Mad Men Mixology 101

Today we continue our shameless promotion of barware with a cart that would make Don Draper smile.  We have yet to snag a set of Don's classic Dorothy Thorpe roly poly glasses but this silver ombre highball set will do just fine.  We were running like mad to dodge the rain so not all of our eye candy made it to the cart.  We did get the basics- vodka, gin, amazing glasses, and a little mid century feathered flair.

RV Silver Ombre Highball Set

RV Mid Century Pheasant Statues

While Season 5 of Mad Men was in full swing earlier this summer we made it our mission to whip up some of the mid century cocktails that we had somehow never tried.  Is that really possible? A cocktail WE have never tried?  Needless to say we were up for the challenge.  We didn't get in over our heads and got started with a simple Manhattan and Tom Collins.

                      Manhattan Recipe                                                 Tom Collins Recipe                                                

While the drinks were tasty they definitely needed a little sprucing up.  Looking at the photos of the straw in the Collins glass truly makes us cringe.  Our kids drink milk with those for Pete's sake!  We have seen tons of pics of cutesy straws on blogs recently and today they popped up again- but this time at $3.99 for 50.  The shipping was also a truly affordable $2.00.  We purchased the red, black, hot pink, turquoise, orange, and mint.  We hereby pledge that our cocktails will never don generic straws again!

Just look at all of the colors!

Get yours ASAP at Simple Addiction before they are all gone.

We hope that we have sparked a desire to create a truly unique beverage partaking experience.  We are also open to any invitations to test out the goods.

Till Next Time,

Tricia and Jennings

Bar Cart Mania

We introduced some of our fun decorative home objects on the blog yesterday.  We actually took lots of photos of items on both a bar cart and bar cabinet.  After all, you can't seem to open the cover of a home decor mag or read a blog without one of the two being on the page somewhere.  And anyone who knows us knows that we do love to partake of a drink so why not do it in high style?

Here are a few more photos to put you in the mood to dress up your home.  We were actually running like mad to dodge the impending downpour to get these pics.  Needless to say not a lot of time was spent styling but that just goes to show that 5 minutes and a few good objects really go a long way.

 






















Ethnic Head Vases

This fish bowl was purchased at Homegoods for about $7.  I have sort of an obsession with them as of late.  I think I have purchased 5 recently and rescued one from a garbage bin.  My intentions are to make terrariums for my bookcases but they obviously can serve double duty as a vase.

Chartreuse Bowl

  

Gold Stripe Glasses and Starburst Glasses

The finished product looks pretty great!  Oh, and the bar cart was purchased for $30 and painted with turquoise spray paint.  Not too shabby.  We hope that we have inspired you to dress up an area in your home.  Stay tuned for more pics throughout the week.

Till Next Time,

Tricia and Jennings