A Cocktail Life: Welcome

Since I've been less than reliable thought I'd pimp my good friend Anita's new venture..... A Cocktail Life.  I know I need a steady influx of great drink ideas!  Today she is featuring a FABULOUS Not So Simple Syrup cocktail but looking back over her opening posts.... I'm a subscriber and you should be too!

Anyone with a philosophy like this is my kind of person!

A Cocktail Life: Welcome: A very warm welcome to all you friends, old and new.  If you know us from Hungry Couple then you've noted that we shake a mean cocktai...

17 Apart: Not So Simple Syrup Cocktail Recipe & #Giveaway

Tonight is your last opportunity to enter their giveaway so scoot on over to 17 Apart: Not So Simple Syrup Cocktail Recipe & Giveaway to enter AND get an awesome recipe for their Not So Simple Bees Knees :)

Sparkling Not So Simple Strawberry Limonaide



Sparkling Not So Simple Strawberry Limonaide

I know I should be taking more time on my posts and staging my pictures and such but it's just not where I am at right now.

 

When I find a moment to enjoy a cocktail, there's no time for staging.  These are my real life moments.  I need a drink dammit ;-)

 

And bottom line, I'm afraid I'll lose these awesome recipes if I don't start chronicling better....

 

This drink was what I VERY late in the season dubbed my official drink of Summertime 2013. I only had the recipe in a comment on my Facebook Instagram post. 

It was only a matter of time before it was

gobbled up by my endless ramblings

never to be found again....

 

But now it's safe.  And you really should try it. 

 

I. LOVE. THIS. DRINK.

 

and you will too....

  

What You Need:

• 1.5 ounce Limoncello
• 1.0 ounce Strawberry Not So Simple Syrup
• A couple lemon slices
• 3 ounces Brut Champagne
• A couple strawberries for garnish

 

What You Do:

• Lightly muddle your Syrup with a couple lemon slices
• Add Limoncello
• Pack your glass with ice
• Top with Brut Champagne

Insert Straw into drink, butt into lounge chair.... AHHHH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yo Ho Ho & A Gaggle of Rum Recipes! {HAPPY NATIONAL RUM DAY!}

RUM COCKTAIL COMPILATION

So we meet again..... I wondered as I noticed the date if I'd even have any Rum recipes to gather as I've definitely been a Gin girl of late.... but fear not, there's still some pirate in me!  Enjoy one of these fabulous drinks to celebrate the day!

HAPPY NATIONAL RUM DAY!

 

The always classic.....

still an all time FAV!

Bramble Mojito

RUM COLLINS




NO BOO-ing here!
Dark & Stormy Death Punch
 

Doesn't need to be
complicated..... Meyer 25



& when we all need a quick ghetto fix....

Pirate's PUNCH!



if all else fails......

2012 Rum Compilation

 

CHEERS MATEY!





Happy National MOJITO Day! {A Collection of Mojito Recipes}



Lemon-Lime Mojito

Well, it's been a sad three months with the inability to find the time or motivation to do a post.... I've got a gazillion pictures of dinners, restaurants and drinks all waiting for me to reactivate and write a post or two.  Alas, I've not been able to do it. Busy with life and a few health issues have translated into a million excuses and no blogging. 

 
BUT NOT TODAY.
 


EVERYTHING can wait while I gather my Mojitos together and raise my figurative glass to celebrate my favorite-ist thing..... THE MOJITO!

and I will raise a literal glass later :)

 

 

Champagne Mojito

Limoncello Mojito

Cheers!
 


Blackberry Mojito

Mexican Mojito

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Blue Mojito

Millionaire a/k/a Zacapa Mojito

Dragonberry Mojito

 
 
 
 
 

Key Lime Mojito

Elderflower Mojito

 


Good & Plenty Mojito

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NOTE:  So, in gathering all my Mojitos I see that NO WHERE in the mix is the Classic Mojito.  LOL.  I promise that NEXT July 11th I will post the Classic Mojito...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Young Grasshopper's Top 5 in 2012!

Remember me?  I am alive. Things just got so crazy over the last couple months I had to make some tough prioritizing choices and alas blogging took the hit {which even David said was a bad thing as blogging really made me a happier person}.  I'm hoping the New Year will afford me more blogging time as the holidays end, the company departs and "normalcy" resumes. 

Reflecting on 2012 it was a rough one in Chez Webb.... I lost my Mom in January, My Great Aunt {107 years old!} in September and my Father-in-Law in October.  It was a lot of sadness not only for me but all I love.  My kids lost 2 grandparents.... my Dad, a wife, my husband, a Dad and my most awesome Mother-in-Law lost the love of her life.  The sadness was potentially all consuming.

