Two Worlds Clashed and Delivered this Awesome Margarita Machine
March 18th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
In one of the classic Seinfeld episodes, George Costanza doesn’t want his girlfriend to become chummy with his friends…as his worlds would collide and all would be lost. Well, recently during some shopping tasks the online and offline shopping worlds have collided and I couldn’t be more excited.
I could bore you with a story about how we saved some money on a recent home renovation purchase, but let’s get down to the brass tacks – thanks to the colliding worlds, I scored a very nice Jimmy Buffet Margaretville Fiji Series margarita machine.
This baby does it all, margaritas, daiquiris, pina coladas and smoothies (who the hell cares about smoothies, but it is a feature, so I thought I’d mention it). I’ve been coveting this beverage maker for a while – but it’s been a bit price prohibitive. Something like $350 for a fancy blender that shaves ices didn’t seem like a prudent use of savings.
Then the world collision occurred…thanks to the ole’ iPad. My wife was at a retail store and saw the gleaming beauty on the shelf…but with the same outrageous price. However, she found it the store’s online store for $199. Suddenly, margaritas at the dojomike household were flowing.
Let’s go over a few rules with this device:
- Measure the amount of alcohol: When you’re at home making margaritas, it’s easy to wing it. Ok, that’s fine with the first pitcher. But pitcher number two, your ability to wing it becomes clouded.
- Adding fruit improves the taste, but the alcohol level remains the same.
- The theory of the “ice will water down the alcohol” doesn’t work.
Now go out there let your worlds collide. And while you’re out there, can you pick me up some lime juice?
