Jessie on the Rocks

Week 32 - The Marga Raider If you are watching closely, you will realize I'm a week behind in my posts.  In my last post, I mentioned that I was on my way to my 20th high school reunion.  I had a wonderful time at the reunion and being home for a few days.  However, it seems that hitting my 20 year high school reunion was synonymous with old age.  I somehow managed to hurt my back upon my return.  I'd love to tell you all what I did to cause this injury, but apparently as you get older, you don't actually have to do anything to hurt yourself!  I now have a whole new respect for anyone with back pain.  It affects every aspect of your life - including drink making!  I'm happy to say that I am finally on the mend, but I am now a week behind.  I'll do my best to catch up over the next few weeks.  The argument could be made that a good margarita may have cured my ailment.  I guess we'll never know.  In the meantime, my week 32...

Week 31 - The Limoncello Margarita Today, I feel old.   How does the saying go – The days feel like years, but the years feel like days?   Something like that anyways.   Somehow, without me even noticing, it’s been 20 years since I graduated high school.   I don’t know how it happened, but as I sit here writing this, I am at my parent’s house on my way to attend my 20 th high school reunion.   I remember thinking people who were almost forty were really old.   Now, it doesn’t feel so old at all!   The good news is, it will be a ton of fun to see my high school pals and catch up, but the shock of it all is still there! There’s only one obvious way to deal with this stress – my week 31 margarita!   This week’s drink of choice is The Limoncello Margarita.   As I have mentioned before, I am a huge fan of lemon in anything, so I was pretty excited to make this one. While I absolutely loved this drink, I must admit, it tasted very similar ...