Ellie and I have ended the mock Lemoncello experiment. Actually, Mother Nature took care of it for us. The alcohol must have eaten through the stopper on the spigot near the bottom of the sun tea jar. Despite the recipe saying to use a sun tea jar all stoppers must not be created equal. Much of the concoction had leaked out and we weren't too confident about drinking anything fortified by stopper particles.

So what are we out? Vodka, lemon rind and sugar. Oh, yeah, a sun tea jar. If we try again we will use an all-glass jar.

To console ourselves we opened the Orangecello. It is satisfying but I prefer the Lemoncello. Ellie wants to try the creamsicle recipe.

When you leave New York you can end up uttering this famous line from Goodfellas: And that's the hardest part. Today everything is different; there's no action... have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food - right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody... get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.