Thursday, December 7, 2017

Christmas Stress, Winter Wildfires, and Snow Storms, Barefoot Bus Tour Gets You Over the Humps.

By Laura Medina

It's been a rough Christmas in sunny, bright, and very dry Southern California.  The Barefoot Wine Bus Tour kicked off on their cross-country tour at the right moment yesterday in Venice Beach.

TV presenter Allison Hagendorf, the official host of New Year's Eve Times Square, is kicking off the "Bring the Bubbly" tour on the Venice Beach Broad Walk, yesterday.


Global Head Of Rock at Spotify and TV Host of ESPN/ABC/VH1/Fuse and Live Announcer at MTV VMAs, really looks forward to being the official host of New Year's Eve Times Square. The Barefoot Bus tour will end at the Manhattan landmark, where the brand will host a party as 'official bubbly' of the event.  This will be the sixth time Allison will host New Year's Eve Time Square.

What's Allison's go-to cocktail for the holidays and New Year's Eve?  Barefoot Bubbly's Brut Cuvee.  She recommend all you have to do is mix in half a glass Brut Cuvee with sparkling club soda for a quick, easy quaff...



If you need a stiff cocktail after watching your house burn down during California firestorms, you deserve a Countdown Cuvee to bid farewell to a rough year, while toasting to a fresh new year.

  • 4 ounces Barefoot Bubbly Brut Cuvee
  • ½ ounce honey-flavored Whiskey Liqueur
  • Lemon peel
  • Sugar

  • Directions

    1. Cut a long and wide strip of lemon peel
    2. Dip both sides of the lemon peel into sugar
    3. Place sugared lemon peel inside champagne flute, circling the inside rim
    4. Pour chilled honey whiskey liqueur and Bubbly Brut Cuvee into the flute through the center of the sugared lemon peel
    Feeling left out?
  • No need to be pissed.  Remember, this is a bus tour.  The Barefoot Bus will make stops in Denver, St. Louis, and Charlotte, before ending up in Times Square.
  • Go to their Eventbrite page, sign up to rsvp to get in for free.
  • Here are other holiday drinks to get you over that holiday hump...

  • Ingredients

    • 1 cup frozen dark sweet cherries (thaw and keep juice)
    • ½ cup cranberries
    • 2 small plums
    • 1 diced red pear
    • 1 orange cut into wheels then quartered
    • 2 cinnamon sticks
    • 1 cup spiced rum
    • 1 bottle Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon
    • 4 ounces lemonade
    • 10 ounces white cranberry juice
    • 10 ounces ginger ale chilled

    Directions

    1. Place all fruit (including thawed cherry juice) and cinnamon sticks into large pitcher
    2. Add rum, Cabernet Sauvignon and cranberry juice
    3. Stir, top with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight
    4. Add ginger ale and stir before serving
    5. Scoop fruit into glasses and pour on the punch
    6. Merlot Your Hot Cocoa
    7. https://www.barefootwine.com/recipes/cocktails/merlot-your-hot-cocoa

    8. Ingredients

      • 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
      • 12 ounce can evaporated milk
      • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
      • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
      • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
      • Pinch of salt
      • 6 ounces Barefoot Merlot
      • Mini donuts for garnish
      • Sprinkle frosting for rim

      Directions

      1. Combine first six ingredients in sauce pan over low heat
      2. Keep stirring until chocolate chips are completely melted and mixture is heated through, then remove from heat
      3. Slowly whisk Merlot into chocolate mixture, rim with sprinkle frosting and garnish with mini donuts
      4. Berry Merry Christmas
      5. https://www.barefootwine.com/recipes/cocktails/berry-merry-christmas
      6. Ingredients

        • 4 ounces Barefoot Bubbly Berry
        • 1 ounce Pomegranate Juice - chilled
        • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
        • Pomegranate Seeds or Frozen Berries

