IT'S NATIONAL GOOF OFF DAY so GOOF OFF WITH A MARTINI . . . or 2 or 3 or 4 . . .

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March 22nd is
NATIONAL GOOF OFF DAY!

Martini Excuse #16

What are your plans for Goofing Off??

It's National Goof Off Day so I goofed off  and didn't post any cocktails.

However, may I suggest you use my search option at the top right of this site and search for any spirit, flavor or cocktail you might need to help you goof off too.

Now, excuse me - I have to get ready to Goof Off the rest of the day. . . . where's my cocktail and the remote?

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TOAST NATIONAL JACKASS DAY - JACKASS, THE MARTINI

TODAY IS

NATIONAL JACKASS DAY!

I wonder why there is a day to celebrate jackasses. Seriously, are you going to celebrate the fact that you have to deal with jackasses?  No, me either.  So I prefer to look at National Jackass Day as National Jackass Therapy Day - this is the day you get to toast yourself for having to put up with all the jackasses that pop up in your life!

Now, this martini is not for you good folk who have had to put up with the jackasses - you need to treat yourself to one of my other cocktails. No, THIS martini is for the jackasses themselves - after you read it you'll understand why.

Yes, the recipe is a joke . . . . but putting up with jackasses isn't a joke, so if you have had to deal with one lately (or ever) today is your National Jackass Therapy Day.  Shake up one of my non-joke martinis and spend Happy Hour telling stories about the biggest jackasses you've ever encountered.

You can actually make this cocktail, minus the jockstrap and probably the Beano, but, really, who'd want to?

“The hardest thing to believe about the Bible is that there were only two jackasses in the ark” - Anonymous

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SPRING MARTINIS for the 1st Day of SPRING!

Your Martini Excuse #14

IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

March 20th - March 21st, The Vernal Equinox

Celebrate the Beginning of Spring with my

SPRING MARTINIS!

Traditionally those of us in the Northern Hemisphere have celebrated the First day of Spring on March 21st, however astronomers now say Spring usually starts one day earlier, on March 20th.  According to the Farmer's Almanac,

"the earth’s elliptical orbit  is changing its orientation (skew), which causes the earth’s axis to constantly point in a different direction, called precession. Since the seasons are defined as beginning at strict 90-degree intervals, these positional changes affect the time the earth reaches each 90-degree location in its orbit around the sun."

On those years when we have that extra day (think Leap Years here) Spring may fall on March 21st!

All I know is that sometime in the middle of March flowers are starting to sprout, the weather is warming up and all sorts of wonderful seasonal fresh fruits and veggies are showing up in the local markets!  That, of course, means they are ending up in my cocktail shaker and martini glasses!

Spring is a time for rebirth, renewal and regrowth and the bounty of the earth at this time of year is particularly good for refreshing and renewing the body after a long winter.  I like the idea of bringing all that fresh Spring goodness to my martinis - a healthy martini is yet another excuse to have a martini, right?

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CHOCOLATE CARAMEL MARTINI

You really need a hit of rich caramel and chocolate but you also want a cocktail? Don't reach for a candy bar, reach for a cocktail shaker! This Chocolate Caramel Martini is a liquid candy bar, loaded with chocolate and full of rich, buttery caramel flavor but it has the added benefit of having booze.

The fun part of this cocktail is the chocolate syrup swirl inside the bowl of the glass.  It not only looks pretty but it slowly adds a little more chocolate to each sip.

The

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL
MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
1 Oz Chocolate Vodka
1 Oz Bailey's Caramel Liqueur
1 Oz Creme De Cacao
1 Oz Half & Half

Garnish: Whipped Cream, Dark Chocolate Shavings, Pinch of Sea Salt

Tools: Vegetable Peeler, Cocktail Shaker

Glass: Cocktail  (Martini)

DIRECTIONS
Chill your glass in the freezer for 10 minutes. Remove the glass from the freezer then drizzle the chocolate syrup in a swirl inside the bowl of the glass. Return glass to the freezer to chill.
Shake the ingredients in an ice filled cocktail shaker until chilled.
Strain into the chilled glass and top off with whipped cream.
Take the vegetable peeler and shave several curls of dark chocolate on top, sprinkle on a bit of sea salt then serve.

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OATMEAL COOKIE MARTINI

Is your favorite cookie an Oatmeal Cookie?  If so, then you're in luck because this is my Oatmeal Cookie Martini recipe.

Aren't you glad you stopped by?

The

OATMEAL COOKIE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS

3 Oz. Butterscotch Schnapps

2 Oz. Irish Cream

1 Oz. Coconut Rum

1/2 Oz. Cinnamon Schnapps

Garnish: Crumbled Oatmeal Cookie on Rim, Oatmeal Cookie

DIRECTIONS

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake until well chilled.

Pour into your chilled glass.

Garnish and serve.

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ST. PATRICK'S DAY MARTINIS - Shillelagh Martini

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My final St. Patrick's Martini is the Shillelagh Martini, a naturally green gin martini thanks to the Blue Curacao and orange juice mixers.  If this doesn't put the Irish in your day you might just need to get pinched!

Updated March 2016

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ST. PATRICK'S DAY MARTINIS - Scarlett O'Hara Martini

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The SCARLETT O'HARA MARTINI

The Whiskey Sour gets a touch of Tara

Think of the color of Scarlett's eyes, add a little whiskey for her spirit, a little sugar for her charm and some lime for her tart tongue and you have the Scarlett O'Hara Martini. I've taken a whiskey sour and given it a little bit of Ireland, the Old South and Hollywood in one glass.

This martini is dedicated to the most famous Irish movie character ever to grace the silver screen and my favorite movie heroine, Scarlett O'Hara.  I was practically weaned on Gone With the Wind and it is still my favorite movie of all time, so I can't let St. Patrick's Day go by without a nod to this infamous Irish Southern Belle.

It goes without saying that the Tara's Theme, also known as My Own True Love, is one of my favorite songs of all time. Most of you are probably familiar with this iconic song, but how many of you knew that this song, originally written by Max Steiner, had lyrics?  Fiddle Dee Dee - you don't know nothin' bout no lyrics?? Well, sing these to the theme below:

My own true love
My own true love
At last Ive found you
My own true love

No lips but yours
No arms but yours
Will ever lead me
Through Heavens doors

I roamed the Earth
In search of this
I knew Id know you
Know you by your kiss

And by your kiss
You've shown true love
I'm yours forever
My own true love
My own true love

Admittedly, the lyrics are not on the same level as the music itself but after a few Scarlett O'Hara martinis, frankly, my dear, you probably won't give a damn!

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