This easy cocktail is a light and delicious drink for brunch or anytime. Just stir 1 1/2 oz. Ketel One Botanicals Peach & Orange Blossom vodka into 4 oz. Spindrift Orange Mango sparkling water. Garnish with an orange wedge for a simple and yummy serve!
My husband and I were in Nashville last weekend and got the chance to do a lot of fun things. One of my favorite experiences was our visit to hip cocktail bar Old Glory, a woman-owned bar in what used to be the boiler room for White Way steam cleaners. Located on the edge of… Read More Nashville’s Coolest Cocktail Bar
If you’re playing Red Dead Redemption like my husband is, you may have come across a recipe for the St. Denis Sazerac. This was delicious to sip while watching my husband play the game. This classic is made by rinsing a glass with absinthe, then dropping in some ice. Shake 2 oz. cognac or brandy,… Read More Cocktail Experiments
This sweet and tart champagne cocktail is the perfect way to ring in 2019. New Year’s Magic Cocktail Ingredients: 1 oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur 1/2 oz. cranberry juice 2 1/2 oz. Champagne Dried or fresh cranberries Preparation: Muddle dried or fresh cranberries and St. Germain gently at bottom of a champagne flute with a… Read More New Year’s Magic Cocktail
This past weekend, foodie mecca The Emporiyum returned to Union Market’s Dock 5, and there were plenty of delicious dishes and drinks to try! Having attended the event in Baltimore a few years ago, my husband and I were excited to see the many food and beverage vendors and the Dock 5 layout. The space… Read More DC’s Emporiyum at Union Market’s Dock 5
New York City is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s like an onion with so many layers of history to peel. Every time I visit, I discover something new. A few weeks ago, my husband and I got to take a weekend trip to NYC for a concert at Irving Plaza. We… Read More Highlights from a weekend trip to New York City
Some classic cocktail enthusiasts may not know this, but the Old Fashioned was originally created as a gin cocktail. In 1862, renowned bartender Jerry Thomas published his “Bartenders’ Guide.” In it, he described the Old Fashioned Holland Gin cocktail as containing sugar, water, ice, Angostura bitters, a small piece of lemon peel and a jigger… Read More My Favorite Old-Fashioned
With the kids at their grandparents’ house last weekend, my husband and I decided to take a road trip to Louisville, Kentucky to taste some bourbon and take in a baseball game (and a visit to the Louisville Slugger Museum). A 7 1/2-hour drive from Richmond, Louisville lies on the Kentucky river, which separates Kentucky… Read More Louisville Weekend Road Trip
So my husband and I are, to put it mildly, OBSESSED with California. To the point that we’re thinking about taking a family trip to Disneyland next year and watching tons of YouTube videos about Disneyland and Southern California. One of the items that seems pretty consistently well-loved about Disneyland is the Dole Whip, a… Read More Making fake-ass Dole Whips with Monkey Rum
The Aperol spritz is a classic European aperitif that you’ll find in traveling through France and Italy, especially in the summer dining al fresco or streetside in one of many outdoor cafes. When my husband and I visited Paris last fall, the Aperol spritz was on every drink menu, and we drank them all over… Read More Cocktail Classics – The Aperol Spritz
Dogwood Dispatches 