Nashville’s Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum hosted a really chic cocktail fling this weekend, 'Hydrangeas and Highballs' at the mansion built by the Cheek Family, founders of Maxwell House Coffee. The acclaimed San Rafael Band played the night away as guests enjoyed high end cocktails, fabulous hors d’oeuvres, and were treated to some of the lush flowers and plants which had been wintering in the greenhouses. Oh it was blue skies and gorgeous, such fun!
Yellow Cab
1 Part Vanilla Liqueur
2 Parts Pineapple Juice
1 Part Vodka
Squeeze of Lemon
Shake all ingredients over ice; pour into a highball glass filled with ice.
Sassy Blonde
2 oz Lemon vodka
2 oz Pineapple juice
1/4 oz Orange liqueur
Champagne
Shake well, strain into a flute, fill with champagne, and serve.
Yellow Parrot
4 parts pineapple juice
3 parts rum
1 part crème de banana
1 part apricot brandy
½ part lime juice
Oh so simple, but oh so tasty. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add everything else. Shake, shake, shake and pour it all into a highball glass. Garnish with a wedge of banana or pineapple. A couple of these and you’ll be repeating salty phrases like a parrot with turrets syndrome.
Yellow Cab
1 Part Vanilla Liqueur
2 Parts Pineapple Juice
1 Part Vodka
Squeeze of Lemon
Shake all ingredients over ice; pour into a highball glass filled with ice.
Sassy Blonde
2 oz Lemon vodka
2 oz Pineapple juice
1/4 oz Orange liqueur
Champagne
Shake well, strain into a flute, fill with champagne, and serve.
Yellow Parrot
4 parts pineapple juice
3 parts rum
1 part crème de banana
1 part apricot brandy
½ part lime juice
Oh so simple, but oh so tasty. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add everything else. Shake, shake, shake and pour it all into a highball glass. Garnish with a wedge of banana or pineapple. A couple of these and you’ll be repeating salty phrases like a parrot with turrets syndrome.
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43 comments:
Yummie drinks and yummie Hydrangeas! Doesn't get much better!! Good morning. I wish you a beautiful day..and a beautiful week ahead!
~Smiles~
Mona
Those hydrangeas are lovely. The highballs look great, too, but alcohol just puts me to sleep. That's great when I want to go to sleep, but normally, I stick to the fruit juices.
My father grew hydrangeas when I was a child. I love them. Thanks for sharing. Happy Blue Monday.
Thanks for the pictures are superb, and the recipes left me without words. So long and do not forget you are welcome anytime on geaninacodita.blogspot.com
LOVEyour drink recipes.. They sound wonderful. The hydranges are gorgeous. Pop by and enter my giveaway..
What a beautiful weekend! The flowers are just gorgeous, and how fun that this worked for Blue Monday and Mellow Yellow! The drink recipes sound great. (Parrot with turrets syndrome - you crack me up) Kathy
I will print the recipes and put them in my bar for future use, Libby. Thanks. They all sound so good....Christine
Good morning! I love the hydrangeas...they are sooo lovely. The cocktail recipes look yummy and fun (especially for summer)!
Smiles,
Wendy
I love hydrangeas, bring back wonderful childhood memories. I was 4 and 5 live with my grandparents. The neighbor had beautiful bush of purple hydrangeas...couldn't refuse picking them...then going to the neighbor mans house and selling them to him for a nickel...he would just laugh and give me a nickel each time and I would run as fast as I could to the corner store...Good Times Great Memories..Thanks great way to wake up... :-)
Good morning Libby! Thank you for your comments last week!! Am glad I am well past those years. I adore Hydrangeas & miss Nashville!!
I mentioned your blog this morning in My Wuilting Bee of Women! Hope you have a great day! Truly, Sarah
ackkkkk - can't type - Quilting Bee - lol...
Lord, I love hydrangeas! Highballs aren't too bad either.
So glad you guys had blue skies for the event.
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers. My daughter is planning on using them as her inspiration for colors and decor at her wedding. Sounds like a wonderful event! Have a great day!
