June 6, 2024 – Lather Games 2024 Day 6: Thirsty Thursday
- Brush: AKA Brushworkx 26mm Black Silk #COMPOSITE
- Razor: Mühle R89 #TWINS #ZAMAC
- Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89 #TWINS #ZAMAC
- Blade: Astra SS (Blue) (1)
- Lather: Shannon’s Soaps – Piña Colada
- Post Shave: Abbate y La Mantia – Don Jose
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Saint Julep
Use of Theme: Thirsty Thursday
After yesterday’s excitement, and after drawing the ire of Mrs_D for flinging lather all around the bathroom–apparently there was more that I missed than wiped up, I could sure use a drink.
We’ll start with a Piña Colada. If there were any benefit from being a nineteenth-century Puerto Rican pirate, it would certainly be getting to drink Piña Coladas all day long. And maybe getting caught in the rain, depending on who your first mate was.
I don’t know if Abbate or La Mantia had a drink in mind when they came up with Don José, but it works. Aside from smelling bit medicinal, maybe it’s the note of clove, it seems very drinkable. So, drink, we shall.
Let’s head south down the end of a dirt road to our favorite ramshackle juke joint, Saint Julep. I’ve never worn anything with Southern Magnolia, so that’s probably why it seems more feminine of a scent, but the mint and bourbon carry some weight to try and even things out. Three hours in and it is light and sweet smelling. Not offensive at all.
So, let’s have that drink. Straight from Beachbum Barry’s Potions of the Caribbean via the Cocktail Party app, here is:
Crucian Banana Squash
- 4 oz. Light Rum
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- 2 whole bananas, very ripe with brown spots on skin
- 1 cup crushed ice.
Step one:
Peel and slice bananas as thinly as you can, then place in a shallow bowl. Pour rum over banana slices. Cover bowl and let bananas soak in rum for four hours in your fridge.
Step two:
After the 4 hours have elapsed, pour contents of bowl into a blender. Add lime juice and crushed ice. Blend until smooth, around 30 seconds. Pour unstrained into Old Fashioned glasses. Serves 2.
Best consumed with a straw.
Daily Challenge: WetTubing Appreciation Day
The first time is either the best or the worst, but this is far from my first. I still don’t think I can commit to being a wet tuber, no matter what u/VisceralWatch says. Nonetheless, here is my contribution to the Tubes today. I know you fuckers only have the attention span of a gnat and bail out after a minute. Judges, stay as long as you need to get what you want. There’s no punch line at the end.
Happy shaving and be kind to one another.
Edit: formatting