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Winner winner!

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Well hell fire and little fishes, I have totally been slacking on posting/commenting.

Does it help that I have good reason?

I just started the rewrite/edit of the first draft for my new book, and I am engrossed. I’m talking, didn’t even open my blog to check my stats, much less post, kind of involved. That’s some serious stuff. So, good news for my book, bad news for the Cowardly Feminist. Soon I will give more details, but for now let’s just say the story is totally absurd and a whole lot of fun to write. This one isn’t women’s fiction, I would classify it as action/adventure occult fiction (hey lookit me, making up a genre) It is also a series, because the story grew and grew, and it was either make it into a trilogy, or make it a book so fucking long no one would ever read it.

But who cares about that? The important news of the day is – who won the Cocktail Photo Contest?

First I’d like to thank all of you that tweeted and posted about the Drink Well promo, you guys rock! And thanks to those of you that submitted a photo for the contest as well!

Misty of Misty’s Laws is the lucky lady of the day, and she will receive a $25 gift card from Amazon. She chose to make the Rum Runner, and to taunt us with her lovely pool. But the devil is in the details, my friends. Not only is her fruit and flower garnish perfectly coordinated with the drink, her toes are too!

Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? Not for Misty!!

Now for the runner up, submitted by Thou Shalt Remain Nameless (no website link, so I can only assume he/she’s a secret operative for the CIA). I believe this is supposed to be the Montserrat Cooler, but the photo was titled Gin and Yoda (hee hee, was this you, Red?).

May the force be with you.

Happy Friday y’all!

Hot damn y’all, it’s Friday.

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Happy Friday kids. For some inexplicable reason, I woke up with this song in my head, and it has been stuck all day long.

Anyway, where the hell are my cocktail pictures?

If you haven’t already done so, don’t forget to make one of the cocktails in Drink Well, snap a photo, and submit it by next Monday, July 9th to enter the contest. First place winner gets a $25 Amazon gift card.

What can you do with 25 bucks? Well…

-Download $25 worth of books to your Kindle.

-Rent porn on Amazon instant.

-Buy laundry detergent and have it delivered right to your front door.

-Buy this and have your dog hate you for life.

Send your photos to cowardlyfeminist@gmail.com with Cocktail Photo Contest in the subject heading.

 

 

Anyway, onto today’s Happy Hour Cocktail. That’s right  y’all, this week it’s a twofer.

So. Freaking. Good.

Heat Wave

  • 2 oz Appleton’s Rum
  • 1 oz peach schnapps
  • pineapple juice
  • coconut water

In a tall ice-filled glass pour rum and schnapps, then pour equal amounts of pineapple and coconut water. Stir, and garnish with something summery. Or just stick a straw in that bad boy and get your weekend started.

Enjoy!

What’s that? A cocktail post on Tuesday?

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Yes. With so many of you off tomorrow, I thought I’d do a series of patriotic-looking cocktails. Don’t get all excited, none of them really worked out. But first…

Drinking and driving is for assholes, so if you’re having cocktails tomorrow, then TAKE A CAB. Or stay at home and host a party, but make sure your guests take cabs home if they’ve been drinking. Got it?

Good.

So, yesterday we went to Party City to buy Fourth of July decorations to use in a photo, and today my husband went to the liquor store to pick up a few things to experiment with (yes, smartypants, there are certain types of liquor we don’t stock at Bar Vesta, with good reason). We just made a lot of crappy drinks. Most of which were shots. We thought we’d do a layered red, white, and blue shot, except every variation we tried turned purple and  tasted terrible.

So, I re-learned lesson #1 – Shots are bad. The sole purpose is to get you smashed, in a short period of time, and they all taste disgusting.

After pouring numerous shots down the drain, we decided to make a layered blue and red martini, with Hypnotic, of all things. That is when I learned lesson #2 – Hypnotic tastes like ass. No, really. Actually, my husband said he thought ass was different and felt it was more akin to what his dirty socks might taste like.

Here’s the pic, but I will not provide you with a recipe, because I love you guys and wouldn’t do that to you.

Tastes like socks

So we decided to go with something easy, and drinkable, a Blue Margarita.

I would not suggest setting off fireworks yourself after having one of these.

  • 3 oz anejo tequila
  • 1 oz Blue Curacao
  • 1/4 oz Rose’s Lime Juice
  • 3 oz Sweet and Sour
  • Grand Marnier floater (optional)

In an ice-filled shaker, pour tequila, blue curacao, Rose’s, and sweet and sour. Give a vigorous shake and pour entire contents into margarita glass. Float Grand Marnier on top if you like, and garnish with lime wheel and blueberries.

PS -Make sure to make a Drink Well cocktail over the mid-week holiday, and take a photo to submit to the Cocktail Photo Contest, deadline July 8th!!

Have a safe and wonderful July 4th!

Martini Time – Wiggle it!

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Hell yes y’all, it’s Friday, and it has been a spectacular week. Drink Well spent the majority of the week in Amazon’s Kindle Top 100 Free Books list, which makes me happy. And by happy I mean ecstatic, and when that happens I do the wiggle dance whenever the mood strikes, including the aisles of Whole Foods, while my husband is trying to have a conversation with me, and other people stare.

Side note: Apparently, the youth has stolen my wiggle dance and added a ludicrously large medallion to it.

Dear Youth,

If you need instructions on the wiggle, then all hope is lost.

Sincerely,
Vesta

Anyway, if you haven’t downloaded your copy of Drink Well then get on it, tomorrow is the last day!

Now that the weekend is upon us, I fully expect for you guys to start snapping your own cocktail photos for the contest. If you’re new to the Cowardly Feminist, check out Monday’s post for contest details. You have until July 8th to submit your photo to cowardlyfeminist@gmail.com with Cocktail Photo Contest in the subject heading. The first place winner gets a $25 Amazon gift card, and the top three submissions get their photo posted during Cocktail Hour.

Speaking of which…

You know what we haven’t done in a while? A martini. Summer is here, it’s hella hot, and yes, I am still on a fruit kick. So for today’s Happy Hour…

Yum.

Pear-tini

  • 3 oz Pear Vodka (I used Absolut)
  • 1 oz Kern’s Pear Nectar
  • 1 dash orange flower water

Chill martini glass in freezer during drink preparation. In an ice-filled martini shaker, pour pear vodka and pear nectar, then shake vigorously. Add dash of orange flower water to bottom of martini glass, then strain contents of shaker. Enjoy!

 

 

*Remember folks, take a cab if you’re imbibing. Or better yet, stay at home, make your own cocktails, and save some money!

Don’t forget to submit your Ask Vesta questions – I’ll answer anything!

Happy Friday y’all!