The "Mama Maha Mojito"

"Mama Maha Mojito" recipe:
Ingredients:
7-10 fresh mint leaves
3/4 Tbsp Agave nectar
5-6 thin slices of fresh ginger
3 slices of fresh peach
1 1/2oz (up to 2oz) White rum
Splash of Pomegranate juice
Top with Club soda

Instructions:
In a highball glass muddle mint leaves, agave nectar and sliced ginger.
Add limes and peaches and muddle again.
Fill glass with ice.
Add rum, followed by splash of pomegranate juice and top with club soda.
Stir with spoon.
Garnish with thin slice of lime.
Enjoy.


I cannot verify that this recipe has never been created before in a professional setting, however the process through which I developed this drink was unique and therefore the recipe is original in my mind.
There was a "beta testing" night with "independent" judges serving as taste developers and recipe enhancers :-)
Regardless of its originality on a broad scale it was a pleasure to make and an experience that was shared with wonderful friends.

Bound for the South

Today's destination is Raleigh, North Carolina. Poolside lounging, a glass of wine and great company from friends seen far too sparsely.

Tuesday morning it is off to "Hotlanta" for a ten week internship with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The day-to-day work that I'll be doing is still vague, but it's better that way. The project is related to environmental health and my specific project deals with programmatic change. "Efficiency, environment, various stakeholders, consensus agreements" - these are all words that were presented in the initial description.

For now the road-trip thoughts will be filled with fanciful depictions of the weeks to come. Invigorating, unknown, thrilling, anxious. I'm excited to unveil the next stretch of roadway, for it may be riddled with rough patches, a long straightaway, intense curves or an uphill battle; I hope it is a combination of all, for without challenges how can we expect to know what can be accomplished?