One Year Blogiversary

Today is the 1st Anniversary of my blog. It took me while to get into the swing of things and start blogging regularly.

I have changed around the blog quite a bit since that 1st post. Here is the link to it.

If you look at my profile you can see that I signed up in January 2008. It took me a full 2 months to finally write one post.

I hope you are enjoying what I have to say and enjoy my weekly feature, Beverage Monday. And my occasional series Traditions & Superstitions and Venues of the Southland. Sit back and yake some time to browse the 150 posts that are here on A Joyeux Blog.

Happy Reading,

Beverage Monday

HAPPY SPRING!

Since we are only a few days into Spring, let's drink to it!

Spring Fever

• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 3/4 oz mango syrup
• 1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
• 2 oz blood orange juice

Put all ingrdients into a Sahker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a collins glass half-filled with crushed ice.


Spring Feeling Cocktail

• 1 oz Gin
• 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
• Splash of Lemon juice

Put all ingrdients into a shaker filled wiht ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.




Tulip

• 1 oz. Brandy, apple
• 1/2 oz. Brandy, apricot
• 1/2 oz. Vermouth, sweet
• 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

Put all ingrdients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Cheers,

Beverage Monday.

A wee bit of the Irish. Don't drink the green beer make your own St. Patty's Day cocktail. Have a safe and fun day.

Irish Flag

1 oz. Green Creme de Menthe

1 oz. Irish Cream Liqueur

1 oz. Grand Marnier

Layer them slowly into a shot glass or cordial glass in the order given.

Four Leaf Clover

1 oz. Irish Whiskey

2 oz. Orange Juice

2 oz. Sweet & Sour Mix

splash Green Creme de Menthe

Put first three ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Float Green Creme de Menthe on top.

Irish Coffee

2 sugar cubes

1 1/2 oz. Irish Whiskey

Coffee

Whip Cream

Place sugar cubes into the bottom of a Irish Coffee Mug {glass coffee mug}. Pour the Whiskey on top. Fill almost to the top with hot fresh coffee. Top with whip cream.

Cheers,

The Price of Stamps

This is to remind couples getting married in late May and June to remeber to put either a Liberty stamp or a 44 cent stamp on your response envelopes. If your guests drop it in the mail after May 11, you don't want them getting lost in the 'mail'.

Happy Birthday Barbie.

SuperStar Barbie

Malibu Barbie

It seems like everybody is going Barbie this week in honor of her 50th birthday. Today, I even received my new Barbie catalog. They brought back two of my favorites~Superstar Barbie and my first one, Malibu Barbie. I was really into her and had just about everything including her famous corvette.

Here are some fun Barbie facts~

• Barbie’s real name is Barbie Millicent Roberts
• Barbie’s signature color is Barbie pink
• Barbie has never been married~She just likes to model them
• Barbie’s “real” measurements are 5 inches (bust), 3¼ inches (waist), 5 3/16 inches (hips). Her weight is 7.25 ounces
• Barbie had had 108 different careers
• 70 famous designers have outfitted Barbie
• Barbie has owned 50 different pets including dogs, horses, ponies, cats, a parrot, a chimpanzee, a panda, a lion club, a giraffe and a zebra
• Barbie and Ken were together for over 43 years. They brook up in 2004.
• Barbie has four sisters: Skipper (1964), Stacie (1992), Kelly (1995) and Krissy (1995)
  

What toy brings back your childhood memories?

Happy Reading,

Images & facts courtesy of Barbie.com

Beverage Monday

Today is about the classics.

Gin Martini

• 3 oz gin
• 3/4 oz dry vermouth
• olive

Put the gin & vermouth into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an olive.

Manhattan

• 3 oz whisky
• 3/4 oz sweet vermouth
• dash of bitters
• cherry

Put the whisky, vermouth and bitters into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.

Bloody Mary

• 1 1/2 oz vodka
• tomato juice
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash ground black pepper
• 1 dash Tabasco
• 2-4 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 tsp. straight horseradish
• squeeze of lime
• celery stalk
• kosher salt

Pour the vodka into a high ball glass filled with ice. Pour the tomato juice almost to the top. Pour into a shaker glass. Add the salt, pepper, Tabasco, Worcestershire, horseradish and a squeeze of lime juice. Shake and pour into a glass rimmed with kosher salt. Garnish with the lime and a celery stalk.

Margarita

• 1 1/2 oz. tequila
• 3/4 oz triple sec
• lime juice
• sweet & sour mix

Put the tequila and triple sec into a salt rimmed rocks glass filled with ice. Pour the sweet & sour to the top and add a splash of lime juice. Garnish with a lime.

Variation~ put all the of ingredients into a blender and pour into a salt rimed margarita glass.

Cheers,

~So You Want To Be A Banquet Manager~

I have been 'hired' by this company as an Assistant Banquet Manager. Actually, it's a funny blog about the trials & tribulations of the Banquet Manager and the Banquet Manager makes all the followers Assistants. He tells it like it is. It's what I worked in before I decided to open my own business. Check it out and see what it's like to work in the glamourous world of the Banquets!

Enjoy,