Jessie on the Rocks

Week 36 - The Bitter Lemon Margarita Once again I find myself sliding my drink in at the very last minute this week.  I actually had to schedule time to drink on my calendar.  Who does that!?!  I really hope life slows down in the near future because I'm about spent!  I live and breath by my calendar though and the week 36 drink was completed, so I guess it all turned out in the end.  This week's drink of choice is The Bitter Lemon Margarita. I have never used bitters in a drink before today, so I was flying blind on this one.  As I have mentioned several times, I love lemon in almost any form (or so I thought!) so I figured this would be no big deal.  I was wrong. I'm used to a fresh citrusy taste for lemon drinks.  Adding the bitters, drastically changed the drink in way that did not suit my palate.  I realize some people may enjoy this change, but it wasn't for me.  It also dramatically changed the color of the drin...

Week 35 - The Blonde Margarita Today was a perfect Sunday.  I didn't have anything pressing to do.  I watched football, golf and made margaritas.  I even fit in a nap.  It doesn't get much better than that!  The perfect celebration of this day is my week 35 drink -  The Blonde Margarita. This drink calls for light cream and vanilla Schnapps in addition to Tequila and simple syrup.  I went on a search a few months ago for vanilla schnapps.  I checked a few stores nearby and had no luck finding it.  I thought this was odd, but recognized that I was going to smaller stores and thought I just needed a bigger store.  Since then, I have tried 5 additional stores over the last several weeks.  I admit, I did not see this obstacle coming.  It seemed like such a simple thing to find.   Finally at the last store I visited, I asked the person working there why this was so hard to find.  She didn't have an answ...

Week 34 - The Bloody Rita This week definitely did not go as planned, but it ended up turning out pretty great in the end!  I was supposed to be travelling all week, but thanks to Hurricane Florence, I had to rearrange some flights to ensure I could make it home.  Also, some of my dear friends that live in South Carolina needed to evacuate, so they ended up in Jacksonville with me for most of the week.  It was a fantastic opportunity to spend some time with them.  And, bonus - their house is still standing and has no damage, so it was best case scenario!  Cheers to that! My friends enjoy a Blood Mary, so we tried the Bloody Rita recipe for this week's drink.  I have only recently started drinking Bloody Mary drinks within this past year.  I want to like them, but there's a lot of flavor going on and they overwhelm me a little bit.  I keep trying them though and am dedicated to finding one I like.  This recipe c...

Week 33 - The Sparkling Margarita It has been an incredibly long few weeks.  Work has been crazy and I’m once again behind on my blog posts.  While it does bother me that I am behind schedule, I have arrived at a place in life where it’s not the end of the world for me to be off schedule a little.  I like to think of this as progress in my type A, left brain sequential world.  I enjoy my job a lot and I accept that it sometimes takes over my life.  I also accept that my job allows me to continue to shop (and buy margaritas) in the way upon which I have become accustom! lol.  I also enjoy that my mortgage gets paid, because I don’t think I would make a good homeless person and making margaritas could get dicey out of the back of my car!  My week 33 drink is dedicated to all the overworked people in the world.  I raise my glass of Sparkling Margarita to you!  Cheers. I was very apprehensive about this drink because I'm not a huge...

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 ...

Week 30 - The Mango Margarita I moved to Florida just over 5 years ago.  You would think the hardest part of leaving home to venture out into the world would be leaving my family behind.  Turns out they visit a lot, so the actual worst thing...leaving my grocery store behind.  In theory I should have accepted this change by now and moved on, but days like today bring all the grocery store separation issues right back to the surface!  I kid, I kid, kind of.  I grew up with Wegmans as my local grocery store.  To go here is not to shop, but to experience a whole event.  You grab coffee, maybe some lunch, see friends from years past, peruse an entire department devoted to cheese and oh yeah, pick up some groceries too.  I know, I sound like such an elitist right now.  I admit it, but even all these years later, I just can't accept new grocery stores into my life lol!! I now live where Publix is my most convenient grocery store....