New Year's Eve Cocktail Menu

Newfoundland Time: St. John's, Canada

Newfoundland Flower

Dark Rum * Elderflower liquer * lime juice

Atlantic Time: Puerto Rico

Piña colada

Rum * Cream of coconut * pineapple juice

Eastern Time: New York City, NY

Manhattan

Rye * sweet vermouth * bitters

Central Time: St. Paul, MN

Childhood NYE Grasshopper

Creme de Menthe * Creme de Cocoa * Heavy cream

Mountain Time: Colorado

Casa Bonita Margarita

Tequila * Triple Sec * cranberry juice * lime juice

Seattle, WA

House Cocktail: Corpse Reviver #2

Gin * Cointreau * Lillet * Absinthe * lemon juice

Timeless

Better Days

Alcohol of choice * Lillet * Campari * lemon juice * cardamom bitters

Root of All Evil

Rye * Cointreau * Cherry liqueur * Fernet Branca * orange bitters

2023 Facts

Dear friends lost                                       1
First cousins lost                                      1
Zoom funerals attended                                  1
High school friend reunions                             2
First cousin reunions                                   1
Evenings with Questlove                                 1
Operas attended                                         1
Theater shows                                           5
Movies in the cinema                                    8
Baseball games                                          1
Times seeing the Big Idaho Potato                       1
Halloween Haunts attended                               1
Cabarets attended                                       1
Beach naturalist shifts                                 3
Percent Wordle games won                              99%
CAH games played                                        2
Pairs of red corduroy pants bought                      2
Size of Tanqueray bottle dropped                    1.75L
Lobster rolls eaten                                     2
Pieces of art acquired                                  7
Native American prints acquired                         4
Rooms painted                                           5
Rooms I painted                                         3
Faux fireplaces assembled                               1
Shelves that collapsed                                  2
Fridays worked in November                              0
Bunches of pussywillows bought                          1
Hummingbird fights recorded                             1
Years between passport renewals                        14
NZ Bird of the Century #1 vote             Little penguin
Games bowled as Hank                                    2
Times I locked myself out                               1
Magnitude of earthquake felt                          4.3
Thumb physical therapy session                          3
Boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mints purchased                2
Oyster cornbread stuffing (GF) batches                  1
Qdoba visits 2023                                      12
Qdoba visits 2022                                      39
Date Qdoba near work closed                    4/14 @ 3PM
Hiroshi’s Poke bowls eaten                             38
Beyond the Bowl Poke bowls eaten                        8
Just Poke bowls eaten                                   2
Taco Time Chicken Soft Tacos 	                       17
Panda Express Bowls 	                                8
Rancho Bravo Chili Verde Tacos eaten	               32
Vaccinations                                            2       
Covid tests                                            20
Negative Covid tests                                   20   
Covid Exposure notifications	                        1
Covid Exposure notifications lifetime	                1
Colonoscopies	                                        1
Spiders on back side of toilet paper roll               1
Times getting gasoline                                 12
Zoos visited                                            1
Aquariums visited                                       1
MLB Parks attended                                      1
Haircuts                                                4
Elections voted in                                      3
Ferries taken                                           2
Lightrail taken                          Seattle's 1 line
U.S. States set foot in                                 1
Karaoke events                                          0
Kayaking trips                                          0
Yoga classes taken                                      0
Air miles                                               0
Shakespeare plays                                       0
Foreign Countries visited                               0
Nights in a B&B                                         0
Nights in a hotel                                       0
Nights in an AirBNB                                     0
Nights in a tent                                        0
Nights on a boat                                        0
Trains trips                                            0
Long Distance Bus trips                                 0
Subways taken                                           0
Trams taken                                             0
Monorails ridden                                        0
Great Lakes touched                                     0
Roller coasters ridden                                  0
Bell towers climbed                                     0
Lowest tide 
Instagram posts                             
Average miles walked/day                    
Amazon orders                       	     
Journals written in                           
Snow days                                     
Smoke days                                   
Highest AQI                                 
Days over 100                                 
Days 90 or higher                           

