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Spiced Holly Highball cocktail: Ingredients 1 1/2 parts Cruzan® Aged Dark Rum 5 Cranberries 3/4 tsp Pumpkin Spice 1 tsp Agave Syrup Handful Mint, Fresh Splash Club Soda Instructions Muddle the cranberries, mint, pumpkin spice and agave. Add rum and shake well. Strain over ice into a highball glass. Top with club soda. Garnish: mint sprig and three cranberries.

French 75 cocktail: French 75 is a cocktail made from gin, champagne, lemon juice, and sugar. It is also called a 75 Cocktail, or in French simply a Soixante Quinze. The drink dates to World War I, and an early form was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry's New York Bar—by barman Harry MacElhone. Wikipedia Main alcohol: Champagne Ingredients: 1 oz Gin 1/2 oz Lemon juice 2 Dashes Simple syrup 2 oz Champagne Preparation: Combine gin, syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into an iced champagne glass. Top up with Champagne. Stir gently. Drinkware: Champagne flute Served: Straight up; without ice

Minted Joe cocktail: Ingredients 2 parts Basil Hayden's® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 1/2 part Dark Matter Espresso 1/2 part Mint Syrup 2 dashes Angostura® Bitters 1 small pinch Sea Salt Garnish with 2 Fresh Mint Leaves Instructions Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Beam and Hope cocktail: Ingredients 1 1/2 parts Jim Beam® Original 3/4 part JDK & Sons™ Fleur Elderflower Liqueur 1/4 part Sour Mix 4 partsIPA Beer (optional) Muddled Basil Leaves Garnish with Lemon Wheel Instructions In a Collins glass briefly shake Jim Beam®, JDK & Sons™ Fleur Elderflower Liqueur and sour. Top with IPA and stir briefly. Garnish with a lemon wheel. Muddled basil makes an excellent addition to this cocktail.

No problem...Lots of stress going around this board. We all need a BHB for a couple of weeks of pampering.

@Quartzsite Cruiser, Lenda, I’m Dixie.

Only reaction from the 3 shots yesterday is sore arms. I'm sure my Tylenol will solve that this morning. Rye Opener cocktail: Ingredients 2 parts Alberta® Rye Dark Batch™ Whisky 1/4 part Amaro Liqueur 1/4 part Kamora® Coffee Liqueur 1/8 part Simple Syrup 2 dashes Orange Bitters 2 dashes Angostura® Bitters 1 flamed Orange Peel Instructions Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir and strain either “up” or over one large cube. Garnish with flamed orange oils and orange peel.

Just back from the dentist. Needed a filling replacement in my bottom front tooth. Then on to CVS for Flu, Pneumonia, and RSV shots, 2 in one arm, and one in the other. Going to stay in for the rest of the day and take it easy. Prayers for all of us!!

Pinnacle Moscow Mule cocktail: Ingredients 2 parts Pinnacle® Original Vodka 1 part Lime Juice 4 parts Ginger Beer Lime Wedges Instructions Serve over crushed ice in copper mug and garnish with lime wedge.

Strawberry Basil cocktail: Ingredients 2 parts Skinnygirl® Bare Naked Vodka 2 large Strawberries 3-4 pieces Basil Splash Soda Water Lime Wedges Instructions Muddle strawberries in a glass. Add ice, basil and Skinnygirl® Bare Naked Vodka. Top with soda and garnish with a fresh lime wedge.

Jim Beam Lemonade cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Jim Beam® Original 2 parts Lemonade Garnish: Lemon Slice Instructions Combine ingredients with ice in a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon slice.

Blue Mule cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Pinnacle® Original Vodka ½ part DeKuyper® Blue Curacao 1 ½ parts Ginger Beer Lime Juice Instructions Add the Vodka and Blue Curacao to a Moscow Mule mug or tall glass. Mix lightly with a bar spoon. Top with ginger beer and ice.

Prayers for you all. Did the private excursion make it back to the ship?

Take 9 cocktail: 1 1/2 parts Cruzan 9 Spiced Rum 3/4 part dry vermouth 1/4 part DeKuyper Blue Curacao Liqueur 1/2 tsp Grenadine Garnish Orange Twist Combine all ingredients over ice in a tumbler and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled Martini coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.

Pinnacle Raspberry Lemonade cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Pinnacle® Original Vodka ½ part DeKuyper® Razzmatazz® Schnapps Liqueur 2 parts Lemonade Garnish: Raspberries, Blueberries or Lemon Wheel Instructions Mix ingredients in a glass with ice and stir. Garnish with a lemon wheel, raspberries or blueberries.

When we would travel when we had our sweet Bailey, my friend from Ohio would come down with the pretense of housesitting. She truly was here to cater to the cat.

@dfish, me too on the SS cut 2/3 because of my state pension. It isn't fair. Worked as long in the private sector as I taught. But it does pay for my insurance, barely.

Smmmores cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Pinnacle® Whipped® Vodka 1 part DeKuyper® Creme De Cacao Dark Liqueur 1 splash Soda Water Marshmallows Instructions Serve over ice. Garnish with marshmallows.

Alan. Darn auto correct.

I would think a stranger will be very happy to take the window and let you and Ellen have the middle and I’ll seats.

@AroundWithMAPTravelswelcome

@0106; yikes. Prayers it will work out.

@Smmessineo, welcome to the daily.

Good morning. Wow, the smoke smog yesterday was bad, and is still there this morning. It is the smoke from the Canadian fires. Prayers for those involved. Roku Gin Sonic cocktail: Ingredients 1 part Suntory Roku® Gin 1 ½ parts Chilled Soda Water 1 ½ parts Chilled Tonic Water Garnish: Lemon Peel Instructions Fill a highball glass to the brim with ice. Add Roku® Gin and equal parts soda and tonic water. Stir and garnish with a lemon peel.

Makers Mark Ginger cocktail: Ingredients 1 1/2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon Ginger Ale Garnish: Lime Wedges Instructions Add Maker's Mark® Bourbon to an ice-filled rocks glass and top off with ginger ale. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve. For a twist, garnish with an orange slice.