Cocktail Recipe: Mom Look What I Made! Have you heard that Mother's Day is this coming Sunday? I have. All of the podcasts I listen to keep telling me that Mother's Day has snuck up on me. At first I dismissed them because Mother's Day was...
NOLA Week: Who Let in the Brit? Inspired by some research for a New Orleans themed party that never happened, we're spending the week celebrating New Orleans' long and illustrious relationship with the cocktail. Thus far, we've covered the classic Ramos Gin Fizz and the Auntie...
Your Weekend Brunch Cocktail: Rosehip Spritzer The weekend! It's almost here. It's what you've been thinking about...
Tonic Bar @ Opower + the Elderberry Lavender Tequila & Tonic We loved getting to be part of a staff party at Opower. You could tell instantly that the company was cool and the people were great and made us wonder if we could ever have...
Girlfriend Drink: Your Monday Night Bookclub Bookclubs are fabulous in their own right; they involve friends and dinner and thought-provoking conversation; all ingredients for an evening well-spent. And while endless Cougar-Town-sized glasses of red wine are often the drink-image associated with such gatherings, for our last...
Super Bowl Cocktail II You can't have a football game without two teams. Why would you have a Super Bowl party without two cocktails? While Next Year is the Vegas favorite we think the Halftime Show has a chance of covering the spread, or maybe even winning...
Super Bowl Party! If you can't tell, we love a good party. While we like them all, maybe our favorite party of the year is the Super Bowl. It could be because the Super Bowl is a party that pretty much everybody joins in on; all across the...
(M)ocktail of the Week: The Amy D. Cocktails--those with alcohol-- are really our thing. However, we've learned over time that applying even a skosh of the skills we've learned to create one mixed drink without alcohol, is a surefire way to win over...
Pitcher Drink: the Negroni Spagliato We mentioned on New Year's Eve that substituting sparkling wine for the spirit immediately transforms a cocktail into an excellent brunch drink, and turns declamations of, 'Oh, that's way too strong for me,' into exclamations of delight. We've also mentioned before...
DIY Tonic Bar Maybe you liked our martini bar idea from last week and are looking for another fun, easy to execute cocktail party idea. Maybe the martini (even with the reversed proportions option) was a bit too hard a drink for you, and you're hoping...
