Make limoncello! I'm still on an Italy high and can't stop daydreaming about our perfectly perfect family vacation. We are all still moping about, missing various bits and pieces of our experience. The boys miss Gaspar, the lovely grandfatherly owner of our favorite … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – When Life Gives You Lemons…
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5:00 Fridays – Kelly’s Cukes
Cucumis sativus Concombre Cetriolo Gurke I learned something today. Who knew the Bible had so many quotes about cucumbers? OK, maybe only two, but that's two more mentions of the cuke than I thought would be in the Bible. Dr. Samuel Johnson once said back in … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Kelly’s Cukes
5:00 Fridays – Edith’s Toast
I'd like to live in Edith Vanderbilt's shoes for just a weekend. I know I'd share a kinship with any woman who'd wear bright corally orange fine silk sewn inside her otherwise staid black cape. It's also a sure thing that her shoes were fantastic, so what girl wouldn't want to … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Edith’s Toast
5:00 Fridays – POMFroid
I've never been much of a soda drinker. We have a practically full 12-pack of Coke in the pantry from when my brother visited for Thanksgiving. My sons keep cajoling me to use it to clean the toilets after I tried to scare them with some urban lore about the supreme icky factor … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – POMFroid
5:00 Fridays – Yard o’ Beer
Mac Daddy got a giant beer glass as a groomsman gift once. It's totally apropos considering he and his buddies all hail from Wisconsin. The glass is cool and it was a rockin' gift. I mean, there was a time we would have knocked back a yard of beer in one sitting and gotten off … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Yard o’ Beer
5:00 Fridays – Strawberry Sangria
I have a thing for sangria. My neighbor John mixes a mean sangria. He has no real recipe, yet the concoction tastes like Aphrodite's nectar every single time. I first got a whiff of it sometime around July 2003, just a month before Bird was born. Some neighbors graciously hosted … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – Strawberry Sangria
5:00 Fridays – The First
In case you haven't been among the three people who were reading my blog when I started 5:00 Fridays, I thought I'd repost my first cocktail feature. This drink continues to be a crowd favorite and has graced the bar at many 40th birthday parties. We're not soda drinkers, but … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays – The First