Category: Cocktails

Happy Hour – Hawkeye’s Gin Martini

When you think martini you probably think Bond, James Bond, right?  Shaken, not stirred?  A big, ole, yucky olive? Nope. Nope. Nope.  Absolutely not. I guess I’m a cocktail snob but one of my biggest pet peeves is when I order a martini and it’s automatically assumed I want a dirty vodka martini. When I…

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Happy Hour – His & Hers

It’s Saturday night and I want a cocktail. The only problem is I’ve been all nice and cozy in my yoga pants, curled up on the couch under my favorite blanket, watching football, and binge watching Boardwalk Empire all day. What’s a girl to do? Well, I could hop in the car and go to…

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Mardi Gras Comfort Food – Day 1 Etouffee

TGIF…Wow, what a week. It was one of those weeks that just never seemed to end.  The stacks of paper grew and the phone messages piled up.  By 5 o’clock every day I was exhausted and just wanted to go home and veg.  And I did every night!  Just when I thought I was going…

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