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• What I Drank in December 2019

  Posted at 11:45 am by CS, on January 6, 2020

  Last month of the year, last post in this series I believe. Solely because now that I’m not living in CA and have wineries at my fingertips, and while I’m in my 30’s and have a toddler, I’m not as adventurous to always be trying new drinks. Therefore, while I may still have things to write about, it may not be on a month by month basis. But I know I have some fun things planned already in 2020, so I wouldn’t rule out never seeing a post like this again.

  Here are the two things I drank in December.

  Smirnoff Red, White, and Berry Vodka. Now, I know what you are thinking, this is a summer time flavor. And while yes it is, I had bought it for another event that it didn’t end up getting used much for, so I had plenty left over and decided I was going to treat myself to it. While I can’t handle straight shots anymore, I found this mixes very well with Sprite. I’m sure it would mix pretty well with some Ginger Ale as well, maybe some cranberry juice, or tonic or soda water. It truly tastes and reminds me of those bomb Popsicles that I used to eat as a kid. I was able to get this at my local Publix liquor store, but I’m not sure if it is around all year.

  

  Svedka Strawberry Lemonade vodka. Another summertime flavor that I didn’t get around to trying until much later in the year. I was on a strawberry lemonade kick earlier this year, and this flavor did not disappoint. I would say you can mix this with Sprite, Ginger ale, or actual lemonade to make a nice and refreshing drink. This I also got at my Publix liquor store, and while this may not be a limited edition flavor, it may still not be around all year long.

  

  Let me know if you’ve tried either of these and what you thought of them. Here’s to more fun drinks in 2020.

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• What I drank November 2019

  Posted at 11:25 am by CS, on December 5, 2019

  There was a lot going on this last month. Between vacations and weddings and holidays, it’s not a shock that the month flew by. Luckily I did still find time to try some new and interesting drinks.

  Baileys espresso crème- Now I may have “cheated” just a little with this one as I have had this prior to November. But it was only once and it wasn’t a large amount so I’m not counting it. But I treated myself this month to a bottle of it to bring down to Tampa for a wedding. Figured it would be great in coffee or hit chocolate. I was right, and it was delicious. This is good by itself in a glass with ice as well.

  Key Lime Sparkling wine- this has been something I’ve wanted to try for years, every time I see it on a menu for the food and wine festival at Disney. I never had gotten around to actually trying it until this year. I was pleasantly surprised how not sweet it was. I was expecting it to be a lot sweeter than it was so I’m glad I was wrong. This is another drink that is good by itself, or made into a mimosa. We were able to find a bottle of it at a fruit stand in central Florida, and although it was a bit pricy, I’m happy to have finally been able to try it.

  Cider flight at the Epcot experience center at Epcot- this was a hidden gem found at the food and wine festival. People know about the new Epcot experience that shows all the updates coming to epcot, but there is also a counter where you can buy snacks and drinks inside. They offer a cider flight with 3 kinds of cider. The 3 daughters brewing spicy cinnamon hard cider, ciderboys strawberry magic hard cider, and Florida beer co caribé blood orange hard cider. All three were great, but I think the strawberry magic was my favorite. After I had drank enough of all three, I did pour them all together into a single cup so I could walk around the showcase a bit easier, and all of them mixed wasn’t terrible. I’m hoping this isn’t just a festival offering so I can order them again.

  

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• Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival “Best of the Fest”

  Posted at 11:10 am by CS, on November 25, 2019

  Now that the Epcot food and wine festival has ended, I wanted to write about what I considered to be the “best of the fest.”

  This is all my opinion and what I thought was the best of all I tried at the festival. And with that, I did not try everything, I did not have the time or money, but I would like to think I tried a good bit.

  And yes I realize the festival is over so you can’t try anything on this list. But hopefully they will bring them all back in 2020 so that you have a chance.

  My best for the food would be the Lump Crab Cake with Napa Cabbage Slaw and Avocado-Lemongrass Cream from coastal eats. This crab cake was amazing, and the avocado-lemongrass cream just added something that I didn’t know needed to be added to a crab cake. This was the first thing I tried at the festival so I was sure I would find something better, but nothing ever seemed to top it. I will be getting this every year they bring it back.

