You guys, the Olympics are over.  Now what will I watch?  Waaah!!!  I have been obsessed for the past two weeks!  Every.  Single.  Night.  Swimming, gymnastics, track and field, diving, beach volleyball on Copacabana beach!!!  And of course synchronized swimming.  Come on!  Synchronized swimming, you know you love it.

I have always loved watching the Olympics.  Summer Olympics.  Winter Olympics.  No matter.  I love it all.  I am envious of the athleticism.  I wish I could dive, or run fast or have perfect aim for archery.  Yes, archery, that is so bad a$$.  Okay, okay, I secretly wish I was a synchronized swimmer.  Or a rhythmic gymnast.  That’s like Olympics for ballerinas.

Here are my favorite Olympic moments from the Rio 2016 Olympics:

1. Michael Phelps super hero swimmer.  Before every race, Michael Phelps wildly swings his arms around his body in some sort of odd slappy, stretch.  I love this moment.  We will never get to see him flap his arms around his body again!  So many Olympic memories watching this guy’s career.  I feel like he has been swimming forever.  This time, I swear I was trying to match every stroke to cheer him on.  I am exhausted.  I have never cheered so much in my life, or done so much Olympic “air swimming”.

2.  Team Great Britain’s uniforms.  Move over Canada, there’s a new cool uniform in town.  Have you seen Great Britain’s Olympic uniforms?  So sharp. Or should I say “on fleek”.  It has the coat of arms as the main part of the uniform with the Union Jack in the background in subtle muted colors.  I want one!!!  Could I be British please?

3.  The Olympic Cauldron.  Have you ever seen a more elegant and beautiful Olympic flame?  It was designed by Anthony Howe and meant to be a “low emission” Olympic flame, which went with the sustainability theme of this games which I LOVED.  It was high on drama.  A stunning gold-mirrored, wind-powered, kinetic sculpture reflected the Olympic flame.  Beautiful, simple, elegant, tribal, stunning.  It looked like the sun.  (I want one of these too.  An Olympic cauldron, not the sun…never mind.)

4.  Mo Farah and his heart-shaped finishes.  How super cute is this guy?  He was the 5,000 and 10,000 meter defending gold medalist from the London games and he did it again in Rio!  Now all four of his kids have a medal each he had said.  How sweet is that?  We “heart” you too Mo.

5.  The Brazilian soccer team winning the gold medal match.  I cried as hard as every Brazilian in the country that day.  Talk about stress!  After a double overtime, shoot out match Brazil won over Germany!  And I yelled and cheered and cried.  And did you see the medal ceremony for them?  A whole stadium singing the Brazilian National anthem together gave me Olympic-sized goosebumps. I mean to win a gold medal in soccer, the national sport of your country, IN your country, which is also hosting the Olympics?  I’m done!  So awesome and inspiring!  Watch here.

In honor of my favorite sporting event, I will salute Rio and the Olympics by sharing a recipe for their favorite national drinks, the Caipirinha.  Thanks Rio, that was fun…(but in 2020, will have Olympic Hello Kitty in Japan…OMG.  I can’t wait).

Olympic Caipirinha

serves 1

2 oz Cachaça (Brazil’s sugar cane spirit)

2 limes

2 teaspoons sugar

ice cubes

Rim a pretty tumbler with sugar.  (I like the way it looks and tastes)  Add half a quartered lime and 2 teaspoons sugar to glass. Muddle.  Remove muddled limes and add fresh quartered limes, 2 shots of cachaça and ice cubes (I like spheres) and stir.  Decorate with lime wedge.

Saudé!

Kallie

(Caipirinha photo in this post is mine…all other photos in this post are graciously from the internet/media)