Bubble Bash

It was an amazing weekend here in DC! My lovely friends surprised me by taking me to a Bubble Bash champagne tasting at one of my favorite wine bars, Screwtop.

There were 5 tables of different champagne vendors to taste from, appetizers to die for, and as always the cutest ambience. I wish I had taken more pictures! A few more are (hopefully) on the way. I especially loved the little Santa hat wine decorations below.

 

As I mentioned the food was unforgettable. Seriously, we couldn't get enough. Luckily Screwtop posted all their recipes online (score!). Check them out. Every single item was worth the calories :)

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Done and Done

It took days and days, but I've finally got my domestic flights for my Australia trip booked! Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, here we come!

Oh, and to make booking this even more fun, Metro decided to break down tonight and make me walk home 40 minutes after class to get to my computer.

I think I deserve a nice pink lemonade Margarita sometime soon to celebrate. Recipe and image from here, but I would swap out grapefruit for pink lemonade.

Hometown

I love coming home for Thanksgiving and catching up with old friends. My good friend, Lauren, has been trying to get me over to this adorable little cafe, Terrain at Styer's for years. It's owned by the same people who own Anthropologie, nestled into a garden store and greenhouse. We had a great time.

Here's me and Lauren enjoying our fancy pants teas.

 

I went with a Vanilla Mint au Lait. So good.

 

We then went in to the store to browse around for a bit. I wanted everything, but settled on two little favorites. First, is Elderflower. It's a natural soda made from, you guessed it, Elderflowers. It's beautiful and refreshing. You can drink it on it's own, or add it into a cocktail for something special.

 

Second, was this crisp winter scented candle appropriately named, Winter. It's minty, with the scent of pine trees and hint of sweetness. I can't wait to burn it at home.

March Madness

With a bridal shower and bachelorette party weekend quickly approaching, I sense there may be an array of flirty, fun, fruity concoctions in my near future. Keeping with that theme, I've got my eye out for libations Spring '11 style.

First up, the beautiful pear mimosa. Quite a clever change up.

Co Co Sala's cocojito is to die for. And by die, I mean consume as many as possible during happy hour.

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A freshly made Captain Handsome. Ok... I only just like the name. "I'll take a Captain Handsome straight up and make it fast." It's got a ring to it right?

 I love me some cuke cocktails. So refreshing. I choose to believe it's good for me.

How delish does this little number look?

Finally, you gotta drink out of something right?

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I don't believe in boring glasses.