Happy FRIDAY! Oh thank goodness tomorrow is Saturday. I’m very ready for a day of relaxation…although there won’t be much of that going on. We will continue our garage sale preparation project (groan…). Oh well, there is nothing like a good cocktail on a Friday night, so here we go. For this week’s cocktail I [...]
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The Friday Cocktail: Grilled Pear Nectar Martini
Posted in Drinks, The Friday Cocktail!, tagged Drinks, rosemary, The Friday Cocktail!, cocktail, martini, vodka, pear puree, simple syrup on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Friday Cocktail: Pot-O-Gold
Posted in Drinks, Holidays, The Friday Cocktail!, tagged cocktail, Drinks, St. Patrick's Day, The Friday Cocktail!, whiskey on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy, HAPPY Friday! I can’t wait for the weekend. Brady and I are going over to our friends Melissa and Jason’s house for dinner and to watch the Lakers game tonight. Then tomorrow we are doing more work (groan…) on our condo (groan again…) – getting ready for our upcoming garage sale and such. However, [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Agua de Sandia with a TWIST
Posted in Drinks, Grilling, The Friday Cocktail!, tagged cocktails, Drinks, grill, jalapeno, party, The Friday Cocktail!, watermelon on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Friday! I’m so ready for the weekend! We’ll be celebrating a friend’s birthday and doing a whole lot of relaxing as well! It’ll be great! This is a drink that I watched Guy Fieri make on his show “Guy’s Big Bite”. His recipe can be found here: Grilled Watermelon and Jalapeno Bowla. I made [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Gold Medal Martini
Posted in Drinks, The Friday Cocktail!, Uncategorized, tagged cointreau, Drinks, gin, gold medal, martini, Olympics, orange juice, pineapple juice, The Friday Cocktail! on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Friday!! We are definitely happy that the weekend is here, although we are expected to get quite a bit of rain. I guess that just means we can have a nice, relaxing weekend and watch movies and the Olympics. We are really enjoying the Olympics. It was so neat to see Apolo Anton Ohno [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Strawberry Sweetie
Posted in Drinks, The Friday Cocktail!, tagged champagne, strawberry, Valentine's Day, vodka on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Friday!! I’m sure most of you are excitedly getting your three-day weekend going! Woohoo! I know I am. Here is a cocktail that I figured would be fun to serve this weekend to your Valentine’s Day sweetie!! It is similar to a drink that we created for New Year’s Eve, the Razzleberry Fizz. Enjoy! Ingredients: [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Nate-the-Great
Posted in The Friday Cocktail!, tagged birthday, cocktail, Friends and Family, lemon, The Friday Cocktail!, triple sec, vodka shooter on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In honor of a close friend’s birthday tomorrow Brady and I worked on concocting a drink for him. We will actually be bringing the recipe and ingredients to his birthday party tomorrow as a (sort of) gift. First we asked him what his favorite alcohol was…the answer? Vodka or tequila. I decided to go for [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Touchdown Chargers!
Posted in Game Day!, The Friday Cocktail!, tagged blue curacao, chargers, cocktails, Game Day!, nfl, orange juice, tequila, The Friday Cocktail! on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so that really isn’t the official name of this cocktail…haha! We got the idea for this cocktail from About.com. Maybe I should back up a bit here so that you can understand our reason for needing a Chargers cocktail. You see, Brady and I are headed down to San Diego this weekend to attend [...]
The Friday Cocktail: Wine Tasting
Posted in Drinks, The Friday Cocktail!, Tips & Tricks, tagged serving wine, storing wine, The Friday Cocktail!, tips and tricks, wine, wine and cheese party, wine pairing, wine tasting on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HAPPY FRIDAY! No, “Wine Tasting” is not the name of a new cocktail . Brady and I are going wine tasting tonight at a local winery here in Santa Barbara called Kalyra. We’ll be joining some friends of ours shortly after work. Woohoo! The point of my sharing this whole story with you is to [...]
Not your average cup ‘a joe!
Posted in Drinks, Tips & Tricks, tagged beverage, coffee, tips and tricks on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Brady and I enjoy a good old cup of coffee just about everyday. I like to know what I’m drinking and what makes it different from another cup of Joe. This is the reason that I wanted to look into coffee and what makes each kind different from another. Here is some great info that [...]
Razzleberry Fizz – New Year’s Eve cocktail!!
Posted in Drinks, Holidays, tagged blackberries, champagne, cocktail, New Year's Eve, raspberries, triple sec on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, our car is packed and we are just about to head down south to Moorpark to hang out with some of our close friends for New Year’s Eve! Exciting stuff!! We decided to come up with a cocktail to enjoy while we celebrate the new year tonight…ENTER Razzleberry Fizz!! Hope you all have a [...]