Tube Tops, Tattoos and Cocktails!

It's been a while since I've talked about one of my favorite things, COCKTAILS! Yay! This week's recipe is inspired by my most recent tattoo additions (first sitting), two new coffin tattoos on my chest.

Since I have a silly sense of humor, let's drink some slippery nipples in honor of deathrock tube tops! Huzzah! P.S.-Tube tops (a.k.a boob tubes) are recommended for the healing of chest tattoos

Slippery Nipple:

-1 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream

-1oz. Sambuca

Pour Sambuca in a shot glass and float Bailey's on top. Mmmmmmmm nippley!

Thanks for reading and cheers!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Snake Bite

I am drinking Woodchuck cider, the Amber flavor and it's deeeeeee-licious! I wasn't drunk in these pictures, just acting silly (what else is new?!) on a Wednesday evening. While the husband is away the wife drinks all the cider, mwahahahaha!

I'm not a big fan of beer, yet I've been wanting to try a Snake Bite which is equal parts cider with lager beer. I have heard a lot of British pubs serve Snake Bites and I believe that's where my husband has first tried one. I, of course, am envious that he's even been to Britain or the UK in general, we're hoping to visit in 2013! If you see a crazy American girl skipping around and looking REALLY happy, that will be me, stop and say "Hi!". *Wink*

Here is another recipe I'd like to try, it's called a Bat Bite.

2 Shots Spiced Rum
Fill the rest (of the glass) with Cranberry Juice
Splash of Grenadine

Pour all ingredients over ice in your fancy glass and enjoy!

Mmmmmmmmmm, I love the name too!

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XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Mai Tai

It's officially ten weeks until Luau at the Lake in Lake George, NY! This is our big vacation in which we spend a whole weekend with other Tiki enthusiast's who take over The Tiki Resort in Lake George. The resort is the perfect back drop to a luau by the pool, underneath the stars, while sipping on cocktails. I feel more relaxed just talking about it. Ahhhhhhh...... I have mentioned Luau at the Lake on my blog before and have shown some pictures of the last two years we attended. This year I'm looking forward to meeting up with some of the nice people we've met and making some new friends! Oh, did I mention cocktails? Yes, there will be a lot of tropical libations consumed, in a leisurely time. *Wink*

Here's one to try, the Mai Tai which became popular in the 50s and 60s. You can find so many variations of the cocktail recipe, here is one that I enjoy.

Mr. Booze's Mai Tai recipe:

2 oz. Dark Rum
1 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 oz. Curacao (I would not recommend Blue Curacao it turns the drink a weird color)
1 oz. Light Rum (Also known as Silver Rum)
3 oz. Lime Juice (this is WAY too much for me, we cut it down to 1 oz.)
3 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Almond Syrup (if you have Orgeat Syrup, that is preferred)

Shake this up with ice and pour into a tall glass or Tiki mug

This drink is delicious and STRONG, it will have you doing the hula before you even ask for another one. I've been known to not even finish the first one and I LOVE Mai Tai's. *Hiccup*

Onto more Tiki..............

I've broadcast my Dippity Durr Meagan Productions videos in my Tiki Room and it's been moved around since then, though it's not finished I wanted to share our insanity with you. Please note, this is not all of our Tiki items, some are in storage.

My husband and I picked up this piece of Witco (to the left) at a local vintage shop. You should have seen the look on his face when he found it, like he had found the Holy Grail. Witco is pretty damn ugly, but it's nice to own another piece of it. The first piece we have Derek found at a garage sale for 75 cents and it was beat up, he fixed it up and  it will go on the wall....somewhere. Witco art is best known adorning Elvis' Jungle Room at Graceland. It's so ugly and tacky, just the way we like it.

Here are some more views of our Tiki room, mind you it's supposed to be our dining room. Pfffft, who needs a place to eat when Tiki's need a place to thrive and multiply. Well, eventually we'll up a table and chairs in here. Maybe. Hehe!

