I just want to say this- Go Heels. We may have lost tonight, but we played a great game against big odds. One of our star players was on the court on a sprained ankle, another was out with a fractured wrist. We had a few freshman on the front lines and as a team, [...]
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Irish Coffee
Happy almost Christmas! This morning, before we pack up the car and head to the north for a week of Christmas fun, I wanted to share a different kind of holiday cocktail, the morning kind. Personally when it comes to drinking before noon I prefer bloody marys and mimosas, but there is something to be [...]
Tar Heel Margarita
As a North Carolinian outside the south, the question I get asked most often (besides “what is a grit?”) is “what is a tar heel?” For clarification, a the phrase “tarheel” has a lot of mystery surrounding it. Some say that it was originated by Robert E. Lee himself. The story goes that North Carolina [...]
Mojito!
Dan and I love mojitos. And since we’re pretty much home-bodies, we like to learn how to make the cocktails we would usually drink out in the scary, noisy world, inside the comfort of our living room. A mojito is ten times better when enjoyed in fuzzy socks. Mojito! 5 leaves mint 4 lime [...]
Cranberries a la Symon
Iron Chef America, anyone? Last week they had a Thanksgiving special. They had to use ingredients from the first Thanksgiving (no thank you plucking duck feathers), so I was only mildly interested in recreating the recipes. There was one thing that struck my fancy, which Dan and I were determined to recreate. Naturally, it’s a [...]
