Creations, Getting Creative in our Lifestyles

I have been amazed at the creativity and resilience I have seen lately! I thought it might be fun to share some things my family and friends have been doing Perhaps give you a few ideas, and I’d love to for you to share some of your experiences as our lifestyles have so dramatically changed … Continue reading

Party Panache, Strawberries & Cream Bushwacker

We enjoyed a taste of summer on the coast last weekend, Saturday was warm and sunny and was spent boating and swimming HHjr was head chef all weekend, which gave me time to play with flowers and paint with CC “Now that I’m 6 Gigi, I’m old enough to wear lipstick!” she announced {we’re going … Continue reading

Recipe Box, 2 Easy Breezy Summer Desserts

I tweaked 2 favorite recipes to share today, easy breezy summer desserts Zucchini cookies are a perfect summer cookie I tweaked my original recipe, White Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies, by adding butterscotch chips too They are easy to make, not to mention very tasty, and at least there is a healthy ingredient in there! See … Continue reading

Party Panache, Boozy Bushwacker Ice Cream

Bushwackers are a cocktail craze along the Gulf Coast, with all the restaurants claiming theirs are the best Last summer I made Bushwacker Pies for Father’s Day and they were a big hit I decided to try an ice cream version, in a jar, for a handy dessert/nightcap on steamy summer evenings These pack a … Continue reading

Party Panache, Rum Coffee Cake Cocktail

In honor of the annual Flora-Bama Mullet Toss, I created a new version of the ever popular Bushwacker frozen adult beverage that was being consumed in alarming quantities over the weekend along the Gulf Coast photo source “What started as an idea for locals to toss a dead mullet from Florida to Alabama more than … Continue reading

Party Panache, Bushwacker Pie

One of our favorite adult treats on the Alabama gulf coast is a Bushwacker.  There are many versions of this “milkshake-like” cocktail, and restaurants and bars keep their recipes top secret Tacky Jacks makes a great Bushwacker, and if you’re feeling very daring you can get it topped with a shot of Bacardi 151  photo … Continue reading

Party Panache, the Family “Re-Onion”

Super Boy called it the “Family Re-Onion”~ We had 45 in all- ages 1 to 84- Super Boy, Big E and CC stole the show in their Foxfest outfits~NOT that I’m prejudiced of course … People came from the east coast, west coast, southwest, deep south and mid-west…we have cousins in North Carolina too but … Continue reading