The room is rather small, but at this apartment I'm wrangling it all in one spot without it spilling over into our living room. I like to keep our "morgue chic" as my friend Danielle likes to call it, separate from the Polynesian madness. 

Thanks for reading!!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Citrus White Wine Spritzer

Snap shot of grape vines along the 90 interstate to Ohio

While I slightly cursed the strange and early heat wave we had last month, I am wishing for summer nights to lounge out on the patio and sip cocktails under the stars. The Citrus White Wine Spritzer is a perfect drink to put me in the summer state of mind.

Ingredients:
2 lemon slices
2 lime slices
Ice cubes
4 oz. Pinot Grigio or other white wine (a Riesling is a delightful option)
2 oz. lemon lime flavored seltzer water

In a large stem glass arrange lemon and lime slices between ice cubes. Pour 4 oz. of white wine, 2 oz of lemon lime seltzer over the fruit and ice. Enjoy!

*Cheers*
XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Apple Swizzle

We bought some Applejack (Apple Brandy), so I checked my trusty Mixology app on my 'smart phone' and gave the Apple Swizzle a try. We bought a small size Applejack which is always a good idea when you're trying a new drink, so won't be stuck with a lot of liquor just in case you don't care for it. 

Apple Swizzle:

2 oz. Apple Brandy (I used Applejack)

1 1/2 oz. Light Rum

3 dashes Angostura Bitters

1 oz. Lime Juice

1 tsp. Sugar Syrup (simple syrup)

Mix with ice and serve in a chilled old-fashioned glass or you're favorite cocktail glass!

I enjoyed this one, yet I mixed in a little club soda as it's pretty limey and sweet. The next one I make I may cut the lime juice to a 1/2 oz. so I can taste the Applejack a little better.

I hope you enjoy my Cocktail Friday posts! What is your favorite cocktail?

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Flamingo Cocktail

Ooooh! This is a very yummy drink for this week's Cocktail Friday, the Flamingo Cocktail. Now my love for pink flamingo's can translate into delicious alcoholic appreciation! Yum! Yum!

Ingredients:
1/2 oz. Apricot Brandy
1 1/2 oz. Gin
Juice of 1/2 limes
1 tsp. Grenadine

Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker, pour into your favorite glass, and then stand on one leg like a flamingo while enjoying it. *wink*

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : McKenzie's Hard Cider

So romantic!

In our house we have a pretty well stocked liquor cabinet, yet sometimes I just want to crack open a cold one for some adult beverage refreshment. Since either my husband nor I like beer, hard cider's are the next best thing (or occasionally those other malt liquor beverages, which are dangerous), like the McKenzie's Black Cherry Cider. Derek doesn't like the taste of the black cherry as he says it tastes like cold medicine, I happen to think it's very good and non-medicine tasting. *Wink* McKenzie's has other flavor's such as Original and Green Apple, all of which are wonderful. Happy Friday!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Luau At The Lake, Now With Photos!

My husband and I joke that there are two seasons in our household, Tiki season and Halloween season. We are in Tiki season currently as I am always dreaming of tropical beaches and summer nights during the cold winter months in Western NY. Grant it, I'm not a huge fan of baking in the hot sun as I like my pale pallor and use many tools to keep it that way! Tiki is just another part of my quirky and kitsch-lovin' personality, I always joke that it allows my inner tacky to come out.....then again a girl who covers herself in bats, spiders, and other various creepy things is pretty tacky. *Wink*

Warning: photos of copious amounts of Tiki gear, kitschy prints and LOTS of tacky vintage fashion.

Oops! They spelled my name wrong!
The husband also didn't realize Makahiki means
Christmas, LOL!

Another photo from 2010 in Lake George, NY
Luau At The Lake event

Yes my dear friends, we join other Tikiphiles at an annual event called Luau at the Lake which takes place in Lake George, NY. The event is held at the Tiki Resort hotel for a weekend of drinking, socializing and enjoying a luau dinner and Polynesian show. Though the Tiki shirts, mu-mu's and tropical hair adornments are optional, my husband and I enjoy hunting for vintage Hawaiian fashions and letting our inner tacky run a-muck! It's something we love to do together and often share our love of everything Tiki with a small group of friends here in Buffalo.

