Disclosure: I was compensated by Safest Choice™ for developing this recipe for their #SafeNog campaign. As always, all opinions remain my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Poet in the Pantry! The holidays are full of fun cocktails and plenty of opportunities to indulge in them. And while some may be sipping … [Read more…]
Coming off the rough week I had last week, I now seem to be developing a cold. Which was expected–I felt like I was hit by a Mack truck anyway. Obviously, my defenses were shot from all that fight-or-flight that my body was going through and it couldn’t stave off the common cold when it … [Read more…]
Sometimes, you get to the point where you’re so overthinking and stressing about everything that you need just a moment’s escape from your own mind. That’s when I grab a Manhattan. Last year, when I attended my cousin’s wedding, I tried ordering an Old Fashioned. I’m a dork in that I like to use open … [Read more…]
It’s a party–a Mad Men BLOG PARTY–and YOU’RE invited!!!! If you couldn’t tell already by my loves of alcohol and vintage fashion, I am a fan of Mad Men. I wasn’t always–I went through a phase of thoroughly hating Don Draper, that rakish fiend–and couldn’t watch it for a good year. But I got over … [Read more…]
I used to think it was strange that National Sangria Day fell in the middle of December. Thank you, Beso Del Sol, for sending me a box of your sangria to work with for this post–I now realize sangria is perfect any time of year! Most people think of long summer days and warm summer … [Read more…]