The Blue Jeans Ball + Your Easter Cocktail Every year, the Capital Area Food Bank throws a tasting gala called The Blue Jeans Ball to raise money to ‘take hunger off the map.’ This year, Union Kitchen hosted a pre-ball cocktail hour and asked us to join in. Since we’re fans of good causes and of galas (though we usually look at them as an occasion to dress up, rather than down); so we enthusiastically agreed....
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Girlfriend Drinks: My Mom’s St. Germain Cocktail My mom. She is the ultimate the girlfriend. Not only does she look like she could be my girlfriend (there was a solid season where I used #mothernotsister in every photo as people had started to think I had 3 sisters not 2) but all my girlfriends who meet my mom instantly want to be her friend. She’s the best, and some days like today I feel the 3,000 miles physically...
Read MoreGirlfriend Drinks: The Elderflower Manhattan In case there was ever any doubt who is writing which post, today will be an easy one. Girlfriends. They’re the best. It’s pretty vogue to be the tomboy and exclaim “Oh, I only ever was friends with boys growing up,” but despite liking what’s vogue, that was never my thing. I had sisters, and was shy, and truly loved every stereotypical gender norm that one...
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