Sylvia's Scenario

I realized last weekend when we had Bruce's Mai Tai recipe that I've never posted it on my blog.  After 5 years of blogging, I have almost all my favorite recipes posted.  This is by far the best Mai Tai recipe you'll ever need.  It is from a bartender at one our favorite Hawaiian hangouts back in the 80's called Tom Bombadil, a pizza joint in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.  Their Mai Tai's were killer!  Over the years, someone in Bruce's family got the recipe.  His family went to Kailua-Kona regularly because his parents had a condo there.  His parents finally sold it 2005 after many decades of enjoying this spot in paradise. Tom Bombadil was replaced with another restaurant long ago but their Mai Tai recipe lives on.  You need a lot of ingredients for this recipe. It's like a special occasion drink and takes some thought to make one. Thank goodness you can only drink one of these since they have 5 different types of alcohol in them.  Y...

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, this day is for you.  I am remembering my mom on this day, although it isn't just one day a year I think about her.  She passed away in 2009 so I like to always dedicate my Mother's Day post to her.  We had many good times together since we liked a lot of the same things. (except sewing which I could never do very well and she could sew anything.)  She liked the simple things like going out for coffee or the not-so-simple-things like going out for high tea. She only lived a couple blocks from this hotel which was known for it's high tea so we had to try it out after she moved there, of course.   But most the time we would just go out for coffee or something simple.  She just liked being around her family and it didn't really matter what we did. We always had things to talk about, no matter what.  As the years go by, I can tell that I will probably be just like her in my old age.  I just w...