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APRIL 13, 2017 // 19 C HRIST is risen C ALVARY E PISCOPAL C HURCH 503 N. Holladay, Seaside • 503-738-5773 Holy Week Services Good Friday: Stations of the cross at 3:00 Saturday: Easter Vigil at 5:00 Sunday: Easter Eucharist at 9:30 Celebrate w ith G race the Joy of E aster Easter Sunday April 16th 8 am & 10 am Grace Episcopal Church SINCE 1886 1545 FRANKLIN AVE., ASTORIA • 503-325-4691 BOOK SHELF // GLIMPSE // WILDLIFE // FUN COLUMBIA BAR VOODOO CUP By RYAN HUME According to most cal- endars, spring had sprang by the time I made it back to the Voodoo Room on a recent Tuesday afternoon, though, technically, the forecast had been calling for April showers and ex- pectations of sun are a bit far-fetched in our area, give or take a day or two. It was cold and the streets were empty and it was pouring and I was walking around. Luckily, Erik Anderson at the Voodoo Room was already working on spring drinks and I got to taste a new one, reminiscent of a Pimm’s Cup, but without the threat of those pesky cucumber burps. Think of the sun; take a sip; squint on it; don’t look outside. Directions Pour one part, or one ounce, of the Painted Lady into a cocktail shaker along with the Pimm’s. Add ice to the top and then the lime juice. Shake until cold and pour into an iced fl ute, or chimney, and garnish with the lemon. —Recipe courtesy of Erik Anderson, bartender, Voo- doo Room, Astoria, Oregon *This is a local favorite, produced by Pilot House Distilling in downtown Astoria: fl oral up front. **The Voodoo Room uses Cock-and-Bull Ginger Beer, but any ginger-ale will work, the bartender says. is itself probably a blend of “blob” and “gob.” Lobster, lo- pister prior to 1311, comes from the Old English loppe, meaning “spider.” Will Be Left to Oregon Coast Wildlife,” Oregon Beach Connection, beachconnection. net, March 8, 2017 Ingredients 1 ounce Painted Lady Gin* 1/2 ounce Pimm’s liqueur Fresh juice of half a lime Ginger beer** Lemon wedge Ice word W nerd By RYAN HUME Globster [glɒb• stər] noun 1. any large unidentifi ed mass of marine fl esh that washes up onto the shore; often revealed to be a whale carcass, some globsters have gained notoriety or fascinated the public due to their size or peculiar features, like the Tasmanian Globster discovered on 1960 Origin: The word is attributed to nature writer and cryptozo- ologist Ivan T. Sanderson, who coined the term in 1962, obviously a portman- teau combining the mean- ings and sounds of “glob” and “lobster,” to describe the mysterious mass that washed ashore in Tasmania in 1960 and captured the world’s attention for some time after. Glob arrives in the early 20th Century and “Commonly known as a ‘globster’ — a rotting corpse of a whale that is often barely recognizable – it came ashore around Warrenton on Monday morning. The body is just north of the wreck of the Peter Iredale in an area where the beach narrows and where there may not be as much sand as there appears to be. This is one reason why the foul-smelling globster won’t be buried and will instead be left as food for local wildlife.” —“Smelly ‘Globster’ of a Dead Whale “That famed — or infamous term — globster, with its paranor- mal legends, is really just a mass of decayed fl esh from some sea creature that is so decomposed it’s absolutely unrecognizable. However, the term globster has shades of meaning derived from this phenomenon being interpreted as something otherworld- ly, like a sea monster — probably back in less enlightened times. It’s also sometimes referred to as a blob.” “Giant Gooey, Smelly Whale Washes up on N. Oregon Coast,” Oregon Beach Connec- tion, beachconnection.net, April 15, 2014
