In the Land of Cocktails

The Most Important Cocktail… er, Day of the Year

Posted by Lu Brow on November 4th, 2008

All of the talk and debat­ing ends on Tues­day.  Some of us will be happy with the out­come and oth­ers will not be eas­ily con­soled. Our coun­try is expe­ri­enc­ing a finan­cial cri­sis unlike no other.  I think it’s impor­tant to think about our future and watch the elec­tion cov­er­age with a clear head.  This is one of the few times I would rec­om­mend serv­ing light cock­tails, wine and beer.  At my bar I’ll be rec­om­mend­ing a Cham­pagne cock­tail.  Deli­cious, light, crisp and easy to pair with food.  If your can­di­date wins — so much the bet­ter.  Cham­pagne is always so per­fect for celebrating.

And if your can­di­date does not win —  drink one any­way and start think­ing about changes you need to make in your com­mu­nity.   We all need to do that now and again and reflect on where we are in our life.  A sense of accom­plish­ment out­shines things you can’t change.

- Lu

Cham­pagne Cock­tail
1 sugar cube
6 quick dashes Angos­tura bit­ters
Chilled cham­pagne, to fill the glass
Lemon twist for garnish

Place the sugar cube in the bot­tle of a Cham­pagne glass and drop the bit­ters onto it.  Fill the glass with cham­pagne and gar­nish with the twist.
Serve immediately.

*  Coin­ci­den­tally, both of these amaz­ing Cock­tail Chicks came up with the Cham­pagne Cock­tail inde­pen­dent of each other!  Check out some election/cocktail related links on our Friends page.  Your Vote and Voice Counts.  And please let us know what you’ll be drink­ing as Amer­ica moves for­ward with its new president.