Yesterday, Independence Day, we ate, drank and loafed all day. A group of us went out to breakfast at Cracker Barrel. We drank Dale's Pale Ale next to a friend's pool after that. Next, we came home and started cooking. I smoked some ribs, roasted some sweet peppers for a lovely assortment of appetizers that Lindz assembled, and made some mojitos. Among the many things we ate were artichokes:
Bryan made a fine, patriotic cheesecake, which we enjoyed with some Michigan Port:
It was a fine Fourth. Lindz, our guests and I strolled to our nearby lake to discover neighbors shooting off really cool, not exactly legal fireworks. I regret that I was too busy watching them, talking and drinking to run back to the house and get the camera.
It is truly a fine thing to be an American.
3 comments:
Dale's Pale Ale? who makes it? (well, Dale, obviously, but...)
And the Michigan Port? what winery? You like?
The beer, one of the finest beers to be found in cans (and thus able to be enjoyed poolside) is from here: http://www.oskarblues.com/brew/
The port is Catherman's Port from http://www.stjulian.com/HTML/stj_wines_dwines.php
Bryan and I stopped in there when we were in Frankenmuth with Mom.
Hats off to ya--you had an enviably beautiful day.
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