A trip on a party boat with alcohol aplenty
Booze Cruise
The Scottish Parliament & the royal residence of Holyrood Palace are in this city
Edinburgh
The U.S. Senate has 4 special or select committees, 4 joint committees & 16 of these permanent committees
Standing Committees
About 20 minutes after crossing the border into British Columbia, you can be in this big city exploring Stanley Park
Vancouver
Don't place your hot dishes directly on the table; put them on this little stand
a trivet
There's a male first name in this phrase meaning all tied up or 50-50
even steven
These Scottish geographic features include Rannoch, Lomond & Ness
lochs
7 senators have been awarded the Medal of Honor, including this Hawaiian who lost his right arm in Italy in WWII
Inouye
Goat Island separates the Horseshoe & the American sides of this gorgeous landmark
Niagara Falls
It means to diagnose a problem you're having with a computer or an appliance & then solve it
Troubleshoot
Bangers & mash or fish & chips, maybe alongside a pint of ale
pub grub
Inverness is in the center of this elevated region, the most northerly mainland Scottish region
the Highlands
The recipe for this soup, which has been on the Senate cafeteria menu for over 120 years, once included mashed potatoes
Navy Bean Soup
This northwestern Mexican peninsula has 2,000 miles of coastline & Las Tres Virgenes, a volcano last active in 1746
Baja California
It's a small castle tower or something that holds a gun on a military tank
turret
The main roads & side roads of a place, collectively
Highways and byways
This home of golf is also home to the first university in Scotland, founded in 1413
St. Andrews
Among the items in the Vice President's Room is a rosewood cabinet that this first veep of FDR reportedly stocked with adult beverages
John Nance Garner
Montana's Wild Horse port of entry sees you through to this Canadian province on your way to Medicine Hat, eh?
Alberta
Mentioned in "A Wrinkle in Time", it's a 4-dimensional analogue of a cube, or what Carl Sagan called a hypercube
tesseract
There are 2 negatives in this 4-word phrase meaning something can be done without difficulty
no muss, no fuss
A major industrial burgh in the east, Dundee is the principal city of this former county that shares its name with a cattle breed
Angus
Duties of this chief law enforcement officer include escorting heads of state into the chamber & keeping the Senate gavel
The Sergeant at Arms
Mexico's 2 largest cities on the U.S. border are Juarez & this one
Tijuana
From Latin for "to go over", it means temporary or fleeting
transient