Top 10 Summer Cocktails for Girlfriends

Here's our ode to a summer classic - fresh brewed iced tea. Remember, when you were a kid and a sure sign of summer was iced tea steeping on the counter?

Raise a glass to sunny days and balmy nights with these refreshing cocktails. In a glass, combine blackberries, lemon juice, and simple syrup; lightly crush berries to release their juice. Add ice and vodka; top with seltzer. Stir to combine. Garnish with a mint sprig.

It's time for Friday Night Bites. Tonight, our pick is all about fresh, healthy and delicious. Try our easy Vegetable Quesadillas recipe with our original California Margarita. If it's an icy cold January night for you, like us, this meal will HEAT up your night and get the weekend off to a great start.

Serve this stunning pop of culinary color at the wrap of a summertime meal, or smack dab in the middle of a brunch event. Try blood orange sorbet with the red wine, or switch it up altogether with a lemon sorbet and a sparkling white wine. Make it...

From Wine what sudden Friendship springs! John Gay I remember a conversation with a girlfriend when I was just creating Girlfriendology. We talked about how girlfriendships can start with a shared laugh, a common goal or sometimes just a good bottle of wine. That has stuck with me - especially since I love wine and women friends.

Summer wine recommendations! Summer's here and it's time for Wine, Women and Celebrating with Family and FRIENDS!

Celebrate the warmer weather with some cool cocktails! Here is a great recipe line-up for Slim and Sparkling™ Summer Cocktails from Sparkling ICE. These are an awesome alternative to beer, wine, and sugar-filled cocktail mixes. Sparkling ICE is a delicious, has zero calories, and combines fresh spring water, natural fruit juices, vitamins and antioxidants.

National Margarita Day is February 22nd (my birthday). I want this cupcake and cocktail to celebrate! Margarita Cupcake Recipe: Makes 24 Ingredients for the cupcakes: * 2 sticks butter, softened * 2 cups granulated sugar * 4 large eggs, plus 1 large egg white as room temperature * 2 tablespoons vegetable oil * 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour * 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda * 1 teaspoons salt *...

A frosty blender full of strawberry-citrus slush. You will enjoy this with or without the rum!

Watermelon puree is frozen, then blended with vodka, melon liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup.

This is a great frozen summer drink that is very thirst quenching! Sweetened tea is mixed with lemonade, orange juice and gin, then frozen into a slush.

Eben Freeman, bartender of Tailor Restaurant in New York City, developed this adaptation of a classic Cuban cocktail. As a sweetener, Freeman trades the traditional sugar syrup for superfine sugar, which gives the drink a slightly grainy texture.

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