I Was So Blown Away By This South American Country, I Actually Moved There

• [We Are Once Again Imploring You to Move to Colombia](#toc_item_0) • [Take Me There!](#toc_item_1) • [A Cocktail Called “Breakfast with Paula Deen”](#toc_item_2) • [Pour Me a Bullshot, Kid](#toc_item_3) • [Black-Owned Businesses in New York to Support for Black Restaurant Week](#toc_item_4) • [Show Me the Restaurants](#toc_item_5) • [Staring at Pictures of Beaches in Florida Pretending I’m There](#toc_item_6) • [Check it Out](#toc_item_7) • [The Joy of Cooking with Mountain Dew](#toc_item_8) • [Mountain Don’t](#toc_item_9) *Header 728x90 [] Sometimes the days of 2020 start to blend together and you realize you’ve just been moving emails from JetBlue to the trash without reading them for most of the past year. It can get a little boring... monotonous… Well, I hate to brag, but I got to mix up the monotony today and wait in a line for three hours for a COVID test. I don’t have any symptoms, but I’m trying to just be precautionary. Don’t be too jealous, but it just started to rain while I was in line. The test came back negative, and I got my first ever Pumpkin Spice Latté as a treat. I didn’t realize that Pumpkin Spice Latté was code for “hot water that tastes like a Christmas cookie,” but I’ll take it! Today, we have some really thrilling Thrillist thrills. There’s YET ANOTHER ARTICLE about moving to another country (Thrillist wants you out of here, apparently), cocktails inspired by Thanksgiving dishes, some ideas for how to celebrate Black Restaurant Week in New York, a list of the best beaches in Florida, and the scoop on a new Mountain Dew Cookbook (????). I’ve decided to reward myself for my negative COVID test by taking a 45 minute shower and hosting a superspreader event at my home. Just kidding, I don’t let ANYONE in my home. Pre- or post-COVID. Till Tuesday, [-Ned Riseley, Newsletter Contributor]( [ [( travel [] [We Are Once Again Imploring You to Move to Colombia]( Someone else has deserted America for another country, and they’re writing all about it for Thrillist. This personal tale really makes a good case for Colombia—every picture is more beautiful than the last—and for adopting a pet capybara, but I have to say...if Thrillist keeps publishing these articles about why I have to leave my life behind and move to a foreign country, I might just do it!!! And you’ll miss me when I’m gone! This is a warning! [] [Take Me There!]( [( [( food & drink [] [A Cocktail Called “Breakfast with Paula Deen”]( The words “Breakfast with Paula Deen” do not necessarily inspire confidence, especially because there’s a history of heart disease in my family, but you might be surprised to learn that this is not actually a breakfast but a cocktail that invokes the experience of eating pecan pie. In fact, this article has a lot of different cocktails that are inspired by Thanksgiving dishes. I also learned about something called a “Bullshot” that goes well with stuffing...it has celery and BEEF STOCK and WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE in it, and generally sounds like something a saucy nightclub performer would order at a casino in Monte Carlo in 1956. That could be YOU! This year is such a wildcard that it might just be the time to put a BULLSHOT in the cocktail shaker and start talking with a Transatlantic accent. [] [Pour Me a Bullshot, Kid]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( NYC [] [Black-Owned Businesses in New York to Support for Black Restaurant Week]( This is the first Black Restaurant Week that’s happening in New York. And even though it has to be a little different this year (because of YOU KNOW WHAT), there is still a lot of incredible food from Black-owned restaurants that you can order up to celebrate Black Restaurant Week. Seafood, soul food, vegan options, Asian-Caribbean fusion, sweets, bistro fare...and more. Maybe I’ll get some takeout tonight after all… [] [Show Me the Restaurants]( [( [( travel [] [Staring at Pictures of Beaches in Florida Pretending I’m There]( This has all the best beaches in Florida. White sand... palm trees... turquoise water... it’s almost like I’m not in my ground floor apartment in New York listening to the rain outside...Instead, I can pretend I am a contestant on Love Island... absurdly in-shape... covered in tattoos... searching for love in the most insane and counterintuitive way possible. Wait. I don’t think Love Island takes place in Florida. Well, there are plenty of beautiful (real) islands that are in Florida… [] [Check it Out]( [( *720x300 Ad Banner [( news [] [The Joy of Cooking with Mountain Dew]( I’m not going to mince words. I’m mad at this article. I guess it’s not the article’s fault. I should be mad at Mountain Dew. There’s a Mountain Dew Cookbook. That’s all recipes that include Mountain Dew. You can pickle with Mountain Dew...You can make a brisket with Code Red. I’m appalled. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. *Cut to me, in two weeks, making all of my meals from the Mountain Dew Cookbook. I am the Julia Child of Mountain Dew recipes. People are lining up around the block to try my latest Mountain Dew meal.* [] [Mountain Don’t]( [( *Footer 728x90 Thrillist Editorial - Favorable reviews cannot be bought. Read our [Terms & Conditions](, [Privacy Policy]( Delivered by Thrillist.com, 568 Broadway, Suite 507, New York, NY 10012 [212.966.2263]( Sent to {EMAIL}. Add themove@newsletter.thrillist.com to your safe-sender list so our emails get to your inbox. [View On The Web]( [Content Settings]( [Unsubscribe](