Leslie Zemeckis's Blog - Posts Tagged "adventure"
Winter of the World
Book two in the trilogy series by master author Ken Follett. A monster of a book (I liked part one better)I was engaged and then I wasn't. Where I cannot fault his writing and storytelling some parts absolutely riveting and surprising (I hate when bad things happen to main characters - and I LOVE it.) but a lot of it was dull information about Soviets and nuclear bombs - and politics - necessary but the most boring parts. I could only recommend this hefty doorstop if one really wanted to settle into a book for quite sometime.
If so pour the following Freedom Martini:
3 cups good cold gin
1/2 c. vermouth
3 T. lemon, throw in a little zest for fun
shake with ice, pour and hope you make it past the Nazi torture bits in one piece.
If so pour the following Freedom Martini:
3 cups good cold gin
1/2 c. vermouth
3 T. lemon, throw in a little zest for fun
shake with ice, pour and hope you make it past the Nazi torture bits in one piece.
The Inventor and the Tycoon
First pour yourself a San Francisco cocktail before slipping into this delectable history on the birth of movies.
1 oz gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz dry vermouth
dash of bitters
dash of cherry juice
garnish with a cherry and pour into a martini glass
Edward Ball makes a convincing case for photographer Eadweard Muybridge(just one of his many alias) as the inventor of the moving picture. A first class photographer recluse, odd ball and first class shit, Muybridge shoots his wife's lover dead. This being the frontier days the jury - of men - sympathized with the photographer and found him to be not guilty. Sponsored by tycoon Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon and first class shit the two forge a strange friendship. Stanford finances Muybridges experiments with moving pictures. Well written and interesting, I knew nothing of either man. Parts bog down, but ultimately very readable. Enjoy
1 oz gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz dry vermouth
dash of bitters
dash of cherry juice
garnish with a cherry and pour into a martini glass
Edward Ball makes a convincing case for photographer Eadweard Muybridge(just one of his many alias) as the inventor of the moving picture. A first class photographer recluse, odd ball and first class shit, Muybridge shoots his wife's lover dead. This being the frontier days the jury - of men - sympathized with the photographer and found him to be not guilty. Sponsored by tycoon Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon and first class shit the two forge a strange friendship. Stanford finances Muybridges experiments with moving pictures. Well written and interesting, I knew nothing of either man. Parts bog down, but ultimately very readable. Enjoy
