Soliciting Advice for Girls Night In..

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Tonight I'm having a "girls night in" with one of my bffs from college, Brooke.

(These are my two best friends from college, Brooke (middle) and Kate (right).

Kate lives in Cleveland which Brooke and I tell her she needs to change ASAP or she'd be there too.)

But Brookie's husband is out of town, so I'm driving down to keep her company.

We've both been sick so we're just staying in, probably watching friends re-runs over a bottle of wine.

Which is where you come in.

I need your help!

What's a great bottle of wine for a girls night in? or Prosecco? or Moscato?

What's your favorite one and why?
Don't worry, it doesn't have to be fancy.
(In fact, we love discovering good, cheap wine:) )



Hot Cocoa Dippers

Just because it's March 1st, doesn't mean that it's spring time just yet (unfortunately). We're still drinking lots of hot cocoa around here. And recently we found the most fantastic addition to it. I made them this last weekend and we've been enjoying them since.


It's the perfect chocolate to cocoa ratio that makes these, well, perfect additions to your cocoa!

You'll need chocolate almond bark (I used four squares and made a mini batch of these), a few Ghiardelli dark chocolate squares (or dark chocolate chips), and peeps (mine are hearts, leftover from Valentines Day, but you should be able to find a plentiful supply of bunnies and chicks this time of year).

First melt the almond bark. Then add in a crunched up dark chocolate square or two. Stir.

Put the peep on a candy stick.

Dip the Peep Pop into the chocolate.

Cover entirely. Let the chocolate set up.

Stir into a cup of cocoa (preferably topped with a generous swirl of whipped cream)...

...or serve at your next brunch...

...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  Like I said, the perfect marshmallow-y, chocolatey, cocoa-y combination!

Mimosa Bar Teaser

Did you know that when you have a baby shower after the baby is born that it's ususally called a "Sip and See"? Now that's our kind of shower around here!


Kirstin threw a Sip and See shower this last Saturday!

The theme: Vintage Storybooks <--click there to see more shower stuff.

She did such an awesome job making the decor vintage

(which personally, I think is often attempted and rarely pulled off--can I say that?).

But my favorite part was the....

Mimosa Bar!

And yes, it was truly as fabulous as it looks.

So fabulous in fact, we've decided March should consist of  a "Mmm... Mimosa Mondays" series. We'll unfold all the little details of this little mimosa bar, and how to make one for your next brunch. (Or perhaps even just to brighten up your next weekend morning at home).


If you just can't wait for more details, start this week with the Classic Mimosa!


You'll need  Champagne and Orange Juice


Fill a champagne glass half with chilled champagne, half with OJ. 
It's just as easy as it is delightful.

So sip on that for now and stay tuned friends... 
"MMM...Mimosa Mondays" is  going to be great!

TheAdams: Black tooth tribute..

There's been quite a bit of celebrating around here lately.


After almost four  l o o o o n g years (or so Kirst and Adam would say),
Adam G is done with boards and all exams...
(unless he moves to another state or decides to go back to school, neither of which are really the plan, for now)
 F    O    R    E    V    E    R    ! !


So in honor of him and all his hard work,
We've been eating lots and lots of good food, which is the key to his heart.


And of course, being the drink bloggers that we are, we had an appropriately-themed drink to go with it all.


It was manly,
It was stiff,
It was perfect for a guy who just finished hours years, of studying Dentistry...
It was: The Black Tooth
And it was: delicious.


If you have a man in your life (ideally one who works with teeth) and you want to celebrate him... make this:


Equal parts of coke and dr. pepper.
Add in Jack Daniels to taste
Pour over ice
And cheers to the tooth man.

Adam L.                                                                                                   Adam G.

So, to Adam G, Soon-to-be Dr. G!

We're proud of you and all your hard work and studying...

And we promise not to drink these Black Tooth drinks all the time so as to not actually get black teeth.

Cheers!

 

Add a little spunk to your coffee...

I drink coffee most days.
I would say everyday, but I do have the occasional morning where I wake up a bit too late to make it, or even more occasionally, I crave tea instead.
But some mornings (like a Saturday, for instance) I have a bit more time to put into making coffee for me and the hubs. So...I like to add some spunk to it.

This last Saturday was one of those Saturdays... our coffee needed some spunk, some sparkle, some pizazz, if you will.

So in case you're in that boat too somedays, try this, it's delish...

Brew coffee as normal.
But use chocolate milk instead of cream/regular milk.
And add a splash of kahlua (reason again for Saturday being ideal).
Drizzle with caramel for an extra punch*

You'll fall in love with coffee all over again. Promise.


Also, if you need another tip that's not as spunky but is still a bit jazzed up, try this.