Happy New Year!

This is it, the end of 2013 and the start of 2014. 2014. Can you believe it? Where are the hover cars? 

I'm very much looking forward to New Years festivities. I'm doing what I did last year and going to a local restaurant for a nice dinner and then they turn it into a party afterwards as midnight approaches! I've got my same partner in crime joining me as well as a slew of others, so it should be a good good time! 

I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year! 

P.S. If you're looking for a good champagne cocktail, don't forget the recipe I shared last year for Kir Royale!

It's My Birthday!

Happy Birthday to me! I'm not one of those people that's obsessed with their own birthday but come on, they are fun! Today is a pretty regular day - I will be at work as usual but then later tonight I will be going out for a super delicious dinner with my parents. 

Hope you all had a good weekend!

This is from my birthday last year. One of my favourite things in the world is balloons - better than flowers!

  

Celebratory Weekend!

This lovely weekend we are about to embark on, also happens to be the weekend my birthday is being celebrated! I did a family celebration earlier this week, and will be doing something with my parents on Monday (the actual anniversary of my birth), so this weekend is the friend installment! There will great friends. There will be cocktails. There will likely be dancing. There will definitely be good times. I'm quite looking forward to it!

I wanted to leave this post by setting a certain tone which I thought would be best relayed using the medium of music! But I couldn't decide specifically which song to share so I choose two. First, a great song by Ellie Goulding that will help suggest that "anything can happen" this weekend. I also included Scream & Shout in order to help get everyone (myself included of course) pumped up! 

Happy Friday! :)

 

Kir Royale

This New Years Eve I had the ultimate champagne cocktail that I simply must share! It's called a Kir Royale. I first heard about it when my boss told me about it last year. She raved about how amazing (and strong) it was. Well, since I had never tried it, this year for Christmas she got me the ingredients along with a little scroll with the recipe - how sweet, right?! I will start of by stating that I am not one for sugary drinks - this does NOT fall in that category. I also tend to be super picky when it comes to drinking champagne or sparkling wine. BUT this drink is genius! Ingredients are simple: you need champagne (or more likely sparkling wine) and Creme de Cassis. That's it! Before trying this cocktail, and before it was gifted to me, I had no idea what Creme de Cassis was. For those out there like me, it is "a sweet red blackcurrant flavored liqueur". It's delish. 

So here are the instructions: 

• 1 Part Creme de Cassis
• 5 Parts Champagne/Sparkling Wine

Ta da! You're done. 

I still have some Creme de Cassis leftover and I already can't wait to have another one - but I will save it for a special occassion. Lucky for me my birthday is at the end of the month! :)

Enjoy! (responsibly of course)