jonathan Kantor
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/captain-handsome-recipe/index.html
Post Script: Shout out to my boy Ewing. Met Ewing on the 102nd floor of 30 Rock the day of my 31st phish show (12/3/09). I told him a story about Jordan dunking and putting his nuts in Ewing’s face while doing so. He said it musa been nasty…..then realized the Ewing reference played poorly toward his family name. Setting: Top of the Rock…….West Side. Jersey Side. I asked Ewing why no one ever looked at the Jersey view from the Rock. He said this was the first picture he has ever taken with anybody on the Jersey Side. History…….
Go Strong into 2010 my friends. 
