Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, vodka and great whiskeys.
Here is to a life filled with love, alcohol and clothes on the floor!
RyeGirl is a proud feminist. So Super Bowl commercials that objectify women naturally pissed me off. But the ads this year that peeved me the most were the ones that made it seem like women were a drag that forced me to act like...well, like normal decent human beings. It is demeaning to both men and women and utterly maddening.
So when I saw the Dodge Charger commercial called Man's Last Stand, I really blew my top. Also I kinda like the Chargers and would love to drive one. So it incensed me that it was aimed just at dumb men!
I wrote a response to that ad from a woman's point of view. I shared the idea with some very talented friends of mine and they were able to make this video below with me. I am truly blessed to be friends with such talented wonderful people. Thanks!
Written and directed by Abigail Gullo. Camera and Editing by Jesse Ruuttila. With Molly Knefel, Lynne Rosenberg, Abigail Gullo, Katharine Heller and Lauren Seikaly. Music by Klimpter.
Its true..the last 10 years were pretty horrible. But as the NY Times pointed out yesterday, if you were a drinker, thinks actually got much better.
The bar has been raised, and some of us can never go back. We will always seek out the latest place to enjoy a well crafted Manhattan, or a new twist on the Old-Fashioned, much like foodies follow the burger craze.
Today I was thinking that maybe I have tasted all I need to taste. But after a conversation with my Libations Girl this afternoon, I realized that even the simplest three ingredient cocktail can take on new levels of pleasure and satisfaction in the right hands.
Town by town, city by city, little pockets of the cocktail kingdom are expanding. I was thinking about moving to the lil' upstart Portland, Oregon, but in a conversation in my favorite lavatory in Brooklyn last night, I discovered things are really, "blowing up" in San Diego.
Now...the weather there seems much more inviting, so if there really is a new cocktail movement in sunny San Diego, that might be a destination for this RyeGirl.
I am already a San Diego Super Chargers fan, I have a bedroom to stay in (Thanks Mary Karen!) and since I cannot seem to find a decent single man on this coast, perhaps I will try the left coast.
Maybe my silver lining is in a cloudless sunny sky.
