Comments on: Long weekend fluff: Belly up to the bar

By: Katertot

Katertot — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:41:40 +0000

Ahh I am so happy to see someone found this marvelous Kids In The Hall sketch that I’m always referring to when I get girl drinks…and no one knows what I’m talking about.

Hats off to you!!!

By: car

car — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:04:31 +0000

Beersicles? But what happens to the froth?

By: Harriet Warmer

Harriet Warmer — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:19:19 +0000

Later to the party – one more vote for any good microbrew beer served very cold. Beersicles, anyone?

By: shoutz

shoutz — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:29:39 +0000

Yes, yes, late to the party… again! But I have to add my voice to the chocolate martini chorus… but with an addition. We went to a party one night at a club where one of the signature drinks was a white chocolate martini and my husband the choco-holic had to give that a try. I think the only diff between that and the other was white chocolate liqueur. Divine, really.

The other things I tend toward are great for summer: Bocce balls (amaretto and orange juice) and mojitos (but with simple syrup infused with mint in addition to the muddled mint leaves). Come to think of it, Amaretto and Coke is tres yummy… as is plain old Amaretto on the rocks. A trend? Why, yes!

By: Liza

Liza — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:57:55 +0000

My standard order is a vodka tonic, it’s pretty hard for a bartender to mess up.

I make a killer chocolate martini, though:

1 shot vanilla vodka (you can use plain, but vanilla is best, and I actually use a little less than a whole shot, maybe 3/4 or so)
1 shot Frangelico
1 shot Starbucks coffee liqueur
2 shots Godiva chocolate liqueur
1 1/2 shot half and half (milk works in a pinch, though I’d avoid skim – it tastes better with some fat in it)

it’s delicioso, and you can play around with the exact amounts of each based on tastes – I prefer it extra chocolatey, so I use pretty much twice as much Godiva as anything else, and less vodka. My dad likes a boozey taste, so he uses more vodka than I do. You can also take out the chocolate and use more Starbucks and have an espresso martini. Wev. The ingredients are a little pricey, but it’s worth it to get the name brand stuff, cheap chocolate and coffee liqueurs taste a little nasty.

By: DiosaNegra1967

DiosaNegra1967 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:45:38 +0000

sorry y’all….i’m late to this party! LOL

mine is Captain Morgan’s “Tattoo” Rum and either cream soda or ginger ale

By: Ego

Ego — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:56:04 +0000

Sarawr–thanks! xD I think it helps a lot that I’m wearing a bathing suit that fits pretty well (which was really hard to find because the vast majority of bathing suits sold near me are meant for much shorter, smaller-chested women. x3)

Go put your bathing suit on! It’s not too cold to swim yet! =D

By: sarawr

sarawr — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:13:22 +0000

Ego, that self-portrait and your commentary pretty much rocked, and I found it awesomely reassuring — judging by the picture, you & I are built pretty much the same way, and I kept thinking… man, she looks great in that bathing suit! Maybe I look great in a bathing suit too!

(Please note: I am teh crazy. But that picture really is rockin’; I love your hair.)

By: lapidary

lapidary — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:18:58 +0000

In college my friends and I used to search the interwebs and make drinks with the most disgusting names we could find… I remember the Lactating Green Monkey and the Bloody Frog Cum–both had creme de menthe and I think we made them the same night. Yuck. And I accidentally set a friend’s face on fire–who knew you were supposed to blow out the flaming shot before you drank it?

In my experience, when you start out drinking you love the sweet stuff (Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill, anyone?) and then shift to liking more bitter brews.

I’m boring and mostly a beer and wine person now, but if I get a mixed drink it’s usually orange-flavored vodka and soda, which is flavor-y but not too sweet. My Brazilian friend pronounces caipirinhas Key-preen-yas (along with making dee-licious ones!), but I’ve gotten weird looks at bars saying it that way.

In comically bad mixed drinks, my boyfriend recently ordered the Catch-22 from Orson in San Francisco. It has: batavia-arak van oosten, rhum clement creole shrubb, manzanilla sherry, and house chocolate liquor. That’s from the website–I don’t even know what half those ingredients are. He said he would gladly pay another 12 bucks to not drink it, which is my test for a truly bad meal or beverage.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:01:19 +0000

Sweetness – it was a retired military friend who got me addicted, and I bought several of those gift boxes – one for me, others for gifts. Yum.