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Create a Cocktail (Lemon-Basil Fizz)

Disclaimer: I am not, in any way, shape or form, a bartender. Just a girl who thinks she can do anything, including whip up a yummy cocktail! LEMON-BASIL FIZZ 1/2 Cup Prosecco 1/4 Cup Lemon Sorbet 1 oz Coconut Rum 1/4 Cup Fresh Raspberries 1/2 Cup Ice 1 Large Basil Leaf Put all ingredients into a blender & blend. Pour into a glass and top with a dollop of lemon sorbet.

notableDRINKS: Fresh Coconut Juice

We were in Grand Cayman patiently waiting in line for our Swimming with Stingray, Hell & Turtle Farm excursion to begin when “The Coconut Man” wheeled in his shopping cart and plastic garbage can filled with fresh coconuts. I had definitely partook in consuming coconut milk when dabbling in Thai curries and had assumed this flavor would be the same. You know what they say about assuming. I ordered one coconut for $3 from the cordial, sun-weathered man. He proceeded… Read More »

Sip Tea at a Tea House (Samavor, San Francisco)

I have this fascination with having High Tea like the English, with snooty women, eating frilly bite-size sandwiches and our pinkies held way out out as we sip our Earl Grey. I have now learned that HighTea (“meat” tea) is actually meant to be served as a light dinner in the early evening and reserved for the lower classes. The earlier, more formal engagement that I have admired since I was a child is actually called Low Tea. Hmm… So, consider me lower class,… Read More »