When your driveway looks like this, it suddenly becomes an excellent time to sample some vodka. We won’t be going anywhere for quite some time anyway, between the 2 feet or so of snow and the travel ban in effect. I’ve had a lot to say about flavored vodkas, but what about the good ole … [Read more…]
There may be a hurricane on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean you have to cower in fear. Grab a glass and some ice and mix a Dark and Stormy–everything will be better on the other side of this. Have no fear! Step 1: Fill a glass 3/4 of the way with ice cubes Step 2: … [Read more…]
What do you do when it’s too hot to cook? Get take-out? Go to a nice, air-conditioned restaurant? Hide in your living room with a bowl full of cold cereal swimming in a white oasis of milk? I know one thing that goes well with hot, sticky, sweaty, summer heat: alcohol. Well, that and lemonade. … [Read more…]
Mint is one of those plants that walks the line between “cultivar” and “weed” in the garden. Its tenacity is hard to beat with its speedy growth and voracious appetite for territory. Left to its own devices, mint will quickly take over a garden. Rather than stressing about it, however, you should embrace its rapid … [Read more…]
Class act. Yup, that’s what I am. Last week, I actually told my husband that I wanted to make these gelatin shots to have at the ready so when I arrived home from my last class, I could celebrate–just the way a college student would. He looked at me funny and nixed the idea. He … [Read more…]