best-gin

What is the Best Gin? If you read my review on Taaka Gin and the Dirty Martini, you know that it takes more than price and prestige to get me to buy a bottle of Gin. Taaka Gin is by far the cheapest you can buy, yet by the time you add olive juice, tonic, vermouth or whatever else it is that you mix with your gin, the quality and smoothness of the raw flavor becomes less important, and the savings more substantial. Taaka is pretty good gin even straight from the bottle, but for the price, I always thought it was unbeatable. That is, until I found New Amsterdam Gin. What makes New Amsterdam Gin unique? Read the rest of this entry

Behr Colors

Behr Colors: Cement Stain

Behr Colors are not just for painting your house. Last summer I talked about the staining or painting a basement, garage floor or driveway with Behr Cement Stain.

Using Behr Colors

I raved about how even a klutz could make his driveway look like newly poured cement.  I am also the klutz that began driving his car on it before it was fully cured. As for not researching stain paint hues or behr colors that might be better at concealing the wear and tear on a driveway, count me guilty as charged on that count too. Cement Painting is not easy and it requires some preparation. I thought it would be worth a follow up review on how my Behr Paint Stain (without regard to Behr Colors) or cement driveway paint job held up after 1 full winter of Colorado weather. Read the rest of this entry

What are the Top-10 Car Leases for May?

Last month the Civic Hybrid was the top lease for April. April 2009 Lease SpecialsSubaru Legacy is the best deal based on PRR (Average monthly payment as a percentage of MSRP). Subarus consistently finish in the top 10 leases, based on the value of car you are getting for your average monthly payment.
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