Houstonist Bartender: 6am Sunrise

As a public service announcement, don't forget that tomorrow night marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. At 2:00am on Sunday morning (late Saturday night for us party-going types), we will all be forced to set our clocks ahead by one full hour.

As a result, we'll have one more hour of sunlight in the evening and one less hour in the morning. You know what this means? No more early cracks of dawn on weekdays. No longer will we be forced out of bed by the sunlight that peaks into our bedroom between the slits in the blinds. Instead, we'll finally get to sleep peacefully until our alarm clock starts blaring some nasally voice emanating from the mouth of a member of a morning zoo crew radio program.

You know what else this time-honored tradition means? No more sunlit walks of shame on the weekends. No longer will we be forced to walk home after a one-night stand and have perfect strangers judging us in the light of day. Instead we'll finally be able to slink out to our car in the shroud of secrecy that is complete darkness.

To commemorate the end of early morning sunshine and all of the headache it has caused us, we present to you the 6am Sunrise

6am Sunrise

+ 9 oz. Mountain Dew
+ 3 oz. Gin
+ 1 tbsp. grenadine

Pour the Mountain Dew and gin into an ice-filled highball glass and stir. Then add the grenadine (without stirring), and serve.

Have a drink we should spread to the masses? Send it along [bartender at houstonist dot com], and we just may post it after some extensive testing.

Don't be a dumbass. Drink responsibly or take a cab.