A hefty glass of Malbec can pretty much remedy anything that ails me. Am I right or am I right? As much as a glass of vino is my go-to drink-of-choice, I'm always trolling for new cocktail recipes. Hi, Grapefruit Agave Marg and White Cranberry Sangria.
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Alright, so I refuse to believe summer is over. Even though I'm way too anxious for sweater weather (cue: the song), scarves, boots, and everything that fall entails - I'm not quite ready to say bye to all things summer-esque.
Read moreFresh Grapefruit Agave Margaritas
One of my all-time favorite cocktails is The Solution at River & Rail. It's a grapefruit margarita with agave nectar and finished off with a cinnamon and sugar lined rim. It's heavenly. For awhile now, I've been wanting to recreate this little masterpiece of a cocktail and well, I did it.
Read moreSkinny Piña Colada
When in doubt, piña coladas. If that’s not a motto – it definitely should be one by now. On vacation, it’s a given that I’m craving frozen cocktails.
Read moreThe End of An Era + An Old Fashioned Recipe
“Can you keep it down? I’m trying to drink.”
Oh Don Draper, where do I even begin? I love you so much, I hate you. Is that considered an unhealthy relationship? Probably, but I'm okay with it.
With the end of an era approaching, I have to say I’m quite sad one of my all-time favorite shows is coming to an end. The Old-Fashioneds, the women, the lipstick, the Lucky Strikes – it’ll be a sad, sad day on Sunday when it’s truly the beginning of the end.
In honor of Mad Men, I shall be drinking one too many Old-Fashioned’s and rocking lipstick in my PJs. I kid about the lipstick, but not so much the Old-Fashioned's.
Old-Fashioned
4-oz Rye
2-oz soda water
4 dashes Angostura bitters
Sugar cube or simple syrup
In a glass, add Rye and club soda over ice.
In 2 separate glass, muddle bitters and sugar cube.
Add ice to bitters and sugar cube.
Pour Rye and club soda over the muddled bitters & sugar.
Add a slice of orange.
Life as of Lately: Christmas Everything
With getting everything prepped for Christmas - i.e.: wrapping, baking, shopping, cooking, etc., etc., etc. It's easy to lose track of exactly what Christmas is all about. Although this season my entire family can't be together, it'll certainly be special to spend time with my family and friends that are in town.
To me, Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year - my family makes homemade spaghetti & meatballs (my favorite meal, basically ever), we drink vino and tell old stories (my dad pretty much tells the same stories over again - it's seriously amazing how each time the story gets better & better. Not to mention, he remembers everyone's name. I can't even remember what I wore last night. It's seriously impressive, you guys.). There's something special about Christmas Eve that makes it unlike Christmas Day - low key (minus the loud, drunken story-telling), but full of love.
Picture this: A mix between Kenny G and a Star Wars Christmas album, the smell of garlic-y meatballs, tons of red wine and my dad's ultimate Grasshopper Cocktail (mixture of creme de menthe + vanilla ice cream = amazing-ness).
I can't wait.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?
{ This recipe is actually crack. OMG. }
{ Holiday Sangria is now a tradition. There's no doubt I'm making this every single year. }
{ Hotel Roanoke during the holidays is pretty much necessary. }
{ You guys, why can't we just start dipping the cookies into frosting instead of actually frosting them? It'd make like so much easier. }