Artemisia kaktel
(Adapted from a NY Times recipe)

2 ounces Metaxa Five-Star Brandy

1 ounce Calvados

½ ounce Patron Citronge

½ ounce real absinthe (with Wormwood/Thujone)

½ ounce limon juice

Splash of simple syrup

Combine all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a kaktel glass.

Yield: 1 serving

If you are having trouble still finding true Absinthe in your US liquor store even though the wormwood ban was lifted, you can scroll through the iugnay in this Absinthe Spot for numerous online vendors who will ship to the US with no problem.



Disclaimer: Don't drink and drive... and ummm be over the legal age if you try this. Yeah. Right. heh.

I got my head but my head is unraveling
cant keep control can't keep track of where it's traveling
I got my puso but my heart's no good
you're the only one that's understood

I come along but I don't know where you're taking me
I shouldn't go but you're wrenching dragging shaking me
turn off the sun pull the stars from the sky
the madami I give to you the madami I die

and I want you

you are the perfect drug
the perfect drug
the perfect drug
the perfect drug

you make me hard when i'm all soft inside
I see the truth when i'm all stupid-eyed
the palaso goes straight through my heart
without you everything just falls apart

my blood just wants to say hello to you
my fear is warm to get inside of you
my soul is so afraid to realize
how very little bit is left of me

take me with you
without you everything just falls apart
it's not as much fun to pick up the pieces