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More Oscar Cocktails

They just keep coming. This collection of last minute easy to make Oscar-themed cocktails is perfect wether you are at a Hollywood After Party or watching at home with good friends.

Baileys Glitz and Glamour
Ingredients

2 oz Baileys Irish Cream
½ oz Ciroc Vodka
½ oz Godiva Liqueur

Instructions

Shake with ice. Serve in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with Gold Flakes (optional).

Baileys Golden Statue
Ingredients

2 oz Baileys Irish Cream
1 oz … Read more

Best Picture Inspired Cocktails

Vote for your favorite picture of the year through cocktails.

Enjoy watching the Academy Awards with one of these Best Picture Nominee-inspired cocktails. These drinks will sure to have you on your feet by the end of the night, declaring: “You like me, you really like me!”

Royal-Tea

(Created in honor of the Academy Award-nominated film The Queen)

2 parts Beefeater Gin
2 parts brewed and chilled Earl Gray Tea
Squeeze of lemon juice… Read more

Happy Fat Tuesday: Top 10 Alcohol & Boobie Related Gadgets

To celebrate, the fine folks over at Gizmodo have put together their top 10 alcohol and boobie (sorry ladies) gadgets. This list includes such favorites as the Godzilla Beer Dispenser, a neat accessory that turns your iPod into a breathalizer, and a Beer Tap Backpack.

What a perfect list for Mardi Gras, well know for it’s booze driven partying, parades and beads for boobies exchanges. I hope I have enough beads to get the soap … Read more

This Week’s Drink – Brandy Amanda

This is quite a busy week, with Chinese New Year, Presidents Day and Fat Tuesday right in a row and the Oscars coming up on Sunday. So enjoy them all and watch for some new themed cocktails for your Oscar Party.

This week’s drink was sent in by reader Cavan and is a refreshing mixture of cognac, apricot brandy, and lemon-lime soda (and we just can’t find enough good brandy drinks!). Thanks, Cavan!

Onto the … Read more

Mardi Gras 2007

Things are back in full swing again this Fat Tuesday. New Orleans, although not fully recovered from Katrina, is open for business. And on Fat Tuesday that business is beads, parades, and lots and lots of drinking. The good news is that you don’t have to be in the Big Easy to celebrate. Mardi Gras has become a national party holiday (less its religious meaning) and is celebrated by fun folks all over the country.… Read more

SOH’07 – Lychee Cocktail – Gung Hay Fat Choy

Happy year of the pig!

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this special SOHO Lychee Liqueur Cocktail! The rare lychee fruit has been an important part of Asian culture for over 2,000 years, and the Chinese consider the red, heart-shaped lychee a symbol of romance and love.

Toast to love in the new year!

Ingredients

Pre-marinate oranges in simple sugar

.5 part SOHO Lychee Liqueur
2 parts Martell Cognac VSOP
1 part pomegranate juice
1 part … Read more

Drink Stock Market

Imagine your favorite drink actually getting cheaper as the evening progresses. At the Trader Bar, in Melbourne, Austrailia that is exactly what can happen. Over the course of the night drink prices fluctuate like stocks on the NYSE. Prices are reset every 5–10 minutes depending on demand, the more popular the drink the higher the price. Depending on your fancy you are sure to pick up a bargain or two.

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Suck & Blow

The perfect Valentine’s treat!

The Suck & Blow is a fun new way for people to share jello shots. Invented by Doug Hamer of South Carolina, the S&B, as it is known, is a jello shot encased in a six inch tube. What results is unabated, sexy fun. Two drinkers suck and blow to get the shot out of the tube. What a great ice breaker.

The folks at Suck & Blow sell DIY kits … Read more

7 geeky gifts your girl will love this Valentine's Day

Appeal to her inner Geek this Valentines Day.
Here are 7 geeky gifts you can’t go wrong buying.

– Digital Phot Frame
– Laser Star Projector
– iPod Shuffle
– HD DVD Player
– Motorola Red Product Phone
– Pedicure Foot Spa
– Garmin Street Pilot

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How Much Ice Do I Need?

Ice is the most important ingredient for any party. You’ll not only need lots of ice to cool down bottles of beer (or a keg) white wine and sodas, but you need it for mixed drinks as well. The good news is that ice is cheap, so buy lots of it.

We recommend getting at least pound of ice per person. This should make for a cool event.

more Party Planning tips …… Read more