Yum! Pour Me a Pitcher!

Are you starting to dream of the summer days where you get to sip your favorite cocktail and bask in the sun? If so, it’s time to fill up your pitcher and enjoy the beautiful weather and share with friends and family.

Us girls met the other day for dinner/happy hour and Colleen ordered a mojito. When it was brought to the table it looked absolutely delicious. My wheels started to turn as I thought about my upcoming beach vacation. I love a great summery cocktail and I quickly began thinking about what I will be making to accompany me at the beach.

In honor of the first day of summer (yesterday) I decided to make a list of the top summer cocktails. Enjoy!

1. The Ultimate Ketel One Lemonade

Ingredients

- 1 1/2 ounce(s) Ketel One Citroen Vodka

- 2 1/2 ounce(s) fresh lemonade

- 1 piece(s) lemon wheel

Directions

1. Shake vodka and lemonade with ice in a cocktail shaker.

2. Strain into ice-filled highball glass.

3. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

2. Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients

- 1 1/2 ounce(s) Don Julio Blanco Tequila

- 1/2 ounce(s) lime juice

- 1/4 ounce(s) agave syrup

- 1 slice(s) watermelon

Directions

1. Muddle watermelon and agave syrup, add rest of ingredients, and shake well.

2. Double strain into a frozen martini glass.

3. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

3. Mojito

Ingredients

- 12 whole(s) mint leaves, plus a few extra for garnish

- 1 1/4 ounce(s) Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

- 1 teaspoon(s) sugar

- 1/2 ounce(s) lime juice

- 2 ounce(s) soda water

Directions

- Place mint leaves in bottom of glass.

- Add crushed ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle.

- Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves.

4. Planters Punch

Ingredients

- 3 ounce(s) Myers's Original Dark Rum

- 3 ounce(s) Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum

- 1 1/2 ounce(s) Grand Marnier

- 6 ounce(s) orange juice

- 6 ounce(s) pineapple juice

- 1 1/2 ounce(s) lime juice

- 1 1/2 ounce(s) simple syrup

- 4 dash(es) bitters

- 2 ounce(s) grenadine

- 1 orange wheel

Directions

1. Add in a pitcher Myers's Original Dark Rum, Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum, Grand Marnier, orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, simple syrup, bitters, and grenadine.

2. Pour into shaker and add ice.

3. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass.

4. Garnish with orange wheel.

5. Barbados Punch

Ingredients

- 1 ounce(s) Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum

- 1/4 ounce(s) triple sec

- 1 ounce(s) lime juice

- 2 ounce(s) pineapple juice

- 1 slice(s) lime

- 1 slice(s) pineapple

Directions

1. Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, triple sec, lime juice, and pineapple juice to a blender with crushed ice.

2. Blend until smooth and pour into glass.

3. Garnish with lime slice and pineapple slice.

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What Happens in Vegas...

So it begins…my travel season for my “big girl” job officially begins tomorrow at 7:20 a.m.  I’m off to VEGAS baby and I couldn’t be more excited.  Not just because I’m going to my favorite city in the world but because I’m getting the hell outta dodge!

Each year I’m on the road about 10 to 12 weeks, whisking off to here there and everywhere.  Most of the time I’m going to great places like Vegas, Orlando and San Diego but,  sometimes I have to go to not-so-great cities like Philly, Dallas and Atlanta.  Not to say that these places aren’t nice, I just seem to have bad experiences.  Case-in-point…I was stung by a scorpion seven times in Dallas.  Not fun!  But I am really looking forward to this trip.  It’s the first trip of the year, the weather in Vegas looks perfect and I’m traveling with some of my favorite people in the company.  Also, the show that we’re exhibiting at is one of my favorites to organize each year.  It’s just the right size, the attendees are very nice and willing to talk and the show hours are very short leaving us plenty of time to enjoy all of the great parts of Vegas i.e. laying by the amazing pools, gambling, eating delicious foods and sipping on all those wonderful cocktails!  We also have two great parties that we HAVE to go…sounds rough I know.  Are you all jealous yet? 

Now, as the year goes on and I continue to travel, I’m sure there will be many posts that talk about where I’m going and what I’m doing.  Not all of them will be this upbeat.  This happens to be one of my easiest trips of the year in a fantastic city.  Most of the time when I’m on the road, I work four times harder on very little rest and barely any food.  Traveling for work is never as much fun as it sounds and for any of you out there reading this that travel, I know it’s a love hate relationship.  It gets old being out on the road, staying in hotel after hotel, eating out and living out of a suitcase.  I seem to always count the months down to when my season is over and I’m home for a few months.  On the flip side, I’m always counting down the months till I’m back on the road. 

At least I’m starting this year out on a good…did I mention I’m heading to VEGAS?!

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