2022 Facts

(As of November 27, 2022)
Corpse Reviver #2 as house cocktail    10 years
Instagram posts                             253
Average miles walked/day                    1.8
Daily online games played                    13
Wordle games played                         317
Percent Wordle games won                    98%
Max streak                                  138
Gum grafts                                    1
Thanksgiving cruises                          1
Thanksgiving dinners                          2
Pecan pies made 2022                          1
Pecan pies made, lifetime                     1
Jingle bell wreathes purchased                1
Halloween Haunts attended                     1
Greenhouse openings attended                  1
Planetarium field trips                       1
Jars of Clam-O-Naise purchased                1
Etsy scams encountered                        1
Aunts injured post-hurricane Ian              1
Tapings of Says You! attended                 1
Husky Football games attended                 1
Bonus pizzas aquired                          1
Sculpture forests walked                      1
Hammocks used                                 1
Parades attended                              1
Caberets attended                             1
Bernadette Peters concerts attended           1
Year Bernadette Peters tickets bought      2020
Cannolis eaten                                1
Benches assembled                             1
Random cigarettes found in condo              1
Beach naturalist shifts                       3
Learning Analytics Conferences                1
Learnig Analytics Summer Institutes           1
Amazon orders                       	     33
Hummingbird feeders purchased                 2
Induction ranges purchased                    1
Agatha Christie themed teas purchased         2
Boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mints purchased      2
Vaccinations                                  3
Covid tests                                  31
Negative Covid tests                         31
Journals written in                           4
Movies at the cinema                          3 
Zoos visited                                  1
Aquariums visited                             0
MLB Parks attended                            1
Kayaking trips                                1
Haircuts                                      3
Elections voted in                            3
Karaoke events                                0
Yoga classes taken                            0
Lobster rolls eaten                           0
Air miles                                     0
Shakespeare plays                             0
Snow days                                     2
Smoke days                                   13
Highest AQI                                 292
Days over 100                                 0
Days 90 or higher                            13
U.S. States set foot in                       1
Foreign Countries visited                     0
Nights in a B&B                               3
Nights in a hotel                             0
Nights in an AirBNB                           0
Nights in a tent                              0
Nights on a boat                              0
Trains trips                                  0
Long Distance Bus trips                       0
Lightrail taken                Seattle's 1 line
Local bus routes taken                        6
Subways taken                                 0
Trams taken                                   0
Ferries taken                                 1
Monorails ridden                              0
Great Lakes touched                           0
Roller coasters ridden                        0
Bell towers climbed                           0

2021 Facts

Condos purchased                              1
Closing Date                           April 23
Back in the office MWF since       September 13
Instagram posts                             264
800th IG post                       November 21
Documented walks                            183
Average miles walked/day                    1.7
Beach naturalist shifts                       3
iPhone purchased                    November 12
Last iPhone purchased            March 10, 2018
Amazon orders                       	     15
Vaccinations                                  4
Covid tests		                             10
Negative Covid tests                         10
Journals written in                           4
Movies at the cinema                          2        
Zoos visited                                  1
Aquariums visited                             0
MLB Parks attended                            1
Kayaking trips                                1
Haircuts                                      3
Elections voted in                            2
Karaoke events                                0
Yoga classes taken                            0
Lobster rolls eaten                           0
Air miles                                     0
Shakespeare plays                             1
Snow days                                    10 
Accumulation February 13 (top 10)           8.9"
Smoke days                                    2
Seattle record hot temp                     108
Day Seattle broke hottest temp          June 28
Days over 100		                          3
Days over 90                                  8
U.S. States set foot in                       1
Foreign Countries visited                     0
Nights in a hotel                             0
Nights in an AirBNB                           0
Nights in a tent                              0
Nights on a boat                              0
Train trips                                   0
Long Distance Bus trips                       0
Subways taken                                 0
Trams taken                                   0
Ferries taken                                 0
Monorails ridden                              0
Great Lakes touched                           0
Roller coasters ridden                        0
Bell towers climbed                           0

