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Spider’s Kiss ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Feeling the bite of rough week? Bite back with a Spider’s Kiss and have everyone under your spell. The mystic of the black widow spider is captured in this visually interesting cocktail by mixologist Victoria D’Amato-Moran. Hauntingly beautiful yet absolutely delicious! Continue reading →

Parkside Fizz ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Not only does this cocktail take you back to a bygone era, the story behind how you get one of these tasty libations holds even more mystery. Created by Jim Meehan of PDT (Please Don’t Tell) in New York’s East Village for a Belvedere Vodka cocktail contest, the cocktail story opens the “door” to a New York Speakeasy reminiscent of the 1920’s. Continue reading →

Bellissima – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

August 16, 2013
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Bellissima!

I love it when the week ends on a very positive note! Sometimes the planets come into alignment and everything goes just as you pictured it would. Those are the Friday’s that call for a little more special, celebratory cocktail.

Champagne or sparkling wines are the first thing I think of when I want to kick up the fun and put on my party hat!

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Blue Hawaii ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Need a Hawaiian vacation or just want to create that relaxed tropical feeling at home? I’ve got the drink and the music to get you in the mood. Whip out that old Elvis CD of Blue Hawaii, light a few tiki torches and mix up this beautiful cocktail. Aloha! Continue reading →

Gingered Honeydew Mist ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Woo Hoo, it’s finally here! The first party weekend of summer! What better way to launch the summer season than with a melon cocktail.

Melons are at their best during summer and so many childhood memories revolve around ice cold watermelon. Honeydew is the adult answer to a melon craving and it’s kicked up in the form of a cocktail!

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White Wine Sangria with Fresh Fruit – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

The birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming! It’s time for Springtime cocktails! Unwind on the patio with a light, refreshing glass of Sangria. What’s great about Sangrias are they’re so easy to make and last for days…if you make a big enough pitcher. Continue reading →

French Martini – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Bring a little life to your party with a French Martini. The French Martini was created by the Chambord liqueur company for a worldwide promotion and the cocktail was so well received that it boosted the Chambord name to greater prominence. Chambord was created over 300 years ago in France.

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Negroni – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Feeling all Italian today after creating a little Italian dinner party, I felt the need to unwind like an Italian. In the early 1900’s, in Florence, Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender for a more manly drink than those of the time and thus the Negroni was born. This is a very adult cocktail and meant to be sipped.

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Saint Patrick’s Jello Shots – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

My Irish girlfriend Laura and I always go the the St Patrick’s Day Parade and then to a local pub where a group of die hard Irish men have been playing Irish “sing-along” music for years. We both have Irish ancestry and the singing and drinking satisfies us both down to our little Irish bones! Continue reading →

El Dorado Hot Chocolate Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

Nothing warms you up like a mug of Hot Chocolate. But when you spice it up with cinnamon, rum and specks of gold, you have a hot party cocktail! Gold in the legend of the El Dorado treasures may be hard to find but the warmth in this cocktail isn’t!

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