My sons and I were in a store the other day, one full of kitchen and household wares. We were searching for a birthday gift for their grandmother. One of my boys decided he wanted to spend some of his own money to pick and purchase a gift.
We browsed. There were bread baskets and kitchen [...]

I like to use Google to search for really important things, for example: Long Island Iced Tea, Electric Iced Tea, Bahama Mamas, Rum Runner drinks. Today, when I sat down at my computer those were the screens that popped up before me.
We took a sneak vacation a few weeks ago, surprising our kids day-of that [...]

I think it sounds silly too, but I swear cocotini is the new appletini. Appletinis are so 3 years ago; cocotinis are showing up on menus all around town.
Maybe this is because it has been a grey, long, wet winter and we need a drink with the ability to transport us to a sandy, tropical [...]

Amaretto is nowhere near sour, on the contrary it is very sweet. Not even the official drink Amaretto Sour is sour enough for me. I was out to dinner with my husband last weekend and he ordered an Amaretto Sour, and within the glass walls of this drink were Amaretto soaked blueberries—which gave one pause. [...]

Another holiday, another charming cocktail. I consider it my duty to commemorate the season with a signature drink, my pleasure to add a festive ‘toast’ to Mixology Monday, and certainly my excuse to try some yummy new mixers. Equally important is my [self-appointed] job of providing my extended family with a novelty cocktail to usher [...]