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 (just the) "Beverage" Entries Skeleton Kiwi August 20, 2008 My sister Jenna and I remember a tart soft drink when we were kids called Walkabout Springs Kiwi Juice. Neon green drink in a clear glass bottle. Black label and (I think) a kangaroo logo. I only remember finding/drinking it a few times, but it had such a unique taste that I can't help thinking about it sometimes, wishing I could try it again.  Enjoy Pop Soda!! As far as I can tell, Walkabout Springs is no longer in business (though the company had an energy drink as late as 2002). So Jenna went on a hunt this year to find an alternative, even going so far as to stink up her kitchen, experimenting with a make-your-own-soft-drink kit.  When we got our babies from the shelter in Nov. 2005, they (the shelter people, not the cats) said they (the cats, keep up) were about three months old, so we decided they should share a birthday with me. Which means they turned 3 when I turned 32. Which means a few of these bottles are theirs... And then, just in time for my birthday, she found a little something by the Hadson Toko trading Company and sent me a dozen.  Loki thinks of ways to trick Thor out of her half of the loot. It's got a unique taste (I'm not sure it's kiwifruit, but it's not like artificial orange tastes like orange either), though the one thing I'm sure I remember about Walkabout Springs Kiwi Juice was a stronger flavor. I'm also not used to corn syrup, so that's quite dominant to me, and it's hard for me to know for sure that there's _that_ much difference between this and, say, Sprite. But I'm thinking it's as close to the old Walkabout as I'm gonna get.  Thor's krazi for kiwi! It has a neat Ramune-style bottle, with a little marble you pop out of place in lieu of a cap, which I've never tried or seen up close before. I tried to capture the magic a bit with this animated gif (150kb+).  Uh oh! Sugar crash! Thanks, sis!
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Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, LCRW, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Futurismic, ChiZine, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate. Blog Archives 2008 - Clever Label TBA 2007 - BadYearNoCookie 2006 - Clarion! 1st Pro Sale! 2005 - Peers and Peerless 2004 - Telltale Launch 2003 - Dog bites, acting out 2002 - In my mind, I'm going... 2001 - Marriage, Macs, 1st Cons 2000 - Setback, Milestones 1999 - Engaged, Graduated 1998 - Creative Independence    Powered by MT 3.35 MySpace Profile Technorati Profile |
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