October 13

Today is my birthday. I found this fun thing on Pantone. The people who bring us the color trends each year. This is Colorstrology. It gives the color that is represented by your day. Kinda cool and you can order the whole year, too.

This is what Ocotber the 13th says-

Color-Opal Blue-According to the website "This is my personal color that pertains to the real me"

Practical, Builder, Driven

"You are capable of handling huge amounts of responsibility. You can work tirelessly as long as you can see the fruits of your labor. Although you can do things very well on your own, it is often better to align your objectives with others. Home and family are important to your well-being. Try to stay lighthearted and do not allow your goals to dictate all your waking hours. Wearing, meditating or surrounding yourself with Opal Blue helps lighten the serious side of your nature while promoting the realization of your dreams."

Try it and see what you color is.
Happy Reading,

Beverage Monday & Steph's Birthday

In honor of my birthday today, I am featuring some of my favorite cocktails.

Sex on the Beach
{this is my favorite version}
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz Midori
1/2 oz Chambord
splash pf pineapple juice
cranberry juice
In a highball start with vodka then Midori, Chambord and cranberry juice. Add a splash of pineapple juice. Add pineapple & cherry flag to garnish.


Russian Quaalude
1 oz Kahlua
1 oz vodka
1 oz Baily's
1 oz Frangelico
1 oz half & half
Put them in a rocks glass filled with ice in order. Enjoy.


White Chocolate Raspberry Martini
1/2 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
1/2 oz Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1/2 oz light creme de cacao
1/2 oz Bailey's
1/2 oz vodka
1 oz half-and-half
Pour all of the above ingredients into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake well, and pour into a chilled martini glass drizzled with chocolate syrup. Top off with a couple of raspberries.


My All-Time Favorite
Black Jack
1 1/2 oz Jack Daniels
Coke


Put the Jack Daniels in a rocks glass filled with ice. Top it off with coke.


Thinking about these I don't know which one to have today.

Cheers,

Venues of the Southland~The Los Angeles Biltmore

The Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel

The Hotel and Pershing Square

The Olive Street Entrance

Today I am going Downtown. To LA and one of the cities must sees. The Los Angeles Biltmore. The hotel turned 85 this year and has hosted the Academy Awards and countless other fine affairs throughout the years. The hotel has also been featured in numerous movies and television shows. The crown jewel of the hotel is the Crystal Ballroom. It seats about 300 for a wedding and comes with the Tiffany Ballroom for the reception. One of the more unique aspects of the room are the balcony's. You can display your cake or have your first dance up high in the room.

The hotel also has the Emerald Ballroom and the Gold Ballroom. They are all unique in style. Not your typical hotel ballroom.

The Rendezvous Court hosts an Afternoon Tea almost daily.



The Crystal Ballroom

The Emerald Ballroom all ready for a ceremony

The Gold Ballroom

Enjoy the eye candy and check out the Biltmore.

I did work at the Biltmore so I am a little biased, but it is a fabulous place to get married at!

Your Officiant

There is much ado about actor Mark Consuelos becoming an ordained minister and officiating at Howard Stern's wedding last week. Did you know that here in Southern California you can have anybody be your officiant? They do not have to become ordained. Most of the counties have what's called a Marriage Commissioner for the Day. Legally they can only marry the one couple on the specific day and they do have to include some specific words into the ceremony. Since you really are marrying each other, their role primarily is just signing the license as a witness.

That is what Mr. Joyeux & I did. My nephew who graduated from college a couple months after our wedding was our officiant. It made our wedding ceremony even more meaningful since the person who married us was someone we loved. We also wanted our own ceremony and we were able to do just that.

In San Diego, where we were married, I just had to file papers and have my nephew sign some things. He didn't even have to show up at the county building. However, in Los Angeles County the Marriage Commissioners have to come in person to the county building and get sworn in. Check your counties requirements and you might solve the. "But who is going to marry us?" question. And yes it is legal!

Happy Reading,

The photo is of my nephew right before our wedding.

Pink for October

Go pink! If you have a blog or website go pink for October. My sites are pink year round but if yours isn't Go Pink for October. Let's all do it to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Thank you Karol Welsh, from the Something Blue blog for sharing this first.

Beverage Monday. Her Vodka.

Today on Beverage Monday I thought I would feature a vodka that gives back. HER Vodka is an ultra-premium vodka that gives a portion of the sales of each bottle to breast cancer research and foundations. It is bottled in Oregon by Cottage Grove Distillery.

HER is not available in every state. Take a look at their distribution map to see where you can find HER.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month I have given you a couple of vodka drink recipes that are pink to get you in the mood. So look for HER Vodka and drink for the cause!

Pink Cadillac
1 oz Vodka
2 oz White Creme de Cacao
1 oz Light Cream
4 oz Cranberry Juice
Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain and serve in unusually shaped glass.

Pink Lemonade Pitcher
1 (12-oz.) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
3 (12-oz.) bottles beer (not dark), chilled
3/4 cup vodka, chilled
fresh cranberries and lemon slices
Stir together first 3 ingredients. Serve over ice. Garnish with cranberries and lemons. Serves 6-8.
Recipe courtesy of My Recipes.

Cheers,

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