        Directions


        1. Place pomegranate seeds in bottom of a chilled champagne flute
        2. Add chilled pomegranate juice and vanilla extract to flute
        3. Top with Barefoot Berry Bubbly
        4. Holiday Cheer
        5. https://www.barefootwine.com/recipes/cocktails/holiday-cheer

        6. Ingredients

          • 3 ounces Barefoot Sweet Red Blend
          • 1 ounce Cranberry Juice
          • ½ ounce Lime Juice
          • 1 ½ ounces Ginger Ale
          • Maraschino Cherries

          Directions

          1. Build in a tall glass over ice
          2. Garnish with maraschino cherries
          3. Cheers! You all need are a couple of good drinks for surviving 2017.



















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Monday, December 4, 2017

What I Want for Christmas, Personal Pizza Oven, Spinning at Home, & Tesla.

By Laura Medina

Let's be real, Christmas time is the time that all our wishes come true, no matter how selfish it is.  Truth be come, it's not selfish if it's practical, good, and helps you save money in the long run.

The majority of people love pizza.  Some had made their entire diet based on only one type of pizza for a millennia, hello Italy!  But, pizza has multiplied and mutated as its popularity has grown; and we all know that fresh, made from scratch is darn healthy too.

Most people get by on terribly-made pizza or some are lucky to spend a fortune on fresh, quality pizza.  General Electric's Monogram has come to the rescue for those who want to cozy up inside and get engaged over fresh, healthy, gourmet pizza that they made at home.

If you went from established single to cozy couple to mom or dad, General Electric's Monogram 30" Pizza Oven ZEP30SKSS is an insert-able oven, just like any other microwave or regular oven, that specializes in grilling pizza, with any topping you want.  All within the comfort of home, whenever you want to do it.

It comes with three grilling/cooking modes: Detroit, Neapolitan, and New York Style, with a just a touch of a button.

Is designed to match the capabilities of the best restaurant pizza ovens to help home chefs achieve the perfect slice, this means you save from going out and you get consistent quality if you quit ordering from fast but low-quality take-out.
Electric heating zones combine the crisping performance of traditional coal- and wood-burning pizza ovens with the precision and ease of a sophisticated appliance. No roaring flames burning down the house.  No logs to toss in.  Quality pizza with safety and ease.
Capacitive touch LCD controls allow for easy selection of preset cooking options, including a variety of pizza settings and choices for making flatbreads.
Handcrafted luxury can be found in every aspect of the design, from the brushed stainless exterior to the simple touch controls.
Built-in installation is made possible with a 30"-width cabinet cutout.
Integrated oven ventilation system allows for simple installation, with no additional ductwork required.
https://www.onepeloton.com/
Time-crunch mom living out in the suburbs.  Don't want to burn gas in traffic going to a spin cycle class.  Want to work at your convenience, with instructors?
Peleton has come to you with their bikes with dumb bell baskets with an interactive video screen with anytime online star instructor.  Burn butt, not gas or time.
https://www.tesla.com/roadster/
If you something really hip and luxurious, and ok, good for the environment and for your consciousness, Tesla just getting better and better.
Double the trunk space, where the combustible engine used to be, up front, is now under the seating, so you have trunk space front and back.
No need to hit brakes, just ease off the gas pedal.
At stop or gently nudging the brakes, the electric engine recharges itself.
Impress the sugar babies. Impress the cougars.  Impress the earth.


  • Base Specs
  • Acceleration 0-60 mph
    1.9 sec
  • Acceleration 0-100 mph
    4.2 sec
  • Acceleration 1/4 mile
    8.8 sec

  • Over 250 mph
  • eel Torque
    10,000 Nm
  • Mile Range
    620 miles
  • Seating
    4
  • Drive
    All-Wheel Drive
  • Base Price
    $200,000
  • Base Reservation
    $50,000
  • Founders Series Price
    $250,000
  • Founders Series Reservation
    (1,000 reservations available)
    $250,000

Designed for Performance and Aero Efficiency

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