  

  Winner for the drink portion of the festival is the Ciderboys Lemon Cello Hard Cider from the Appleseed orchard booth. I don’t know if it was because this booth was indoors at the Canada pavilion or if it was just that good, but I got this cider a total of 4 times throughout the festival because I just kept thinking about it. I am now trying to find where I can buy it.

  

  Now some other favorites of mine both food and drink.

  Mimosa flight from the Shimmering Sips booth.

  Smoked Corned Beef with Crispy Potatoes, Cheese Curds, Pickled Onions and Beer-Cheese Fondue from the Flavors of fire booth.

  Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen Pomegranate Beer from the Brewer’s collection booth.

  The IMPOSSIBLE™ Burger Slider with Wasabi Cream and spicy Asian Slaw on a Sesame Seed Bun from the Active eats booth.

  Italian Margarita with Limoncello and Tequila and Ravioli Carbonara: Parmesan and Pecorino Ravioli, Egg Yolk, Cream, and Bacon from the Italy booth.

  

  Did you have any other favorites? What do you hope they bring back next year?

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• Fun new drinks in October 2019

  Posted at 11:22 am by CS, on October 31, 2019

  My favorite monthly post is once upon us again. I think about what new and fun drinks I tried throughout the month. This month saw more trips to Epcot’s Food and Wine festival, which never disappoints with new varieties of drink options to try.

  First, I got the blood orange margarita from inside the Mexico pavilion. You can get it from La Cava de Tequila. So while not exactly part of the food and wine festival, they make amazing margaritas. Now I will admit I have tried this margarita before, but it was 5 years ago and so I’m pretending it’s brand new to me. Now this margarita is made with Tequila, orange liqueur, earthy sweet-tart mix of blood orange juice, wild berry foam. On the rocks with a Tajín chili powder on the rim. I’m not one for stuff on the rim of my margaritas, but this wasn’t so bad. Now they are a little pricy, but that’s Disney for you. I think these are worth the 13-15 price tag though because it is a full sized drink. Make sure if you are wanting one from here to get their early before a big line forms.

  

  Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen Pomegranate Beer from the Brewer’s collection booth. This beer had a nice and fruity taste, without being to sweet or fruity. It was a good choice, after a not so great margarita from the Mexico booth. (It was just not my flavor, not that it was horrible all around) it’s time like this I wish I could get full size beers and not just sample sizes at the booths. I think Disney should allow for that, of course for an up charge.

  

  Mimosa flight from the shimmering sips mimosa bar booth. This is the one booth I was so excited for since they introduced it in previous years that I couldn’t make it to the festival. Luckily it did not disappoint. I chose the mimosa flight because I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to try. The flight came with a key lime mimosa, tropical mimosa, and a blood orange mimosa. It’s hard to pick a favorite out of the three because they were all good. I think if I had to choose it would go key lime, tropical, blood orange. But it’s all super close in my vote. This is something I could see myself ordering again once more before the festival ends.

  Super excited to see what new things I can try in November. The holidays are my favorite time of year, so hoping some holiday drinks will make my list the next few months.

  Posted in Thing I Love | 0 Comments | Tagged drinks, fab orites, margarita, mimosa, October, pomegranate beer

• What I drank September 2019

  Posted at 11:27 am by CS, on September 30, 2019

  So yet another month has passed us by very quickly. This month was filled with fun and friends and some very good drink choices. I’m very sad that some of the drinks I had this month aren’t easily found which means I will only be able to think about how good they were in the future.

  Ciderboys Lemon Cello Hard Cider: So I’m a cider girl, as I’ve grown older it’s just what I seem to gravitate more towards. It’s crisp and fruity, and depending on what you get not overly sweet or overly filling. I think this cider is hands down my new favorite cider and I’m sad that I’ve looked around to see if I could find it anywhere to buy it and I have had no luck. It’s hint of lemon in the apple cider and it was amazing. I had it at Disney at the Food and Wine Festival so the plus is that since the festival is going on for a little while longer I can at least go back and get some in the near future.

