I love beer! I also love champagne. But really, I love beer! If we go out to dinner with friends to a nice restaurant, I usually order a glass of Pinot Grigio or Moet Chandon, but what I prefer to drink on any occasion is beer! If we're going for an easy, laid back beer, I prefer Bud Light. A no fuss, no muss beer! However, I do love a Blue Moon with a slice of orange. Either one will do me just fine. I drink white wine to feel fancy. I drink champagne because I can!
I've never been a mixed drink girl. I do love fruity drinks. A strawberry margarita, a pina coloda, and a Jamican-Me-Smile that we had on our honeymoon, but that's about it in the mixed drink world. My dad makes a vodka Gimlet that I like, but that's where the love stops. So, because I am getting ready to turn 40, I thought I needed to step up my drinking game and give a martini a try. You read about celebrities and how they love a dry martini or a dirty martini. Giada De Laurentiis is all about the mixed drinks. As is Sandra Lee. I mean, she does tell you that cocktail time is the best time of the day. If these women can do it, so can I!
I felt like, in the case of all of these high powered women, I needed to experience said martini at a fancy restaurant, dressed in fancy clothes and seated at an expansive, dark wood bar. My husband pointed out that I would more than likely take one sip of said martini, grimace, and never have another sip. We decided to have my dad make a gin martini with a lemon twist, in the comfort of my parents kitchen, where he could finish it for me! And that's exactly what took place! My husband knows me so well!
Here are some photos from the evening. Keep in mind still no makeup from the facial that morning. Boy, makeup sure does amplify the pretty!
Making a martini is a very serious process! Just look at the expression on my dad's face!
He even chilled my glasses!
Nope! Don't like it!
But, with a smile on my face, I can say that number 36 is officially complete!
I've never been a mixed drink girl. I do love fruity drinks. A strawberry margarita, a pina coloda, and a Jamican-Me-Smile that we had on our honeymoon, but that's about it in the mixed drink world. My dad makes a vodka Gimlet that I like, but that's where the love stops. So, because I am getting ready to turn 40, I thought I needed to step up my drinking game and give a martini a try. You read about celebrities and how they love a dry martini or a dirty martini. Giada De Laurentiis is all about the mixed drinks. As is Sandra Lee. I mean, she does tell you that cocktail time is the best time of the day. If these women can do it, so can I!
I felt like, in the case of all of these high powered women, I needed to experience said martini at a fancy restaurant, dressed in fancy clothes and seated at an expansive, dark wood bar. My husband pointed out that I would more than likely take one sip of said martini, grimace, and never have another sip. We decided to have my dad make a gin martini with a lemon twist, in the comfort of my parents kitchen, where he could finish it for me! And that's exactly what took place! My husband knows me so well!
Here are some photos from the evening. Keep in mind still no makeup from the facial that morning. Boy, makeup sure does amplify the pretty!
Making a martini is a very serious process! Just look at the expression on my dad's face!
He even chilled my glasses!
Okay, here we go.....
So far so good!
Nope! Don't like it!
But, I'm going to give it another shot!
Yep, nope, still don't like it!
But, with a smile on my face, I can say that number 36 is officially complete!
CHEERS!
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