April 30, 2007
Most people keep their wine in the fridge to chill it, or if your more of a wine drinker, in special cooler which is really just a small fridge just for your wine. If you have a large cellar though, you can use this handy gadget to chill any bottle you pull out to just the right temperature for drinking.
This single bottle chiller comes with 33 presets for red and white wine, and champagne. An LCD on the front will tell you what temp the wine should be at, and what it's actually at, so you know when it ready. Also, the chiller will keep your wine at the constant temperature so it's always ready to drink.
You can find out where to buy one of these over at the list HERE at Productdose.
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April 30, 2007
This is basically a gin martini with some flavored brandy to spice it up a little. If you like cherry tasting drinks though, this would be a good one next happy hour.
Ingredients: 3/4 oz dry gin, 3/4 oz wild cherry brandy, 3/4 oz French vermouth.
Directions: In a mixing glass, stir well with cracked ice and strain into 3 ounce martini glass.
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April 30, 2007
Bic shavers is having a contest in which the grand prize is a Hi-Def Home Theater, money to get it all hooked up, and they'll even give you some cash for your cable bill. The catch is that you have to go to the BICFlixxx website, and watch the videos (read commercials) that they have. For each one you watch, you get an entry into the contest, and bonus entries if you tell them your friend's email address, just in case they want to enter.
The Grand Prize winner receives a Hi-Definition Home Theater Package valued at $8,000, $1,000 cash for winner to utilize towards installation of prize and $1,000 cash towards their cable service.The Home Theater package is a 40" Sony BRAVIA HDTV, a 60GB Playstation 3, a Sony Dream System Home Theater, The Cinema Collection 4-Seat Leather Home Theater Seating, and a One Year Subscription to Netflix.
The contest ends on May 15, 2007 so head on over to the site HERE to enter.
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April 30, 2007
The new AMG version of the CL65 will have the same 6.0L V12 twin turbo engine found in S65 AMG sedan that give it 604 hp and 738 pound-feet of torque, and get you from zero to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. The rest of the upgrades to the car are all in the looks.
The AMG has a "Alubeam" liquid metal paint job that contains special pigment particles that cause the paint to “gleam like liquid metal”, 20-inch wheels, a faux suede headliner and two-tone diamond patterned napa leather, and a Command Center that has the usual gadgets, plus a race timer. To top it all off, this is currently listed as a limited edition model, and reports are that only a total of 40 will be made to represent the 40th anniversary of AMG.
You can read a lot more details about the car HERE.
(via Luxist)
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April 27, 2007
It's getting warm out, and if your friends are anything like mine, invites to deck parties are starting to circulate. Today's drink, from Mixed-Drink, is set up to serve 20 people, 10 drinkers, or 5 lushes. Regardless of the number drinking, you can mix this before hand, show up, and be good for the evening. Though I have NO idea why you would need to put egg whites in this.
Ingredients: 1 750-ml. bottle of Rum, 1 750-ml. bottle of Champagne, 1/2 cup Curacao, 1 cup Lemon Juice, 3/4 cup Orange Juice, 1 tsp. Grenadine, Whites of a dozen eggs, Orange Peels.
Directions: Mix ingredietns into a chilled punch bowl with a block of ice and add egg whites before serving. Garnish with orange peels.
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April 27, 2007
Portfolio.com as a great article on how to build an exotic sports car for a fraction of the price. From the article:
Lee Noble’s company is one of more than a dozen specialty carmakers in the U.K., which exempts low-volume carmakers from compliance with some of the tests required of high-volume manufacturers. That’s allowed Noble to spend the past 20 years handcrafting some of the fastest, most audacious, and best-handling vehicles in the world. His cars are worshipped by auto lovers, and only several dozen of them are sold each year.
The only way to get your own Noble in the U.S. is to buy the rolling chassis of one of the most popular models, an M400, for $66,900. That’s less than the price of the finished car in the U.K., but then you do need to do a bit more work before you can drive it. The chassis has suspension, brakes, wheels, and tires, and it’s assembled, painted, and outfitted with a full interior. You could call it a car minus the engine and transmission, but that wouldn’t please the Feds, who officially view it as parts.
Next, you need to assemble your Noble.
You'll of course have to do the majority of the work yourself, or hire a mechanic, but the rest of the article explains how you buy the rest of your car, and get it all put together. You can read the whole article HERE at Portfolio.
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April 27, 2007
Ebay currently has a 1999 Neoteric Deluxe Hovercraft up for auction. The craft is listed as in great condition, and comes with all the bells and whistles, including four passenger seating, and reverse. Speeds for the craft are estimated are Calm Water - 45 mph, Firm snow - 30-45 mph, Smooth Ice - 40-50 mph, land (short grass) - 30-40 mph, and mudflat beach 30-45 mph.
The craft is in Fremont, Nebraska, so if you're the winning bidder, you're going to have to figure out how to get it home. The starting bid is $5,000, has about 1 day left, and no one has bid on it yet.
You can read more about the craft, and of course bid on it, over at Ebay HERE.
(via random-good-stuff)
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April 26, 2007
Well, another week, and another group of women awaiting your vote.
You can head on over to the site HERE to see the new group of girls.
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April 26, 2007
Not sure why this is listed as a 1940s drink, but we'll go with it. This rather simple drink was found at Cocktail.com.
Ingredients: 2 oz rum, 2 oz carbonated water, 1/2 tsp powdered sugar.
Directions: In a 12 ounce Tom Collins glass combine powdered sugar and 2 oz carbonated water. Stir. Fill glass with cracked ice and add rum. Top with carbonated water or ginger ale. Insert spiral of orange or lemon (or both) and dangle end over rim of glass.
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April 26, 2007
Zacapa was the first place winner in the premium rums category in the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 International Rum Festival Competition. In 2003 it was honored by the International Rum Festival as the first rum ever to be inducted into its Hall of Fame, with the highest Rum score from the Beverage Testing Institute 98 points.
Zacapa rum is produced in a small town in Guatemala called Zacapaneca. The rum is distilled and then placed in American oak barrels where it is aged 23 years before it's bottled.
You can learn a little moreover at the Polished Palate HERE, and buy some at Planet Rum HERE.
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