New Year's Eve in Key West actually turned out to be a bit quiet for us. After a wander around and lunch at the Conch Harbor Restaurant on the waterfront, we did our grocery shopping (this is very interesting to do when you have no car to put the groceries in and you have to shlep them a half a mile to the dingy dock, lucky for us we had two extra shleppers with Jess and Matt!). We splurged and had the laundry 'done' - so nice when somebody else washes, dries, and folds! Back to the boat with out getting the laundry or the groceries or us soaked - a refreshing change.
We decided since we're on 'boat time' to celebrate the New Year when it changed in the UK, but then we realised that would be 7:00 and that would be just ridiculous so we settled on 9:00 which after we thought through all the different times zones settled on somewhere in the Atlantic (the Azores, perhaps?). It was an early evening, but with cocktails, champagne and a barbeque lots of fun. Matt made his entry into the cocktail competition:
Citronella Cooler
1 oz citrus vodka (can use regular vodka)
1 dash lime juice
2 oz lemonade
1 oz cranberry juice
There was no discernable leap forward in entry rankings (as Matt's cocktail was delicious) so the competition continues and we're eagerly awaiting Jess and Steve's entry, along with any virtual entrants!
I have a simple lemonade drink:
ReplyDelete-- Old Country Time lemonade mix and water (or frozen lemonade mix of any brand)
-- Vodka to taste
I prefer better vodka (grey goose) with this drink as the lemonade doesn't cover the aftertaste of bad vodka very well. As someone who has frustration with recipes with "a dash of this" or "to taste" comments, this means add vodka until you can just barely taste it.
If you want to know about pineapple bomb or my somewhat famous Packers margarita, let me know.