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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe day I've looked forward to all summer is here.
It's cold, gray, and rainy outside. And I'm sitting by the window in bathrobe and pajamas, nice and warm, enjoying not being out in it. This is the icing on the vacation cake. Nothing to do, no place to go. Just relaxing.
leftieNanner
(15,267 posts)I'm loving this wet weather.
Cheers! With a cup of hot tea.
Aristus
(66,820 posts)With some Irish Cream.
And creme de cacao.
And Kahlua.
And Frangelico.
Hey! I'm on vacation!...
Different Drummer
(7,796 posts)Aristus
(66,820 posts)MFM008
(19,863 posts)For me.....🥂🍻☕☕☕
DFW
(54,875 posts)Yes, I get to hang in Cape Cod every summer, but now that's done until next July.
Nittersing
(6,458 posts)Grew up in the NE where rainy days and thunderstorms were common.
Moved to Colorado... not so much. (Except for this spring which was WONderful!)
Aristus
(66,820 posts)Climate change is ruining some of that, and giving us unbearably hot summers. But now, Autumn has returned, and it is sublime...
ailsagirl
(22,996 posts)I love the rain and wish we in California had more. (Except, of course, not like last year.)
Enjoy
Aristus
(66,820 posts)I grew up a free-range child living in warm climates like Texas and Arizona. I hated it when rain prevented me from going outside and staying there all day.
Now that I'm an adult whose down-time (like every other working adult) is at a premium, any time I can relax at home, warm, cozy, and comfortable is time spent living my best life.
Sky Jewels
(7,312 posts)this summer. Luckily we got one good long soaking rain in late August that helped us on the homestretch to fall. Now we're back to cooler days and rain and I couldn't be happier. I realized early on in my life that I was not a fan of hot, brown, dry, dusty, semi-desert climates like what I encountered when we moved to California from the Midwest when I was a kid. I've lived on the East Coast and in the mountain west, but give me the Pacific NW and all the rain, cold ocean, big trees, greenery, moss, rivers, lakes, and snowy mountains in the distance that are nice to look at but you don't have to live in and deal with all that a high-altitude climate entails. Okay, sorry, I just started rambling away there...
Aristus
(66,820 posts)MontanaMama
(23,424 posts)I love a good rainy day at home. I left Vancouver, WA this morning and it was pouring rain. Been raining on and off the whole way back to MT. I wouldnt mind if it was socked in when I get home.
Aristus
(66,820 posts)Happy to be home?
MontanaMama
(23,424 posts)SO happy to be home. Thank you.
Aristus
(66,820 posts)Just hanging out again today.
iluvtennis
(20,033 posts)Aristus
(66,820 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,200 posts)Aristus
(66,820 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,200 posts)niyad
(114,907 posts)Aristus
(66,820 posts)So its more for special occasions.
Oh! I forgot. And a dash of peppermint schnapps.
niyad
(114,907 posts)Aristus
(66,820 posts)If I get any more liqueurs in there, there won't be any chocolate at all.
Not saying that's a deal-breaker...
niyad
(114,907 posts)If you run out of peppermint schnapps ( I did once, it was dreadful!!), you can always substitute Vandermint chocolate mint liqueur, in the cute Delftware bottles.
Aristus
(66,820 posts)I've got a small bottle of it in the fridge. Don't use it very much. I got it as part of a cocktail gift basket once. Even my 1,000-cocktail bar book doesn't mention chocolate bitters or what mixed drinks you can put it in. But that just encourages me to be adventurous.
niyad
(114,907 posts)found the three drinkers website, with five chocolate bitters reccipes, and that was just the first one! And they sound fascinating. Will keep looking.
niyad
(114,907 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 27, 2023, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)
all sorts of chocolate bitters recipes. By the way, Angustora cocoa bitters has a 30-page download file of cocktail and cooking recipes. I just downloaded! yummmmm
Aristus
(66,820 posts)If you give them a chance, too, let me know your impressions. We can compare notes.
niyad
(114,907 posts)spirits store, for the chocolate bitters, and the Luxardo cherries, and possibly some B and B. Did you know that there are chocolate bourbons?
Yum!
Now Ill have to go look for a bottle
rurallib
(62,579 posts)I can breathe. The allergens get tamped down. Being able to breathe is a great feeling.
Skittles
(153,900 posts)alas, I usually don't get to experience that until well into October
3catwoman3
(24,331 posts)
attired in freshly pressed, imported cotton pajamas and a silk paisley bathrobe.
And, Ive said for years that doing nothing is doing something.
Aristus
(66,820 posts)A Robert Barraket tee-shirt, Old Navy pajama bottoms, and the bathrobe is Polo by Ralph Lauren.
But thank you for imagining me with taste and refinement.