Posts categorized as Drinks

We attended the first Ridgewood Market last month and it was pretty neat. Held at our favorite bar Gottscheer Hall, the market showcased vendors ranging from jewelry designers, to soap makers to food vendors. New to the bill this month is O live Brooklyn and Sabbas Spicery. These are of particular interest to us and will be our first visits – the more food vendors the better! What sets this market apart from the others? You can drink while shopping. We know, this is awesome (!!!) but it gets better. Catch brunch with your friends in the tap room [...]

Last Saturday we ran into Patrick Flibotte co-owner of the new wine bar Sayra’s, soon to open on 91-11 Rockaway Beach Blvd. “Want to take a look?” Patrick asked, offering an unexpected invitation which we immediately accepted. Susanne and I were thrilled to get a first peak inside the much-anticipated, first-ever wine bar in Rockaway. My reaction when walking in was… this place is really special. After talking with Patrick it all made sense. He’s an artist with a concentration in sculpture and welding. From the handmade bar stools to the [...]

Of late, I’ve been into giving (and receiving) gifts of food and beverage. It’s a fun idea to consider this holiday season. Lets get the juices flowing… Wine, beer or alcohol: if you have a friend/family member that indulges in these pleasures, you just can’t go wrong with these gifts. Usually I pick up wine for 13 bucks or less, so receiving a fancy bottle is always a welcomed treat. Same goes for vodka, whiskey and other liquors. Peroni for your beer drinking paisans – so easy! I’m sure your friends [...]

The Vermont – New York Crossing is a short drive from Roger’s Rock, our favorite Lake George campground. We go just about every year, but we’d never ventured into Vermont. This time, we decided to make the journey. The ferry ride is 7 minutes across beautiful Lake Champlain. You drive your car onto the ferry, which is basically a concrete slab suspended by cables that run across the lake. You can get out of the car , walk around on the deck and take pictures. You can also buy maple syrup from Vermont. Oddly, the second [...]

I had a great post about apple pie in the queue for today but it didn’t feel right sending it out. So many of our friends and family live in Breezy Point and Rockaway – it’s been a difficult, sad, strange week. Having said that, the folks on the peninsula are positive people – who love their community. I was in Rockaway today helping my husband’s parents clean out their basement. I heard joking and laughing on the streets, I saw people working hard, shoveling and moving debris. Others were [...]

I just returned from the South of France with the Gehrhardt crew. We stayed in a little town named Cerbère. The town of Cerbère didn’t have much to it but the neighboring towns of Banyuls and Colliouere were quaint and what you would expect for a town in South France. Besides the quaintness of these towns, they also boast another great feature, both towns produced wine. Ahh music to my wino ears. From my brief wine education, I knew that I liked French wines. Not that I drink French wines [...]

I am not a wine snot by any means, but when we visited Greenport, LI this past May for our 1 year wedding anniversary, my interest in wine making really peeked. We had planned to visit some vineyards out there but weren’t too sure how we’d do it. While researching things to do in Greenport I came across Vintage Tours (http://www.vintagetour1.com). They would pick us up and drop us off for a day of wine tasting and lunch was included. Couldn’t do any better than that! A lot of people [...]

Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy getting out on the lake and fishing, but in early September when the bass aren’t biting and it’s too early for trout, things can get a bit dull, as I found out when Matt and I went to Lake George last week – my favorite Adirondack retreat. Matt fished morning, noon and night, but I’m impatient and I wasn’t having much luck. I came up with some “keeping busy” strategies. If you find yourself in a situation like this, you’ll want to remember these three tips. Note: always [...]

This past week I went to the Catskills to visit my friend John. He’s “off the grid”, meaning no running water, no electric and a wood burning stove. He does have a propane tank he uses occasionally for the stove – he can’t live without pasta! John also has a generator he uses for power tools – it’s a necessity because he’s building a four quadrant garden on top of the mountain, next to his cabin.  Matt, our friend Russ and myself, visited John at the cabin for a work [...]

I have a bunch of mint and thyme growing in the garden which I often use with lemon for a refreshing beverage.  If you feel like a boozy refresher, throw in some vodka!  Keep cool people! Lemonade Mint Refresher Mason jar (3 cups) 3/4 lemon thinly sliced, 1/4 wedge for squeezing in the water A handfull of mint chopped Ice *For a boozy lemonade add 3ozs. vodka and replace the water with club soda If you like sweet lemonade, add a few tablespoons of sugar, I prefer without… Fill the jar [...]