So, sue us.  We did not go get drinks anywhere fun and exciting this past week because we both went out of town to visit our loving families.  Therefore, we created one of our new favorites at home when we both got back in town.  We decided to review it and put it out there on the blogosphere world for all of you millions of readers to see.  And it is so easy to make.  Be careful, though.  More than one makes you a bit loopy.  Notice Brutus’s look after he has had a sip.  (He did not really drink any – although he looks as if he did.) I just wanted to put a photo of my big boy on here.

The classic French Gimlet is our new “make it at home for friends” favorite.  It comes from the St. Germain website and since St. Germain is all the rage, we chose this particular drink to make.  We choose vodka as our main liquor, but you can also use a nice gin.  It is basically, vodka, St. Germain, and fresh lime juice all shaken together nicely and served up. Potent and delightful!

Don’t forget our ratings scale is between 1 and 5 Olives.  One Olive = waste of my blogging time;  5 Olives = oh my goodness/yummmmmm

Presentation: 4 olives. Only because we served them in these gorgeous retro glasses that Jules and Erika bought us.  Otherwise, I would have given it a 2 olive rating.

Creativity: 2 olives.  Vodka, St. Germain, lime juice.  Period.

Taste: 3.5 olives.  I think Alison has made them better before, but it was still wonderful.

Overall: 3.5 olives.  Easy classic drink to make at home for loved ones – not dogs.

Sorry so slack this week.  We promise to take you to a much better place next time.