by jocelyn_mitchell | Aug 7, 2022 | Drink
With the new Top Gun: Maverick movie out this summer, we decided it was important to rewatch the original 1986 Top Gun movie first! But I realized I couldn’t rewatch it… because I had somehow never watched Top Gun. In my defense, I was seven years old in 1986 so… Tom...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Jun 16, 2022 | Drink
“According to legend,” the Frangelico liqueur bottle states, “Friar Angelico lived three centuries ago in the rolling hills of Piedmont in the shadow of the Italian Alps. Through his love and knowledge of nature he created a precious liqueur made from carefully...
by jocelyn_mitchell | May 6, 2022 | Drink
One of my favorite parts of Wednesday Night Cocktail Club is the creativity on display! Each week, the host tries to impress / one-up everyone else by coming up with a new theme and finding cocktail recipes and snacks to match. It’s a lot of fun hosting everyone, but...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Apr 21, 2022 | Drink
One of the fabulous cocktails we learned about through Lynnette Marrero and Ryan Chetiyawardana’s Mixology Masterclass is the pisco sour, a classic Peruvian cocktail. Our Wednesday Night Cocktail Club had a great time at COYA here in Doha with a private masterclass...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Mar 23, 2022 | Drink
Amos Rusie was a Major League Baseball pitcher from the 1890s nicknamed the “Hoosier Thunderbolt.” He is also a distant relative of my husband Nick (something like a great-great-great uncle on his mother’s side)! Amos Rusie is credited as the reason the pitching mound...
by jocelyn_mitchell | Feb 12, 2022 | Drink
It was Father’s Day, June 16, 2019, when I got an intriguing clue in the NYT Sunday crossword: “Cocktail of tequila and grapefruit soda.” I had no idea what the answer was, but it sounded really good! A bit of a google search revealed the Paloma, and I promptly went...
