Gin, Horses, and Biffle

The official start of summer is still a few weeks away but it is starting to get hot here in Georgia. This weekend I made my annual shift in cocktail of choice from brown liquor to white liquor. Every year around this time I shift from my beloved Manhattan's to more summer oriented libations favoring gin but I will also consider vodka in a pinch. I am a big fan of Bombay Sapphire Gin with Soda, Tonic, Bitter Lemon, or Martini style. The gin and bitter lemon has to one of the most refreshing summer cocktails one could prepare. I find that in America there is a lot of disdain for gin, and I am not sure why. A lot of people seem to think that gin is revolting and only for hardcore alcoholics, but gin is made of all sorts of botanicals like grains of paradise and juniper berries and is known to be good for your skin. Go out and get your self a bottle of Bombay Sapphire(http://www.bombaysapphire.com) and some Bitter Lemon and check it out.

The Belmont Stakes is this weekend and, with no chance for a triple crown, tickets are very weak. In Horse Racing, the Kentucky Derby is always a good ticket, and then two weeks later you have the Preakness Stakes which is usually not a good ticket, and if the same horse wins both races the Belmont can be good. We did very well last year with the Belmont after Smarty Jones won both the Derby and the Preakness, but this year with Giacomo winning the derby and Afleet Alex winning the Preakness, Belmont tickets are cheap. I still have a few of the best seats in the house at www.alphatickets.com.

NASCAR goes to the Poconos this weekend for the Pocono 500 and you find those at www.nascartix.com. Greg Biffle is having a great season with yesterdays victory at Dover and he is now only 46 points off of Nextel Cup leader Jimmy Johnson. Greg Biffle is Alpha Tickets favorite driver and we are all pulling for him here.

Until tomorrow - Adios