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Pineapple juice used to be my favorite drink ever (before I discovered alcohol). Now my favorite drink ever is an Amaretto Sour but anything with pineapple comes in right after. This pineapple limeade with rum and Grand Marnier is a delicious and refreshing cocktail that is just perfect for a gorgeous summery day.

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Cinco de Mayo is a few days from now and I, happily, join in celebrating with the Mexicans, their achievement of freedom and democracy on that day 150 years ago. I’ve been seeing this drink floating all over the webverse in the past few weeks and the description (and its appearance) kept tempting me until I just had to give in. Traditionally, it is made with grapefruit soda but if grapefruit soda is hard to come by, then one can always use fresh grapefruit juice and club soda in its place. Luckily for me, I had in my possession, several Jamaican grapefruit sodas. The name of the soda which traditionally comes in a green bottle is “Ting” (and the beverage is the color of ginger ale). However, I had pink Ting so I knew it would be PERFECT for my palomas. Let me tell you how refreshingly delicious this cocktail is. Next time, I think I may jazz it up a little with some Grand Marnier. I know that would be out-of-this-world GOOD!

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My very first alcoholic cocktail was cranberry and vodka. It was strong and it crept up on me so fast, I was in awe. I liked it because it was simple, refreshing and did the job! From that point on, I’ve always been as vodka girl. I tend to shy away from dark liquors. Anything “white”, I can drink and drink and drink, sleep it off and wake up feeling brand new the next day. Dark liquors though? Two drinks and I’m guaranteed a headache the morning after. Lately, I’ve been making my own cocktails (as in following no recipe(s)). I’ve just been adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that and ending up with some realllllyyyyyyy good drinks. I’ll have to share two of them with you guys soon. Maybe you will help me name them. One has 7 ingredients and the other has 8 so the people who are going to make these drinks will need to have a stocked bar. Anywhoos, in all my concocting, I craved something familiar and simple. Hence, this cranberry and vodka with lime came to life. This is modified from a classic drink (Cape Codder) and man is it a thirst quencher. So necessary in the summery days ahead!

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Ah milkshakes. So delicious and so comforting. I remember last summer (and the summer before that) (and come to think of it, the summer before that as well), when I lived in New York, there was a Baskin Robins one block (one street) from my house and every week, I would religiously go there and order a milkshake. The things were THAT good. I would mix it up every now and again but for the most part, I stuck with my Jamoca (coffee-flavored) ice cream, chocolate ice cream, Gold Medal Ribbon ice cream (vanilla and chocolate marbled with a swirl of caramel running through it) and old fashioned Butter Pecan ice cream. Mannnnn, when I say heavenly, I do not exaggerate. But recently, I got to thinking “Milkshakes don’t always have to be made with ice cream, right?” and realized that no where it says milkshakes have to be made with ice cream. So I came up with this concoction using sherbet instead of ice cream and must say that I was truly pleased!

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