2020 Facts

Working from home since       March 20
Neighborhood walks taken           179
Instagram posts                    342
Average miles walked/day           2.1
Beach naturalist shifts              1
Amazon orders                       27
Library books quarantined with       5
Vaccinations                         2
Karaoke events                       2
Journals written in                  5
Meals eaten on Wolcott's patio       7
Meals eaten in Bill & Eden's yard    2
Zoom Passover Seders                 1
Homemade Pizzas                      2
Movies in the theater       at least 6        
Zoos visited                         1
Aquariums visited                    1
Yoga classes taken                   1
Lobster rolls eaten                  0
Lobsters eaten                       1
Kayaking trips                       1
Elections voted in                   3
Air miles                         4172
Plane trips                          2
Nights in an AirBNB                  7
Trips to New Orleans                 1
Trips to New Orleans, lifetime       1
Trolley lines ridden                 3
Guided cemetery tours                1
Museums visited                      2
Shakespeare plays                    0
Snow days                            0
Smoke days                   around 10     
Oceans touched                       1
Time zones experienced               2
U.S. States set foot in              2
Foreign Countries visited            0
Foreign capitals visited             0
U.S. Capitals visited                0
Nights in a hotel                    0
Nights in a tent                     0
Nights on a boat                     0
Trains taken                         0
Long Distance Bus trips              0
Subways used                         0
Trams used                           0
Ferries lines taken                  0
Monorails ridden                     0
Train trips                          0
Great Lakes touched                  0
Roller coasters ridden               0
Bell towers climbed                  0
MLB Parks attended                   0
Continents, lifetime                 4

2019 Facts

Grand nieces born                    1
Years of Journaling                 40
Average Number of journals/year  3.675
Current journal number             148
Las Vegas magic shows                3
Tricks on stage with Penn Jillette   1
Museums visited                      5
Art Museums visited                  1
Mermaid bars visited                 1
Parades attended                     1
In-N-Out burgers eaten               2
Meals eaten on Wolcott's new patio   3
Evacuations, for gas leak            1
Learning Analytics Conferences       1
Real thunderstorms                   1
Days of jury duty                    1
Passover Seders                      1
Hours spent watching Norte Dame burn 4+
Elections voted in                   3
Funko items owned 1/1/2019           1
Funko items owned 12/1/2019          6
Shakespeare plays                    1
Not-natural hair colors              4
Trips to Vegas, lifetime             2
Trips to Texas, lifetime             4
October visitors                     4
Snow days                            4
Air miles                         5279
Plane trips                          5
Nights in a hotel                   13
Nights in an AirBNB                  2
Nights in a pyramid                  6
Nights in a single bed               5
Nights in a tent                     0
Nights on a boat                     0
Oceans touched                       1
Time zones experienced               2
U.S. States set foot in              4
Foreign Countries visited            1
Foreign capitals visited             0
U.S. Capitals visited                0
Long Distance Bus trips              0
Subways used                         0
Trams used                           0
Ferries lines taken                  1
Monorails ridden                     1
Train trips                          0
Zoos visited                         4
Aquariums visited                    4
Yoga classes taken                   0
Lobster rolls eaten                  0
Great Lakes touched                  0
Kayaking trips                       1
Roller coasters ridden               2
Bell towers climbed                  0
MLB Parks attended                   1
Continents, lifetime                 4

2018 Facts

Trips to Chicago, 2018:                                                   1
Trips to Chicago, lifetime:                                               1
Nights in a hotel:                                                          14

Nights in a tent:                                                             0

Air miles:                                                                  3,442

Train miles:                                                                     0

Subways used:                                                                2

US States set foot in:                                                      3

Yoga classes taken:                                                       11

Kayaking trips:                                                                2

Times snorkeling:                                                            0
Bell Towers climbed:                                                       1
Roller coasters ridden:                                                    0

MLB Parks attended:                                                       3
Oceans touched:                                                             1

Great Lakes touched:                                                      1
Lobster rolls eaten:                                                         2
Nights at the Green Mill:                                                 1

Performances of Hamilton seen:                                     1

Oregon Shakespeare Festival shows:                              3
Chicago Shakespeare shows:                                          2
Chicago and Oregon shows actually Shakespeare:         1
Steppenwolf performance:                         Doppelgänger
Art Museums visited:                                                       2

Libraries visited:                                                               5

Aquariums visited:                                                           1

Zoos visited:                                                                    2
Laser lithotripsys:                                                                1

Cellphones owned:                                                          2

Smoky days:                                                                   24