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There’s nothing like a cocktail to kick back and relax at the end of the day. I love these movie star inspired cocktails…just in time for summer. Glamorous Greta Garbo’s 1930 movie, Anna Christie, has one of her most famous lines. She sulks into a bar, plops down and says, “Gimme a whisky with ginger ale …
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What do you do on a snow day? Play in the snow of course but then what do you do to prevent cabin fever? How about watching an old movie, using your extra Christmas candy canes to make a cocktail and ice cream (most people have a burgeoning supply of candy canes after Christmas), and …
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I have holiday “disco” fever. I’m ready to don my sequins and eat, drink and boogie during holiday season. Bring on the glitter…it’s time to celebrate and have some fun!Shine: The holiday season is filled with fête after fête which require us to fill our closet with glittery frocks. My motto is that you …
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Summer in Texas is crazy hot! I know exactly what I want to cool myself down…a refreshing spritzer. A spritzer is like iced sunshine in a wine glass. Spritzer is German for spray/squirt/sprinkle/splash…all verbs that go beautifully with summer. Wine spritzers are light, refreshing, and invigorating on hot Texas summer days. They provide just the …
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After the holiday time for drinking egg nogs, hot toddies, and wassails, much of the world ends the year on a zippy and festive note with champagne. I love to drink champagne from the glamorous coupe glass. Champagne drinkers may tell you that the broad surface of the coupe allows champagne to lose its bubbles …
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Marlene Dietrich said, “Champagne makes you feel like its Sunday and better days are just around the corner. I love Sundays and summertime (and summer is just around the corner), add champagne to that and I’m as happy as a clam. Summer drinks call for something cool, fruity, effervescent, zippy, and pink! My favorite beverage …
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When you travel to a new place, you notice that your surroundings aren’t familiar and you’re constantly observing and discovering; senses awaken and you become alive! In Florence, even if it’s a repeat visit, this feeling never ends! Travel recharges the batteries and wakes up the spirit. Only in Florence will your senses scream la dolce …