happy hour

you know what, in most cases, 'happy hour' is an oxymoron.  think about it.  most of the time, atleast, when i find myself grabbing a drink, it's typically after a rough day.  i haven't been keen on drinking these days.  i found out that alcohol has a lot of calories in it...duh.  alcohol also stops your metabolism.  that means, all those mozzie sticks you eat during a night drinking or the subsequent binge-pizza-fest at sal's following a night of drinking, does not metabolize.  trust me.  it's science.


 alcohol is also not a friend of the athlete due to the fact it is hella dehydrating.  all reason aside, sometimes, you just need to get yo drank on...which brings me to today.

tensions are running high this week and as a result, homegirl wants a drink.

welcome to happy hour.  for our first round, i present to you the glory that is the low-cal margarita.

dudes, everyone is getting in on the "low-cal" margarita racket.  that chick from real housewives, chi-chi's, you know, everyone.  one time i was at the grocery store and i saw margarita-lime (generic) crystal light.  hells yes. i was like, get out of my dreams, and into my cart.

thus, the glory that is mixing low-cal flavored water with booze commenced. and god saw that it was good.

i call this drink, "the broke-ass burro"

ingredients:
tequila (any kind--we're not fancy people)
h2O (water lolz)
2 packs of generic margarita lime drink mix; (or the real crystal light stuff if you feel like that extra $.90 is burning a hole in your pocket)

1 pack of generic margarita lime drink mix contains 5 calories per serving, with 8 servings per pack (one pack when mixed with 64 oz of water.)  what we're going to do is put 2 packs of mix into only 64 oz of water...so now your dealing with 80 calories in 64 oz of mix.  why double it?  because it tastes better and seriously, 8 oz of ready-made margarita mix has 200 calories...WITHOUT THE BOOZE!  that's nuts.  don't even get me started on the 600+ calories you can find in a BLENDED margarita.

pour yourself one shot of tequila for every 8 oz of mix on the rocks and you're working with a margarita that only packs 110 calories TOPS with zero gut rot and more flavor than you'd expect.

as you can see, i enjoy mine in a nice, tall lenie's pint glass because again, we're not fancy people, people.

bottoms up