20120225

COCKTAILS & TRIVIA FOR THE 84th ACADEMY AWARDS #4


Classic Billy Crystal Academy Award moments like the Hannibal Lecter skit, the Jack Palance bit and those wonderous song and dance routines and Billy's signature sound (tell me what you think it is!):





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20120224

COCKTAILS & TRIVIA FOR THE 84th ACADEMY AWARDS #3


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To celebrate the 84th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS airing this Sunday on ABC, here's some classic Oscar acceptance lines:

Classic Acceptance Lines:
  • Thank you very much. That makes up for the strip-search. - Woody Allen
  • Oh, wow. This is the best drink of water after the longest drought of my life - Steven Spielberg
  • Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful, just have a back-up profession like welding - Robin Williams
  • I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me! - Sally Field
  • I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else - Jack Nicholson
  • This is one night I wish I smoked and drank - Grace Kelly
And, of course, the Most Classic Non-Acceptance Line of All Time:
  • "Marlon Brando very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reason for this being is the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry - Sacheen Littlefeather refusing the Best Actor Award for Marlon Brando in 1972
 Sacheen Littlefeather's Reading Marlon Brando's Refusal of the Best Actor Award for his performance in The Godfather at the 45th Annual Academy Awards.

Updated February 2016.




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20120223

Happy National Tootsie Roll Day! Tootsie Martini & Trivia.

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Did you know that Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy to be sold in the United States? Of course, that was back in the day when you could buy a piece of candy for a penny.  Tootsie Rolls were named for Clara Hirshfield, the daughter of creator Leo Hirshfield, whose nickname for her was Tootsie.

Created in 1896 by Mr. Hirshfield in his small candy shop in New York City, Tootsie Rolls have changed very little from his original recipe and are still the same chewy, chocolaty goodness that we all know and love.

Tootsie Rolls have long been a favorite of mine and I still keep a bag in the house to this day.  It's said that the company includes a portion of the previous day's batch so that, ". . . . there's (theoretically) a bit of Leo's very first Tootsie Roll in every one of the sixty four million Tootsie Rolls that Tootsie produces each day." 

I don't know how much of that original Tootsie Roll is still in my Tootsie Midgee but it's a nice thought, isn't it?

Celebrate with my
TOOTSIE ROLL MARTINI

February 23rd is National Tootsie Roll Day.

Cheers & Enjoy your Toot-Toot Tootsie Martini today!

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COCKTAILS & TRIVIA FOR THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2


In honor of this Sunday's airing of The 84th ACADEMY AWARDS, here's a little Oscar Trivia for you:
  • The official name of the golden statue is the Academy Award of Merit. Bette Davis makes the claim that she named the statuette after her first husband, bandleader Harmon Oscar Nelson.
  • You cannot buy an Oscar. The winners or their heirs may not sell the statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy for $1. If the winner does not agree to this stipulation the Academy keeps their statuette. Prior to 1950 this stipulation was not in place and Oscars fetched as high as six figures.
  • In 1981, the Academy Awards were delayed for one day, due to the shooting of President Ronald Reagan.
  • The first televised Academy Awards show was the 25th annual, held on March 19, 1953.

And just in case you missed it and need a laugh, here's Will Ferrel and Jack Black singing the 'GET OFF THE STAGE' Oscar song.




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20120222

Happy National Margarita Day!


HAPPY NATIONAL
MARGARITA DAY!

Yes, I do like a margarita occasionally, especially on National Margarita Day! I might be having mine frozen or on ice, with some seasonal fruits, in a martini glass or in a flask, but one way or another a margarita will be in my hand tonight.  Jimmy Buffett would be proud!

Come waste away with me with my
TOP MARGARITA RECIPES.





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COCKTAILS & TRIVIA FOR THE 84th ACADEMY AWARDS


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THE 84TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS airs Sunday, February 26th and in honor of the show I thought I'd share some of my favorite Oscar moments with you as well as my Oscar Martinis!  I've been watching the Oscars for decades (you try and guess how many) and here's some of my top favorite moments of all of them:


Tomorrow, Oscar Martini #2 and some Oscar Trivia!

P.S. Glad to see you back in the saddle, Billy Crystal!!!!





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20120221

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!


Cocktail Recipe
It's Fat Tuesday so Let The Good Times Roll with my Mardi Gras Martini, a martini-ized version of the traditional Mardi Gras cocktail, the Hurricane.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

 Updated February 2016.




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