Absinthe

Made the long trip from Crescent Hill Saturday evening.

You just can't get there from here! Just out of curiosity, how do you go? We generally sneak through Seneca Park to Taylorsville Road by the Air Devils Inn, then out to Breckinridge at Hikes Point and straight out from there. I guess Frankfort to Breckinridge and Breckinridge all the way out would be more direct, but it just seems like a lot more traffic and lights that way.

I was at the Home Depot on Breckinridge so followed Breck. to B-town Rd. I tried the carnitas taco, pastor gordita, elotes, and horchata. A well rounded meal!

I don't know much about Absinthe so I present a link to Absinthe gummy bears: http://www.urbandaddy.com/nyc/1350/Absinthe_Gummi_Bears_New_York_City_NYC_Served_Up_UrbanDaddy_Archives

I heard there was an absinthe wagon, right behind the Maluth Lodge.

Real Absinthe isn't the hallucinogen it's traditionally been made out to be. At least, no more than any other high proof alcohol. There isn't enough thujone (the ingredient from Grand Wormwood thought to have mind altering effects) to really do anything. Years ago ,during the time that a blight infected most of the grape vines in France (Robin will know more about that than me) many sub-par absinthes were made cheaply in order to get them to a demanding public that had been deprived of their favorite wines. Those absinthes were made hastily and cheaply and often used copper maganease to give it a bright green color. That WILL make you crazy.
Stephen D is right; real absinthe is a faintly pale celery color (sometimes it is clear) and fades a bit with age after the bottle has been opened. Beware the bright green garbage! Nothing more than food coloring and grain alcohol. Coloring of real absinthe may come from aging but usually it's from the botanicals that are added late in the distilling process.
Absinthe is now legal in the US. If you're interested, google Jade Liqueurs and have a bottle shipped from France. Theirs' come from the original absinthe recipes and are distilled in bain marie alembics that were acquired directly from the Pernod Fils distillery that once, originally made absinthe before the ban. This stuff is like drinking ... well... the green fairy!

Impressive...

Or at least compulsive!

I work in Clifton on Frankfort Ave and live really close to the trailer. I've found the fastest route home from work is Frankfort to Breckenridge then it runs into Bardstown Road. It's a nice drive and I can make several errand stops on my way.