While my drinking buddy is snow-blowing the 16 inches of white stuff that was dumped on the northeast coast, I’m feeling hygge (Danish for coziness) inside. Alexa is playing my Amazon playlist as I scurry around the kitchen, readying bowls, pots, casserole dish, and the endless number of ingredients for Rachael Ray’s Two Sauce Baked Ziti.
Author Archives: J Reilly
Bahama Mama Drink Lab
Did you know that Bahama Mama was a real person? Dottie Lee Anderson was a calypso singer and dancer in the 1930s who went by the stage name Bahama Mama. It’s rumored that the cocktail is named for her.
Dry January vs. Dry Two Days A Week
Dry Two Days A Week will never be the trendy, popular catchphrase that Dry January has become but Dry Two Days A Week will net you 104 days of righteous abstinence.
RumChata Drink Lab
For our first drink lab of 2022, we’ll crack open the bottle of RumChata that we got for Christmas. I’ve found two RumChata cocktail recipes to try and compare. First is the Coconut Café au Lait, using Kahlua and Malibu Coconut Rum. The second recipe is a RumChata White Russian made with vodka and Kahlua.
New Year’s Eve With Rombauer Zinfandel
Rombauer Zinfandel was our wine of choice for New Year’s Eve. If I were to describe it in musical terms, I would say that it thrashes around my mouth like a bombastic heavy metal front man on a strobe-lit stage.
Hometown Tourist
This fall turned out to be an opportune time to play the tourist at our local museums. After the summer rush of concerts, festivals, and outdoor activities came to an end, we enjoyed taking time to learn about our local cultural heritage and experience our new hometown like a tourist.
Gimme A Head With Hair
I asked my hairdresser for long layers and ended up with a bob. As more than a year’s worth of growth was lying on the floor, I wept as she swept.
Boozy Lifestyle Release Party
Boozy Lifestyle Now Available On Amazon.com! Funny, light-hearted collection of stories about life and family integrated with wine, cocktails, and food, including over 50 food and drink recipes.
What Is A Boozy Lifestyle?
Boozy Lifestyle: Elevate The Everyday With Booze As Your Muse is available for pre-order and will be released on November 5th, 2021.
What’s The Hardest Part Of Writing A Book?
Writing Boozy Lifestyle has been a labor of love and small successes along the way fueled my desire to share it with an audience. But sharing my stories with the world in the context of a book published on Amazon is a terrifying thought.
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