CarmEmily » cocktails http://carmemily.com Carmen and Emily have been friends for a really long time, but they rarely get to see each other because they live so far apart. This causes them great sadness and so they have started this blog - which is somewhat odd because they are both quiet, introverted weirdos. They have decided to invite the world into their friendship and you are welcome to participate in this experience with them. (However, to shield themselves from this potentially uncomfortable exposure, they will continue to refer to themselves, and their blog, in the third person.) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Honeymoon cocktail… http://carmemily.com/2009/09/21/honeymoon-cocktail/ http://carmemily.com/2009/09/21/honeymoon-cocktail/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:16:07 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=1337 Only 4 ingredients – its delicious…

2 oz Calvados, half oz cointreau, half oz Benedictine (made by monks!), and a half oz of lemon juice. Garnish with a burnt lemon (see pic below… its magical!)

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1 oz Gin

1 oz Orange Juice

1/2 oz Cherry Brandy

3/4 Lemon Juice

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Delicious!

]]> http://carmemily.com/2009/08/20/the-communist/feed/ 1 Tonight…. a good ending to a somewhat crappy day http://carmemily.com/2009/08/12/tonight-a-good-ending-to-a-somewhat-crappy-day/ http://carmemily.com/2009/08/12/tonight-a-good-ending-to-a-somewhat-crappy-day/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:54:06 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=736 So, after a busy day at the office – while the sun is shining outside and I can hear all those damn tourists having such a grand time, all the while I’m looking forward to riding my bike home, dreaming of enjoying the waning sun on my 40 minute ride home – I go say hello to my bike and find a flat tire. Damn.  A bit disappointing.  I really can’t be too upset though.  I live in such a great place that even if my ride home gets a flat I can hop on a train that will get me home in 10 minutes and a nice boyfriend to pick me up at the train station. C’est la vie.  And then I saw this!

view out of my living room window - nice!

View out of my living room window - nice!

So then, obviously, it was time for a lovely cocktail…

I chose "The Boulevardier". It was invented in 1927.

I chose "The Boulevardier". It was invented in 1927.

Ingredients: Bourbon, Campari and Sweet Vermouth

Ingredients: Bourbon, Campari and Sweet Vermouth

Delicious!

Delicious!

Max made a really good dinner of sausages, turnips and carrots.  And now I’ve decided that this has been the best day ever.  Wish you were here!

]]> http://carmemily.com/2009/08/12/tonight-a-good-ending-to-a-somewhat-crappy-day/feed/ 1 A test of blogging skills, i’ll change this title later… http://carmemily.com/2009/07/22/a-test-of-blogging-skills-ill-change-this-title-later/ http://carmemily.com/2009/07/22/a-test-of-blogging-skills-ill-change-this-title-later/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:06:41 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=128 So, Max and I have a lasting fancy for old fashioned cocktails.  We try to pick different ones and make them.  Tonight it was “The Corpse Reviver”!

Corpse Reviver

Corpse Reviver

It involves gin…

Hendricks

Hendricks

Lillet (blanc)…

Lovely Lillet

Lovely Lillet

Little lemon juice…

lemony

lemony

a bit of cointreau…

Cointreau

Cointreau

A large shaker, well, i guess it doesn’t have to be large but thats how we like it.  and a maraschino cherry at the bottom…

oh yeah

oh yeah

and here’s the final product! except i am bad at focusing in the right spot – dangit!  It was pretty tasty!

drink it!

drink it!

]]> http://carmemily.com/2009/07/22/a-test-of-blogging-skills-ill-change-this-title-later/feed/ 0 my first pina colada http://carmemily.com/2009/07/20/my-first-pina-colada/ http://carmemily.com/2009/07/20/my-first-pina-colada/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:15:22 +0000 Carmen http://carmemily.com/?p=79 this is what i did tonight. oh yeah… 3 cherries, 2 grapes, 2 lemons and a flippin umbrella!  Take that minimalism!

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