Check out our visit to a Bay Area Distillery on our latest trip! We also developed a blackberry sazerac cocktail featuring the products! Have you ever smelled a room filled with perfectly ripe pears? Luckily we have and it is amazing, especially when that room happens to also hold a craft distillery! Regular readers …
Need a pick me up for these cold winter days? We have the tropical rum punch cocktail for you, then! Around the holidays our schedule always seems to be one big crazy tangle of activities, from holiday concerts for the kids, hanging decorations and shopping for gifts, but somehow we manage to find a …
A Tour of Anchor Distilling in San Francisco and a Rye Whiskey Manhattan! See our great experience, and creation of an Earl Grey Manhattan! A lot of folks collect things like a t-shirt or a magnet from the places they travel, but what do we come home with? Bottles of delightful spirits of course! …
More of our trip to California Wine Country – Russian River Valley wineries, Alexander Valley and Dry Creek, along with Napa and Sonoma Valleys! Cheers! We got to northern California and headed up towards our vacation rental near Guerneville, which is a small town to the northwest of Santa Rosa along the Russian River. …
A great holiday party cranberry dessert – boozy and sweet! Check out these Berry Bites! We love a great and easy holiday dessert that looks like you took a lot of time, but it’s easy and elegant! Some of the best holiday desserts are small portions that are finger food so that your guests …
These sparkling holiday drinks are perfect for parties featuring Strawberry Smirnoff Ice! This sparkling holiday cocktail is perfect for the upcoming season of parties and events! We loved the flavor combination of tart and sweet in this drink, and the addition of some homemade cranberry simple syrup to make it even more holiday themed! …
A great Asian Chicken Wings Appetizer made with original Smirnoff Ice! We love a great appetizer during the holidays as we do a lot of entertaining, and we are always looking for something new we can make to share with our guests. Smirnoff Ice contacted us to create some holiday appetizers using Smirnoff Ice, …
Caramel green apple cocktail? Perfect for fall or all year long featuring green apple Smirnoff Ice! So we love getting together with friends and family during the holidays at various parties and events, and somehow we always get elected or we volunteer to bring the cocktails, hmm, we wonder why? These Caramel Green Apple …
A twist on the classic Bloody Mary, this is a lighter version tomato water Bloody Mary cocktail! Let’s talk for a second about that classic brunch cocktail that helps chase away hangovers and in some cases comes with a full meal in the glass, the Bloody Mary! A favorite of weekend breakfasts, fancy brunch …
Taking a trip to Napa Valley? We have some suggestions for you with this Napa Valley Wine Tasting post! This post was written after the fires in the fall of 2017 in Santa Rosa, California and the nearby Sonoma and Napa Valleys. We have updated it since then. We love spirited travel, and …