{"id":429,"date":"2024-05-04T18:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2025-09-27T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:47:09","slug":"brigid-does-mint-juleps-kentucky-derby-as-we-await-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Brigid &#8211; does Mint Juleps ! Kentucky Derby &#8211; as we await the race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/span>: Wow what an <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NOsPqRQ51mM?si=s_8NJzLKRab7JJWx\">amazing race<\/a>. The winner by a nose. And I&#8217;m not even a horse race fan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just posting this a few minutes before the race goes off &#8211; and I have no idea who the horsey&#8217;s are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3b1f288200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10579\" title=\"20240504_182947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3b1f288200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3b1f288200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they are really good! Half cup of Bourbon(!) and half cup (correction &#8211; quarter cup) of some simple syrup concoction with the minty stuff. Made be Brigid. Delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c21177200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10578\" title=\"20240504_183203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c21177200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c21177200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigid with her drink &#8211; you can see how nicely her surgery for Basal Cell on her right cheek is healing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c2117d200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10577\" title=\"20240504_183215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c2117d200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c2117d200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3ae33eb200c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3ae33eb200c-500wi\" alt=\"20240504_183218\" title=\"20240504_183218\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c21182200d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202dad0c21182200d-500wi\" alt=\"20240504_183448\" title=\"20240504_183448\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On to the race!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Wow what an amazing race. The winner by a nose. And I&#8217;m not even a horse race fan. Just posting this a few minutes before the race goes off &#8211; and I have no idea who the horsey&#8217;s are. And they are really good! Half cup of Bourbon(!) and half cup (correction &#8211; quarter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10580,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/10580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}