Well
the last few weeks have started to be a bit more eventful, which is always
good, especially for logging purposes. A
couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a Birthday party for a company I know who
had just reached their first Birthday. Now,
normally I wouldn’t be too enthused about a business ‘party’, however, this was
a business party with a difference. For
a start, it was being held in an art gallery which is very forward thinking for
Manchester. Secondly, they had cocktails
and gorgeous, yummy finger food and there were giving party goers the
opportunity to learn how the make cocktails!
Job done.
I
took my lovely friend Nisha with me and we had thoroughly lovely time. The highlight of the evening was, not the
yummy cocktails and fabulous foodage (it was all ‘bite size fish and chips’ and
‘bite size toad in the hole’ ... you get the picture) but it was the fact that
we learnt how to make Cosmopolitans! My
favourite cocktail (that doesn’t involved bubbly stuff that is) and the best
bit was that they are incredibly easy to make ... who knew!
And
as I’m the caring/sharing sort, I thought I’d share the recipe with you:
- The juice of half a fresh lime
- Two shots of vodka
- Two shots of cranberry and raspberry juice
- Pour over ice in a cocktail maker, shake violently and pour ... voila!
Yum,
yum, yum ... that tasted just like
liquid sherbet. So that’s my new
speciality. Of course, it will never
replace bubbles, but it comes a damn close second. So all in all a jolly little time was had.
The
following Saturday was ‘Champagne Saturday’ with the lovely Justine. It’s actually been a year since the last one
(can you believe that? A whole year) and
it was thoroughly enjoyable. In case you
aren’t aware, Champagne Saturday consists of Justine and me grabbing ourselves
a seat at the Cocktail Bar in Harvey Nichols (Manchester) on a Saturday
afternoon, drinking champagne and generally having a good girlie gossip and
catch up, followed by having some yummy food somewhere equally as
fabulous. For my American readers, for
Harvey Nichols think Neiman Marcus and you’re on the right track.
We
had a thoroughly lovely day and we actually didn’t seem to drink as much as
usual, or at least my hangover the next day wasn’t as bad as usual! I’m happy to say that for a change, nothing
untoward happened, so there really isn’t any gossip to share (I think I must be
getting boring in my old age – either that or I’m learning to dodge the drama).
Right
lovelies, that’s it for another day.
Enjoy your Easter Sunday and be fabulous!
Lots
of love
Jx
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