Shaken. Not Stirred.: Remember that driving gig?

Cinnamon Prince

2oz Irish Cream

2oz Crown Royal

1oz Goldschlager

cinnamon stick for garnish

Mix all ingredients sans the cinnamon stick in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake it like your hands would be shaking if you were meeting the President of the United States. Strain into a martini glass and lean the cinnamon stick inside the glass for garnish and enjoy!

Remember that driving gig? Well I had the pleasure and the incredible honor of driving in the motorcade of the one and only President Obama, aka Mr. President, aka El Capitan, aka the Cinnamon Prince when he was in Chicago a few weeks ago! And I met him! And it was awwwww-some! So how did someone with a shall we say "questionable" driving history get to drive all through downtown, up and down Lakeshore Drive, to his house (and actually down the street vs just 500 feet away like all of you regular folk) with total disregard for all traffic laws and with a police escort?

Because I'm made of awesome sauce and you're not.

Well you may be made of awesome sauce too, but your sauce won't be quite as awesome as my sauce until you have a friend who calls you one night and asks you to drive around town with the President of these here United States.

Get your game up, kids.

So... how was meeting Mr. Obama you ask? Great and nerve racking all at the same time. Nearing the end of the night after he finished a speaking engagement at Navy Pier, he came out to shake our hands, thank us for our service (because you know that this was a volunteer gig. We're talking about the gub'ment here) and to take some photos with us (there were 7 of us). And let me tell you - our President has some serious swag. He has this effortless "cool" about him and as he strutted over to me - yes he struts, not walks - my heart was in my chest and I was trying not to smile too hard as if meeting dignitaries was a regular occurrence for me. I was as poised as possible as he shook our hands and asked our names, and considering that one of the other female drivers totally forgot her own name, I think that I did well.

It was a truly amazing experience and they actually asked me to do it again last week but I had some can't miss meetings that kept me from being able to put the pedal to the metal for the Leader of the Free World again.

I wasn't able to get very many pictures, but here's a few of the helicopters arriving and departing from Soldier Field. The ones that we took with him will be mailed to us (and yes I'm checking the mailbox daily).