You guys, I am so excited about this giveaway! I had so much fun picking the items I wanted to include, so without further ado, let me present to you The Gathered Home’s very first giveaway! And here’s a little bit about each item included in the giveaway… You know I’m crazy about brass. Come… [Read More]
Drink This: Prickly Pear Colada
It’s another pink drink! It’s another prickly pear cocktail! Are you sensing a pattern lately? I still have over half a bottle of prickly pear puree left, and I’m determined to concoct as many prickly pear cocktails as I can! (If you missed my previous prickly pear drinks, here are the recipes for Prickly Pear… [Read More]
Drink This: Prickly Pear Margarita
This is delicious. And that’s coming from someone who isn’t a huge fan of margaritas. Well, at least I’m not a fan of the margaritas most places make. To me they always taste like either a sour patch kid smoothie or country time lemonade + that sour skittle stuff + liquor (yuck!). Made at home… [Read More]
Drink This: The [Not So] Old Cuban
I gave Bryan this book for Christmas, even though I have fully benefitted from it as much as he has: Vintage Cocktails by Laziz Hamani When we saw the beautifully handwritten and photographed recipe for the Old Cuban cocktail, we were hooked. Rum, champagne and lime all sounded delightful! We didn’t have any mint, and… [Read More]
Drink This: Vieux Carré
This weekend we went to see Star Trek Into Darkness. To back up a little bit, the Stark Trek movie released in 2009 was kind of our first unofficial date. I was going to see it with a girl friend, and my new pal Bryan decided to tag along. I spent the whole time at… [Read More]