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Category: Cocktail

easy five-minute cranberry pear martinis in martini glasses with sugared rim
November 4, 2018

EASY FIVE-MINUTE CRANBERRY PEAR MARTINIS

I’m a firm believer that if you’re going to entertain, you need to have a signature cocktail. And I don’t mind telling you that around …

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Four champagne flutes filled with elderflower blood orange mimosas
March 1, 2018

ELDERFLOWER BLOOD ORANGE MIMOSAS

Can we talk mimosas for a minute? Personally, I’m a huge fan because a) mimosas are the only excuse one needs for a daytime drinking …

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Two champagne flutes filled with bacon washed bourbon cocktail and garnished with crispy bacon
January 31, 2018

BACON WASHED BOURBON CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you might be keeping an eye out for ideas and recipes that spoil the love in your life. …

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This sugar cookie margarita recipe is a ridiculously fun and festive drink to serve at your holiday cocktail party. It can be made more or less sweet according to your tastes.
December 4, 2017

CHRISTMAS SUGAR COOKIE MARGARITA

When we lived in Tucson we used to frequent an amazing Mexican restaurant perched in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains. When it wasn’t too …

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Hands down, this is my absolute favorite margarita recipe. It brings together the flavors of warm fall baking spices with crisp pear and makes for the perfect sipping cocktail all season long.
September 19, 2017

HARVEST SPICE MARGARITA RECIPE

Having lived in Arizona for twelve years, I happen to be the kind of girl who knows her way around a margarita. I’m a margarita …

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These 12 Christmas cocktails take a grown-up spin on favorite holiday flavors. Check this list (twice) for something to serve for a crowd at your Christmas party!
December 1, 2016

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS COCKTAILS

Christmas. It’s the time of year when everything shimmers and twinkles in the glow of tiny little lights. It’s the time of year when we …

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Birthday Cake Margaritas | The Ultimate Celebratory Cocktail
September 6, 2015

BIRTHDAY CAKE MARGARITAS

There comes a time in every life in which a celebratory cocktail is called for. This margarita, my friends, fits the bill. In honor of …

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Rosemary Beet Margarita Recipe
February 6, 2015

Rosemary beet margarita

Sometimes I wish there was a tiny drummer man that lived within your screen and–on cue–he’d play a drumroll. If such a little drummer man did …

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Vanilla Almond Margarita Recipe
January 14, 2015

Vanilla almond margarita

Hi, friends! I’m super excited because it’s Margarita of the Month day here on the Spot! Just in case there was any doubt as to …

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Sixteen years today and of this I am certain: fair Sixteen years today and of this I am certain: fairy tales aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The most piercingly beautiful love stories are far more complex than happily ever after allows.

I think of the places we’ve been. Private verandahs at sea and tables with breathtaking views. Photos beside glacial lakes and campfire s’mores along deep red canyons. Cobblestone streets and foreign cafés and twinkly lights. But also: hospital waiting rooms and the stiff, unforgiving marriage counselor’s couch. Bended knees and closet tears and thick, unrelenting grief. We’ve waited for calls that never came and crumpled beneath the weight of a few others that did. Fear and dread and heartbreak. Joy and pride and gratitude. The beauty comes in living both, with muscle and grace to show for it.

Facing you—holding your hands while I read those vows—I would never have hoped for what we’ve had. Happily ever after sounds so much easier. But facing you now, here today, I know better. The Author of our story. His intricacies. Exceedingly and abundantly more than I have the audacity to dream.
We had a meeting with our builder yesterday! That We had a meeting with our builder yesterday! That exclamation point is misleading because there was nothing fun involved like choosing tile or anything like that. But even boring little steps like discussing perc test results seem like progress and help lighten the burden of what promises to be a very long process. How’s your week been?
I *think* we found a temporary house to live in wh I *think* we found a temporary house to live in while we wait for home. 😅 The hardest part about that process was finding an arrangement that could be somewhat flexible to accommodate our timing with the build. Thankfully, a sweet young couple nearby came through with a perfect solution for us! And new neighbors from down the street gave us a ton of once-used U-Haul moving boxes that are in great shape. ☁️➡️🌈😊
We’re officially under contract. It’s a good t We’re officially under contract. It’s a good thing, too, because three days of showings was more than enough for me. 😅 Of course now the real work begins as we set out to find a rental and pack and move. God has given me a lot of peace in this process and I trust He’ll continue giving me what I need throughout the next month and beyond. ❤️
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