Beautiful flowers...for some reason, I am always shocked to see BLUE flowers...go figure.
And, I always wanted to be a sassy blonde...had black hair when young and silver when old so guess I'll just go make me one of these delicious sounding drinks ! Thanks, dear, for the recipe. I do love your blog!!
xo bj
oooh, those drinks sound so yummy! What time is it now? Only 10 am? Just seven hours to Five O'Clock!!! :)
What a gorgeous mansion and the hydranges are just beautiful. I'm sure you had a great time. Hugs, Marty
Luv the blue hydrangeas...one of my fav flowers. And thanks for sharing us the yellow cocktail recipes!
-marie
Hi Libby, beautiful blue flowers. Great pictures!!
Happy Blue Monday.
Barb
Beautiful hydrangeas and those drinks look so refreshingly yummy!
Gorgeous hydrangeas! Thanks for sharing. Happy Blue Monday!
Blessings,
Sandi
Oh yum! The yellow cab sounds like my kind of drink. :)
I have saved these drink recipes. They sound so good. I already spout a few salty phrases without the drink, so I will have to be very careful won't I?
mm that drink look divine! i may have to try it out!
My goodness. Those drinks sound to die for. We are going to the beach this weekend to celebrate my brother's 60th birthday. I my have to take the makings for one of these.
There will definitely be some stealing going on here...hydrangeas and highballs...perfect name for a backyard party! I will be trying out that recipe.
♥, Susan
Now that is certainly my idea of a fabulous time Hydrangeas and cocktails!! Love the blue hydrangeas!! A pleasure to meet you!! :)NG
Thank you for visiting my blog! Wow, your cocktail looks great! Makes me hungry for it! Have a nice week ahead!
I love the lemon juice. Very refreshing in summer weather.
Tess (life is beautiful)
You write: "A couple of these and you’ll be repeating salty phrases like a parrot with turrets syndrome".. and you have me laughing out loud! I always look forward to your posts! Thanks again!
Sassy blond sounds like my kinds of beverage even if I'm neither sassy nor blond. One can but dream.
Lovely hydrangeas. Here they are late summer/autumn flowering. There's a white shrub outside my patio in the common grounds.
Ooh~like the picture and the name of the ball is fabulous!!
Oh, the hydrangeas are beautiful. The blue is so pretty. The drink recipes are a bonus. Mmmmmmm.
Summer come on and someone make me one of those drinks. BIG smile.
Hugs...Jeanne
It will still be a while for the hydrangeas at our Cape Cod garden to flower. Your photos are beautiful. Thanks for visiting our blog and nice comment.
So yummy looking :)
This is such a wonderful post. Loved everything about it and thank you so much for sharing it with Today's Flowers. I look forward to visiting again.
I love hydrangeas but have not had any luck in growing them. The pictures are fabulous! Thanks for sharing!
Karyn
The Bloom Girls
Hi Libby! Thanks for the sweet comment on my post. I gave you the Sisterhood Award on my blog! Check it out when you have time. xoxo
Thanks for your visit, Libby! All the drinks look delicious and the hydrangeas are lovely. I have them also in my garden. They were first blue, but lateron became pink. How can that happen? Anyway, I wish you a wonderful week!
Hydrangeas are my favorites with gardenias running a close second. Gorgeous!
Beautiful Hydrangeas. I had a whole collection of them, in my garden, back in New Zealand. Love them !
Is it too early in the morning to have one of those Yellow Parrots ??? Surely it's 5 o'clock somewhere ? :-)
For starters,i'll take one of each.ha.Seriously this sounded so exciting.I do hope you had a wonderful time...Ann
Hi Libby...
Thanks for stoppin' by...Love...Love...LOVE those Hydranges, they make such 'Beautiful' Wedding bouquets!!!
Believe I'll come back and HAVE to make some of these cocktails!!!Great for the evenings on my deck in the Summer (or anytime in that case!!!)
Always My Best...Marilyn
Sorry I am late getting around to visit... I hope you had a Happy Outdoor Wednesday....and that you will participate again soon! Thanks for sharing your photos.~ Susan
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