Champagne cocktail recipes, a French Resistance member who saved lives and created the Kir, and my grandmother’s death after 100 years.

Oh how therapeutic laughter is! Can’t you feel it just looking at them? This is one of the favorite pictures I’ve ever snapped. I have no idea if it’s “any good” by photography standards, but it makes me happy every time I look at it.

Cool tips for using your leftover champagne (if there is any).

Unique & delightful margarita recipe from a true raconteur, more tart than sweet and all good.

Spicy homemade tomato juice is easy to make and good for you! Just add vodka for the perfect Bloody Mary.

A Glover Gardens new year’s brunch menu and my best wishes for a happy 2017.

I haven’t had a Pisco Sour in years, and maybe only once, at that.  I’ve got a forgotten bottle of Pisco in the bar waiting to be used; it was a gift from my Dad and my Aunt-Mom (there’s a story) when they returned from […]

Source: Blackberry Mint Iced Tea Lemonade – Cooking with a Wallflower I subscribe to lots of wonderful blogs written by people who are smarter than me.  They’re all different, but they have some things in common:  they either write beautifully, are super-artistic, have wonderful, creative ideas […]

A friend in need inspired this boozy-lemony drink, The Myra Hot Toddy.

It’s the little things, like a steaming mug of tea on a nippy day in the Colorado Rockies.

I’ve always felt that the way I spend New Year’s (Eve and Day) foreshadows my experiences for the rest of the year.  And it usually does:  we’re either traveling with family, having a special outing with family, or spending time at home with family, celebrating […]

The Pampas Grass: a champagne drink that honors winter grapefruit juice with a sparkling and Midori compliment.