Cocktail Saturday: Sunny Watermelon Margarita

A special kind of cocktail is needed as we celebrate the power and glory of the sun on this longest day of the year. We need summertime ingredients, a rosy color, and an icy taste that will leave you refreshed and energized. I’m going with Watermelon Margarita, one of my favorites. Watermelon Margarita Ingredients: 2… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Sunny Watermelon Margarita

Cocktail Saturday: Piña Colada

Hot days call for cool drinks. I’m all about tropical these days. If you like sweet, fruity cocktails, few are more refreshing than piña coladas. Plus, they’re simple to make. You can easily serve them frozen or on the rocks. PIÑA COLADA Ingredients: 2 ounces rum, 2 ounces coconut milk, 2 ounces pineapple juice, a… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Piña Colada

Cocktail Saturday: Sex on the Beach

Aren’t you glad June is here and it’s beach time? Join me over at Ormond, Daytona, or New Smyrna—or the sunlit destination of your choice—for a walk on the white sand and one of these refreshing cocktails! SEX ON THE BEACH Ingredients: 1 ½ ounces vodka ¾ ounce peach schnapps ½ ounce crème de cassis… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Sex on the Beach

Cocktail Saturday: Scintillating Scotch

Scotch whisky has one of those flavors that you either love or loathe. The latter emotion may be in large part a result of not having immersed yourself in the mystique of this fine old beverage. Another reason may be that you simply haven’t found the variety of scotch that suits your palate. Becoming affectionate… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Scintillating Scotch

Cocktail Saturday: Sambuca Diablo

In honor of my beloved husband Ronnie, today we’re featuring one of his favorite drinks, sambuca. It is an Italian anise flavored liqueur– strong, devilish, and potent.  It comes in crystal clear and deadly dark. He “met” sambuca while working in a seaside village in Spain, where the old codgers invariably added a splash of… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Sambuca Diablo

Cocktail Saturday: Banana Daiquiri

Take a trip to St. Thomas, even if only in your mind. I confess– I love to spell the word daiquiri. BANANA DAIQUIRI Ingredients: 1 ½ ounce lime juice, 1 ½ ounce light rum, 1 tablespoon triple sec, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 banana, ice cubes.   Directions: Place ingredients in blender and blend until firm.… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Banana Daiquiri

Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!

Get dolled up in your flapper dress and enjoy these scrumptious tidbits inspired by the Roaring Twenties. The crazy pic to the left is an old one of me at a library fundraiser. BEE’S KNEES COCKTAIL Ingredients: 2 ounces gin, ¾ ounce honey syrup (mix ½ ounce honey with ½ ounce water), ½ ounce lemon juice.… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!

Cocktail Saturday: Muleskinner

Carrying over yesterday’s western theme, let’s mosey on over to an Old West saloon and join the cowboys and old timers in Dodge City and Deadwood. The harsh conditions of the frontier did not permit many fripperies. There were no mint sprigs or pitchers of freshly squeezed fruit juice. Saloon goers slugged down warm beer… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Muleskinner

Cocktail Saturday: Hot Tea Toddy

Mercy, it was no fib yesterday when I said we’d not imbibe the Earl Grey. In this cocktail I prefer a stronger variety of tea such as English Breakfast. To complement the Vintage Friday post depicting ladies’ handkerchief holders, it seems fitting on Cocktail Saturday to celebrate with a Hot Tea Toddy. It’s a delicious… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Hot Tea Toddy