  

  Strawberry Basil Lemonade: Oh, my, goodness. I’ve had a non alcoholic version of this years ago in Tennessee and I remember being slightly obsessed and not happy that I couldn’t make it or find a decent recipe for it. Well in Charleston this past weekend we went to “The Rooftop bar at Vendue” and they had a strawberry basil lemonade cocktail. I was immediately sold, (as were most of the girls I was with). It did not disappoint. It’s made with Cathead Honeysuckle Vodka, House Made Basil Strawberry Lemonade, Fresh Basil Leaves. Once again I find myself wanting to find this recipe for the lemonade and making it at home. Sadly I didn’t take a photo of it because it was gone before I realized it would be making an appearance in the blog.

  Key lime colada: This is basically a key lime pie in a glass. At least to me that’s what I gathered from it. It’s lime juice, a piña colada and a graham cracker rim. We got it at Rita’s Surfside Grill in Folly Beach, South Carolina. I can’t say enough good things about this. It was a tad on the sweet side so I was only able to drink one, but if my stomach could have handled more I would have gotten more. It’s that perfect cold drink on a hot day sort of drink. And that dash of lime juice to give it the tartness was unbelievably good.

  

  By far I think this month has been my favorite month so far for new drinks. October has some big shoes to fill.

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• What I drank in August 2019

  Posted at 11:18 am by CS, on August 29, 2019

  Well I must admit this month flew by that I barely had time to process what I in fact did drink this month. Most things were repeats and things I’ve sampled before, but I got to try 3 new things that I was pretty excited about. Not shockingly all 3 items are found at Disney world, but luckily for me, not inside any park.

  Dole Whip Frozcato Mimosa: this to me is like a dole whip on steroids. You have the pineapple dole whip, you have moscato, you have vodka, then you add a champagne topper and boom you have an adult dole whip with all the fixings. It was good, when I got it, it was so hot it melted before I really could enjoy every bit of it but I would get it again for sure. Side note I never got a photo of it either because of how fast it went.

  Sangria-Tini: This drink I had during our parents weekend to Disney. I had to get what was in the drink from the Disney website because I chose it since it has the words sangria and Tini in it. It’s made with Stolichnaya Vodka, Garnacha Old Vines, Combier Crème de Pêche De Vigne, and Sweet-and-Sour. It was very very good. Had I not wanted to try other drinks out I would have gotten a second. This can be found at the Dahlia lounge in the new tower at Disney’s Coronado springs resort. It wasn’t to sweet or overpowering, a very nice drink to sip on during dinner or happy hour.

  

  Dole whip lime margarita: I’m sensing a theme with my August drinks. Both Disney and dole whip. This one is a dole whip lime that is mixed with tequila. It was very good, a little on the sweet side but nothing to overpowering. We found this at the Polynesian resort and it definitely didn’t disappoint as we sipped them while watching the fireworks. I will most likely be getting this again in the future. Here is hoping they keep it around.

  

  This year is flying, can not believe that we are almost to September which means another month, another few more drinks to discover and hopefully love. I have a feeling disney will pop up in some of my future months drinks as well. What can I say, I can’t stay away.

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• Parents Getaway

  Posted at 12:04 pm by CS, on August 12, 2019

  So this weekend we had the opportunity to have a little parents only staycation. Big shout out to my mom and step dad for watching the little one so that my husband and I could have a weekend alone.

  With my husbands travel schedule lately and everything going on with work, the move, life in general, we just hadn’t had a lot of time to ourselves. And yes, we are parents and signed up for that, but after realizing that this trip was the first overnight (away) trip that we’ve ever had since becoming parents we figured we would take advantage of it.