More pictures?! Don't mind if I do!

Luau at the Lake 2011. Enjoying a cocktail outside our hotel room

We were the most matched table at the luau! The hubster got cut off :(

One of the cocktails we tried at the Tiki Resort's bar was Trader Vic's Grog. Here is a recipe I looked up on the interwebz. This one is super yummy, but I'm a sucker for anything with passionfruit juice as one of the ingredients.

Recipe:

2 oz. Jamaican Rum

1 oz. Pineapple Juice

1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice 

1 oz. Passionfruit Juice

Dash of Angostura Bitters

Shake and pour into 16-ounce or old-fashioned glass (or Tiki mug!) filled with shaved ice. Garnish with a cherry and serve with a straw.

Aloha friends!!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Flirtini

This week's Cocktail Friday recipe is the Flirtini Cocktail which, ummmmm, apparently is mentioned on Sex And The City?! AHHHHH!!!! I know the drink from being mentioned in The Mighty Boosh, one of my favorite British comedies, so I looked up the recipe for a belated Valentine's inspired cocktail. Sorry I never watched Sex And The City.....never.

Ingredients:
1 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Champagne
2 oz. Pineapple juice

Combine vodka, champagne and pineapple juice in a highball or collins glass filled with ice.

This would  make a great cocktail for a entertaining a group of people, mmmmm! *Hiccup* Mmmmm!

Enjoy!
XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Singapore Sling

Picture of my dear husband and I (a few months ago), but that's the face I feel in love with. Hahaha!

Happy Friday everyone! This week's Cocktail Friday is inspired by the delicious drink I had at a local restaurant called Vera Pizzeria. I took Derek there for his 38th birthday and we dined on delicious pizza and Pre-Prohibition cocktails. The restaurant's barman make these concoctions using tradition techniques and fresh ingredients (you won't find sour mix in these drinks!) to make wonderful libations. Next time I would like to sit at the bar and watch all the magic happen! So, without further adieu, the Singapore Sling.....

This recipe is invented by Mr.Ngiam Tong Boon, bartender at the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore sometime around 1915.

Ingredients:

1 ml gin
1/2 ml Heering® cherry liqueur
4 ml pineapple juice
1/2 ml lime juice
1/4 ml Cointreau® orange liqueur
1/4 ml benedictine herbal liqueur
1 - 2 tsp grenadine syrup
1 dash Angostura® bitters Mix all in a shaker and pour in glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and cherry.

Mix all in a shaker and pour in glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and cherry.

Mmmmmm! I enjoyed this exact recipe at Vera Pizzeria and I LOVED it. Can't I have one for breakfast? Pretty please?! *Wink*

XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!

Oh yeah! A cocktail named Beetlejuice? Who needs to know why it's called Beetlejuice, just make it, drink it, and yell out "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, BEETLEJUICE!". I neat idea would be to host a little movie and cocktail party, watch Beetlejuice and serve the Beetlejuice cocktail's. Can I come to the party? Well, too bad I'll come scratching at your door anyways. *Wink* Hehe!

Recipe:
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Melon Liqueur
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
1/2 oz. Raspberry Liqueur
1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice
Sour Mix

Instructions:
Fill tall glass with ice and pour the vodka. Fill the glass 3/4 full with Sour Mix and then pour in the rest of the ingredients one at a time. Garnish with a pineapple spear and a cherry.



 XOXO-Meagan Kyla

Cocktail Friday : Fünf Sassy White

This week's Cocktail Friday is not a cocktail, but one of my favorite wines, Fünf Sassy White. If you like sweet white wines that are Riesling-esque, then you should give Fünf a try. The fruity and light taste is easy to drink and when served to guests they often exclaim their delight of this sassy white. At a $6.49 price tag at our local liquor store, we often have to buy more than one as this wine goes down so smoothly. I may or may not be on my second glass as I'm writing this. *Hiccup* Teehee!

XOXO-Meagan Kyla