Now that our tummies were happy, we had a few minutes to wander before our next fun event: MIXOLOGY!
This was another nominal we were excited to try.
Honest, we really aren't lushes! But hey, we were on vacation ... and wanted to support the local economy and all...
Random sitting area somewhere
(Hey, sorry...details are getting sketchy!)
Ooooh! Lots of stairs...all the way down!
Ha! Elevators again!
Specifically the 7th and 8th deck elevators.
And no, I didn't faceplant on the carpet after all the nominals
I just took a picture of it
Back to the action:
The Mixology class was at 2pm in the Cadillac Lounge and conveniently, the ventriloquist/comedian Michael Harrison
was doing his family show in Wavebands at the same time.
We set the kids up at a table to enjoy the show:
As you can tell, they were absolutely devastated that we were leaving them!
And then, footloose and fancy free, we skipped down to the Cadillac Lounge.
Artistic shot?
Or did someone forget the flash?
So we knew the drill by now...come in and they have your drinks all lined up for you (does it get any better?).
Again, I think there were five drinks but there's only four in the photo.
Hmm...counting is a challenge for me at the best of times...
From left to right it's I-don't-know, something-or-other, toilet-cleaner and something-yummy.
Dh will probably (hopefully) remember names better than I! I'll come back and add them when he does.
Oh yes, there's the fifth drink - the blue one in the tall glass!
See, I did know what I was talking about <snicker>
Unlike the other tastings, this one has an audience participation piece!
And yay, Dh got picked as the audience participator!
Ivan escorted him behind the bar - up until then I hadn't realized that the bar is completely closed off,
i.e. you can't just walk behind the bar, you have to go through
the staff only door through the behind the scenes area and then out another door behind the bar.
Did that make sense?
Anyway, DH and Ivan disappeared for a few moments and I wondered if I would really ever see DH again <sniff>....
Then he appeared behind the bar and all I could think was 'cooooool...he's in his natural habitat!'
Ivan then coaches the participant on how to make the selected cocktail.
And this is a full size cocktail, not the tasting sized!
Ivan encourages Doug - More! More!
The ingredients in whatever concoction was being concocted:
See! I finished mine all up!
Dh's finished product (which he got to drink, except I think I actually drank it).
There was a lot of alcohol in this baby!
Before we left we had to get a picture with Ivan. He was quite a riot.
Wow, do we look happy? Or toasted?
Toasted! Definitely toasted!