Just finished a martini.

Alka-Seltzer Plus cold medicine...

Edison Light Beer: "Kiss your corporate light beer goodbye. Smoother, easy-drinking Edison brings new energy to light. Learn more at edisonbeer.com Cheers!" [punctuation as original]

The beer comes from the same place my family has lived in for many generations -- Hingham MA. Sundry generations of my people are buried in its churchyard.

Or does it? One source on Googling says it's Hingham; the Edison Independent Light Beer website says company headquarters is in Randolph MA. The brewery that makes the brand is located in Utica NY -- an outfit called Matt Brewing Company, picked for its combination of quality and proximity to Eastern markets.

The beer is indeed smooth, but frankly it's too light -- I go for more body. Its lightness may serve well on a hot and humid summer day, though -- which would be Hingham at its hottest, and points south.

For a thoroughly local feast then, hit the Hingham Lobster Pound for a couple pounds of fried clams a head (go there hungry) and a couple of Edisons for go-with.

I should tell Mom and Dad about this stuff. They're from that neighborhood.

Iced tea and Iced coffee--not together, though. I alternate them. By 9pm, I'm all wired up-- but I love the stuff.

pop, with foam on top

Water. It's freakin' hot. I'm waiting for the A/C to start actually cooling things down. Oh the misery. How long until winter?

Mmmm, iced tea. It's What's For Supper?!

H2Odwalla, blueberry flavor.

Our "house wine", the Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay.

A tequila and red juice concoction, in a leftover Halloween goblet with a spider on it. Not my idea, but it's tasty.

motherphuckin captain and diet coke. yeah? at least I know monster's real name now.

From GABBLY CHAT perchance, which is forbidden to me?

Damn.

it's not forbidden. you just need to upgrade yer junk.


edit: ps. we had to beat it out of her, too.

Chai. A little too milky, but good. I let it cool before drinking, but love the smell of it.

Boost!

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