It can be hard to notice the positives when there's a lot of sad but noteworthy in 2012 is that the kids continue to shine in every aspect of their youth, David & I were lucky enough to have the opportunity of the Kress Building fall into our laps, we are all healthy and have the best support system in our extended family and friends.  And yes, we have each other.

Good & Bad I'm so very excited to kick this year out the door and ring in a glorious new year.... HELLO 2013!  I'm starting if off by running from Miami to Key West with my BFF and our 9 Ragnar teammates and then relaxing with MaryAnn & David for a couple days in glorious Key West.  I vow to truly relax and I'm hoping I will return renewed and ready to kick some ass in 2013!

To end on a blogging note and since I've been so MIA
I thought I would close out the year with a
 Featured 5 celebrating my Top 5 posts of 2012....
I always love those radio count downs.... 
You won't be surprised to find they are all cocktails....

Cheers to you all.....
 

#5 the Classic Whisky Sour

 
 



#4.... The St~Germain Cocktail....



 



#3 was a guest post by the
fabulous Messy Baker!
who served up a
Grilled Peach Bourbon
Old Fashioned!



#2 The Dark & Stormy 



& drum roll please.......


#1 My Champagne Mojito

 Happy New Year Everyone!

Hope to see a lot more of you in 2013 ;)

Thirsty Thursday & a Rum Collins

RUM COLLINS

I cannot tell you how excited I was when Denizen contacted me and asked if I'd like to try their Rum.... like really?  Me?  Little old Grasshopper?

 

Yup. They had seen my Rum Compilation and decided I was worth a bottle.... how right they are :)

 

So, once it arrived I sat with it displayed at the dinner table for a week.... the children shook their heads at me as they often do, the adults passed it around smelling it and eventually sipping.... it was a nice Rum.  Phew, it was nice [I was so worried it would suck]. It was VERY tropical smelling but not as intense as a Malibu.  Just an essence of tropical fruit.  I finally decided I would try a Collins with it for Thirsty Thursday.  Nothing too complex but a little tart to go with the sweet.  It was VERY nice.  I actually think this will be FABULOUS Mojito Rum.... and I'll report back on that!

 

TRY THIS IN THE MEANWHILE...

 

what you need:

2 oz. White Rum [I really enjoyed the Denizen]

1 1/2 oz. simple syrup

2 oz. club soda

ice

 

what you do:

mix the Rum, lemon juice & simple syrup together and then pack your class with ice.  Top with club soda and garnish with lemon. AHHH.  Cheers!

 

 

Happy National Rum Day {What a Long Strange Trip It's Been}

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. Lord Byron

If you had offered me Rum two years ago, I would've declined.... I really was never a Rum drinker.  That was before my first Dragonberry Mojito, which is kind of where this whole PDA {Public Display of Alcoholism} began.... well, my Rum journey has definitely been an evolution and I thought I would share that trip with you for NATIONAL RUM DAY {I was pretty shocked to see what a long strange trip it's been}!



My first Rum Love
The Dragonberry Mojito



My First Creation
The Blue Mojito

Taking it South
The Keylime Mojito

It goes with coffee too
The Jamaican Latte

Give a man a fish;
you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime”
—Author unknown
I've had a similar Mojito experience....
The Elderflower Mojito

I am now creating the alcohol
The LIMONCELLO MOJITO

This was a crowning moment for sure
THE CHAMPAGNE MOJITO

Just when I thought I had peaked...
Mint Sugared Glass
Lemon-Lime Mojito

Changing it up....
The Dark & Stormy

Classic Rum.... Do you like
PINA COLADAS?

Am I off the Mojitos and on to Classics?
THE RASPBERRY DAIQUIRI



Nahhhh, I heart my Mojitos
this is where I leave this year's celebration....
THE MILLIONAIRE {ZACAPA} MOJITO

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR...

SAME TIME SAME PLACE! XXOO



Who stole July???? {Featured Five & one last chance for July Giveaway!}

I adore Friday...
here are my pics [literally] for the week!


So flippin' cute Christi at Mom What's For Dinner!

Have I mentioned I adore Cannolis?
Thanks Kita at Pass the Sushi
for this awesome idea!
Cannoli Cones

I heart  me a Shandy!
Thanks Trevor at sis.boom.[blog!]



Just SHUT. UP. Paul!
Brie & Mango Chutney Quesadillas
from Vintage Kitchen

Peas?  YUM
Peas with Parmesan & Pancetta... YUMILICIOUS
yeah I said that "word"
Thanks Jessica at Oh Cake

One for good luck?  You know it!

A new Mojito.... YAY!
Thanks Wylde Thyme!

***ALL PHOTO CREDITS TO THE POST REFERENCED,

HUGE Thank you to all for letting me repost****

HOUSEKEEPING!

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