Air cocktail outdoes julep
The so-called “ultimate” mint julep was sold at the Kentucky Derby for $1,000, with proceeds going to charity. Made of ingredients from around the world, it was served in a 24-karat gold-plated cup with a silver straw.
But now there’s competition.
The “Wings of Zadar” cocktail, mixed by a bartender freefalling from 10,000 feet, has been launched in Croatia, ananova.com reports.
Poured upside down so that the drink flies upward into the mixer, it is then shaken as the bartender performs a series of somersaults. The maraschino liqueur-based drink is chilled by the cold air rushing over the shaker and then served upon landing.
“The high-altitude mix gives the drink a distinct flavor,” said its creator, Ante Butic, who has been serving the drinks to clients on the beach at the Adriatic resort city of Zadar. “It is really popular.”
No word, however, on its price.
The last to know
Houston Astros Manager Phil Garner, a weekly guest on a Fox Sports Radio network show with Craig Shemon and James Washington, was on the show the day the Astros signed Roger Clemens last week.
But Garner didn’t have much to offer, saying he was getting his news from the newspaper.
Houston General Manager Tim Purpura was on the show the next day and was asked why he hadn’t given his manager the good news a little sooner.
“The only thing that held us up from telling Phil about it was he was (going) on the radio with you guys,” Purpura said.
The last word
Danny Almonte made headlines in 2001 when, as a New York Little League star pitcher, it was revealed that he was 14, two years older than the age limit for a Little Leaguer.
Recently, it became known that Almonte is married to a 30-year-old.
Wrote an L.A. Times reader: “Boy, just when you think that you’ve seen the last of Anna Nicole Smith.”