The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden + Ashes to Ashes

Mar 1

Mar 1 The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden + Ashes to Ashes

“The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden” by Jonas Jonasson is an absurdly silly book full of happenstance, coincidence, and hilarious characters. Nombeko Mayeki is a genius born into the poor black slums of Apartheid South Africa and through an absolute twist of fate, that includes brandy soaked driving, ends up a cleaning women at a secret nuclear facility. Many coincidences and fateful events later, she lands in Sweden with a nuclear weapon that she is just looking to unload to the appropriate authorities. Nombeko and her new Swedish boyfriend (who is a non-existent half of a set of twins) engage in a topsy-turvy series of events just trying to make things right. A completely enjoyable and fun read full of jumbled plot lines, ridiculous characters, and good old-fashioned laughs. (Published by Ecco)

An entertaining read of straight talking, no-nonsense characters coupled with single minded, but thoughtless zealots makes for a multitude of impossible events. Finding a drink that is both playful, adventurous, and smart is a hard task to come by. But, the SLO Bitter Co. delivers with Ashes to Ashes. While this Absinthe based cocktail is actually based on a Bowie song, it’s name and color are great nod to the possibility of the nuclear winter that our main characters are fiendishly trying to avoid causing. Get your hands around this creative cocktail and #drinkupreadup.

Ashes to Ashes