Moet & Chandon and Sex and the City 2

This is the week most women in America have been waiting for. The release of Sex and the City 2 on May 27th. I've been watching old episodes of the series wondering what it was that I missed so much about the show. You know I suffered mild depression when the show ended. After 6 seasons knowing Big's real name wasn't enough for me. I needed the series back. Why? Because from week to week Sex and the City made being yourself fashionable. It made great footwear a necessary accessory. It made entrepreneurship sexy, and it sent a message that having meaningful friendships will sustain you through anything, along with a great cocktail. Speaking of cocktails, Moet & Chandon Champagne has created 4 new cocktails in honor of Samantha, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte. They are called; The Fashionista, The Socialite, The Player and The Bombshell.  I'm going to the Atlanta premiere this week and will definitely be sipping on all of them.  If you are planning your own Sex and the City party, pick up a couple of bottles of Moet & Chandon Champagne and whip up these fabulous cocktails for your friends.....here are the recipes:

The Fashionista is an alluring cocktail, a combination of punchy seduction and romanticism with a touch of pomegranate and accessorized with a rose petal.

The Socialite is a future classic, elegant and undeniably sweet with notes of elderflower and brown
sugar.

The Player is a complex combination of citrus and ginger for the impulsive but sensual.

The Bombshell with its explosive and daring character, is a bold pairing of the classic bitterness of cherry with the vibrancy and sweet flare of tangerine

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Intermezzo during my Intermission

I'm going to make it short and sweet this week because I had a tooth extraction on Friday and I need to take full and prolonged advantage of all the pampering I'm getting from my husband.  Besides that, I'm not allowed to have wine....that in and of itself is depressing.  I wonder if the Romans saw it that way?  After all wine was used back then as an external healing liquid as well as for what ailed you on the inside.  So I beg to differ about this "not having wine stuff" after a tooth extraction.  Nonetheless, I will comply.  And to add insult to injury, I am limited to liquid foods....soups, mushy slide-down-your-throat stuff....depressing still :(   So since I can't eat I will look and savor, and one of my favorite magazines to do so is Intermezzo Magazine.  This magazine epitomizes my phrase "living the wine life".   It takes you on epicurean excursions to various food and wine regions, provides recipes for decadent desserts, and each issue provides home decorating ideas.  It's a really great magazine for people who want to know the what and how about food and wine.  The next time you're browsing the magazine section at Barnes and Noble look for it, you'll get hooked just like I did.  Now I have to go back to being pampered.

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Mother's Day

My Mother's Day started on Friday.  You know the old saying "if you give them a stick, they take a yard", well that's me, I insist on starting special days early, as to enjoy them longer.  The same for birthday's in my home, you don't just get your "birth day", you get a birth week.  It's a week long celebration.  During the  three days I relaxed, was feed great food...caught up on reading....and tasted some new wines.  My husband and boys pampered me for the entire three days  I did all of the things that I normally either don't have time for, or rush through.  I even had time to think and reflect, and you know what? I realized what an honor it is to be a mom.  My boys are the most precious people in my life and I feel honored to be their mom. There's a journey we are on together and I get to influence their journey a little and guide them and watch them take form into individuals that can make a difference in a world that so needs their kind hearts.  A world that needs it's individuals to be recognized and acknowledged.  What a big and great job....motherhood!   So on to the special wine I had for my Mother's Day dinner,  Spaghetti Bolognese, you know, that slow-cooked-to-perfection meat sauce over pasta.  My husband paired it with a 2006 Monte Antico Toscana, Sangiovese, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon blend (a Super Tuscan).  It was Italian perfection...just like my 3 days and my incredible family. 

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Only the Best will do

Living the wine life includes coffee. I fact, I can't be spoken to until I have had that first morning sip. My vehicle of choice for making my morning brew is not a coffee maker, it's my French Press. The French Press, I feel, brings out the essence of every tiny grind. The grind of the week is La Madeleine's French Roast.  They make it the best!  For dark Italian roast I like Eight O'clock coffee.  That was last weeks grind of the week. Yum!   You know I noticed I really like the best of everything.  Not in a snobbish way, but in a way that sets a good example for living my best life.  Take paper plates, I never eat off of paper plates, not even at a picnic. I feel it's an insult to food to eat off of paper plates.  Whenever possible I go organic, from sugar to produce.  Nothing but the purest ingredients should be put into our bodies.  Chocolate? 70%.....Wine?  from the best wine producers.  Cheese?  sheep's milk.  Flowers?  Carnations.   Friends?  people that help me see myself and I in turn for them.  You know, the best doesn't mean expensive...the best is a mindset we all make the choice to have.   Here's one the best Vinho Verde's I've ever had, Espiral Vinho Verde from Portugal.  It's honest, limey and refreshing.  Perfect with springtime and picnic foods, $5.99 Trader Joe's.  Only the best will do.

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