Tag: summer drinks

  • Maple Syrup Lemonade

    It was recently Lemonade Day  in Indianapolis, and as I went about my Saturday I saw stands everywhere with kids selling drinks to groups of people supporting these young entrepreneurs. I really wanted to go support them too, but I still haven’t reintroduced anything to my diet that I don’t make myself. It’s totally possible…

  • Strawberry Bourbon Sidecar

    After our adventures on the Bourbon Trail last month, we went on a bit of a bourbon kick. Encouraged by some friends who successfully infused strawberry, mango and raspberry bourbons, Regan and I decided to infuse some of our own. We used a pint of sliced organic strawberries and 750 ml of Jim Bean Bourbon…

  • Watermelon, watermelon, watermelon

    As the daughter of a camp director, my summers revolved around summer camp from ages 1 to 18. The best of those long summer days were spent at Camp Miller in Sturgeon Lake, MN. Each Friday all the campers would gather outside for lunch at the “Chuck Wagon.” Hamburgers or Sloppy Joes were served along…

  • Summer Drinks

    In the summer of 2009 our drink of choice was the Mojito. 2010 was the summer of the Gin & Tonic. This summer? I think I’ll have an Americano and the mister will have a Negroni. As always, when it begins to warm up outside and the sun sets later, we stretch out our evenings…