  Living in Florida you have so many great options for staycations because there are so many great options so close to you all the time. Well, my husband must really love me, because I convinced him to go to Disney for the weekend. I’m a huge Disney nerd/fan, have been since I can remember. My husband, not so much, but I can see that having Cameron has started to thaw that heart of his for the magic that Disney brings, so I’m beyond grateful I was able to convince him to let us stay at Disney and have a kid free weekend.

  And I know what you may be thinking, you can’t have fun at Disney without kids…well that’s what some people want you to think…cough cough. But I can tell you, I absolutely LOVE taking my daughter to Disney, the magic and the memories are beyond compare, but you want to know what else is amazing…not having to push a stroller through a crowd.

  But I digress with my rant about why we chose Disney, here’s how we spent our couple days of alone time. Now I will say, we did not go to any theme parks, we wanted to sort of just relax, spend time together, and take advantage of other things Disney has to offer.

  We stayed at Disney’s Coronado Springs resort. It’s a moderate resort that very Mexicali/Spanish/southwestern themed that had been at the top of my Disney resort bucket list so I was SO happy when we decided to stay there. They have been renovating that hotel like crazy and just built a new tower that was so gorgeous, the design literally made my jaw drop. Now we didn’t stay in the new tower, but our room was just as nice. Very sleek and a bit more modern, it did just the job we needed it too.

  

  The first night, once we checked in, we got ready for drinks and dinner. We had drinks at the Dahlia lounge in the new tower of the hotel. I had an amazing sangria-tini and then a strawberry hard cider. My husband had an old fashioned that he said was quite good. The views from this lounge, being on the 16th floor were just wonderful. Now the weather was being it’s typical Florida summertime weather so we were dealing with clouds and rain, but still being able to see for miles was amazing.

  

  After drinks we went next door where we had reservations at Toledo- Tapas, steak, and seafood. The food here was good, I say good because it wasn’t great, but I’ve had worse. We had mussels, octopus, and a tomato bread as appetizers/tapas. Then I ordered the hanger steak and my husband got the filet. We both thought mine was the better of the two dishes. Once again, neither were bad, but we have had better. For dessert we ordered the Toledo Tapas Bar, a chocolate dessert that was progressive with its flavors and that was pretty darn delicious.

  Once we finished with dinner, I did what any Disney fan would do. I begged my husband to go see some fireworks. Yes we were on the 16th floor of a building and PROBABLY could have seen them from there, but I wanted to be closer and more certain I would be able to see them. So we took an Uber to Disney’s Polynesian resort and watched the magic kingdom fireworks from the beach while sipping dole whip lime margaritas. These were a bit sweet but oh so tasty. I will definitely be getting them again.

  

  

  Once the fireworks, and water light pageant ended it was back to our hotel for the evening.

  The next day we took full advantage of no child and slept in enjoying being able to do so. Once we got ourselves up and ready we headed to Disney springs to walk around, shop, and have lunch. We had lunch at The Boathouse which has become our favorite restaurant for a date on Disney property. We haven’t had a bad meal or a bad server here and so we’ve decided it’s going to become “our Disney place.” We had oysters, because we had been craving them. Then my husband got a salad and I had a sandwich which was wonderful.

  

  After lunch, back to the room for some relaxing and just lounging. I really didn’t want to do anything else but just spend time with my husband, and yes we could have done more shopping or go to the pool or other things, but the weather also was not looking so hot so we took advantage of spending some time hanging out in our room.

  The for our final Disney meal, we went to Disney’s beach club resort and had dinner at Cape May Cafe, which is a seafood buffet dinner. My husband was in heaven. It was a good meal, but I’m not one for buffets so I never really “spend the price” when it comes to getting my moneys worth. But it was still very good and a great last meal at Disney for the weekend. If you have any seafood lovers, this would be a good place to take them as well. After dinner we walked the resort a bit, took a look at the boardwalk then headed back to the room.

  Next morning, was checking out and going back to see our girl. It was a super quick and super chill weekend, but I think it’s what we needed. Recharge a little, spend time together, and just enjoy ourselves. Now if I can convince him to go to Disney with me all the time it would be perfect

  Can you believe this is the ONLY picture we took together the whole weekend?!

  

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