left bank

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people have been asking about this drink lately and for the record it is not my style- but i appreciate it's appeal. It's already august 20th and the earth is preparing for that amazing nostalgia inducing wind down- that i would nervously notice as kid (back to school!) and now laud as an adult (yay fall!) You can feel it happening.

Any hoot. the left bank is the paris that woody allen waxed poetic about in his most recent (aptly named movie) _Midnight in Paris_ It's the Paris of artists & writers, the Paris that makes people swoon & maybe- buy too many striped shirts..

You have two choices with this one. You may incorporate sauvignon blanc or a bianco vermouth. it's entirely your call.

GIn, St- germaine, sauv blanc of bianco

1.5 ounces of gin

1 0unce st germaine

.5 ounce of sauv blanc.

shake, stir & strain into a martini glass.

tweak and play with the amounts- whatever suits you best. just keep it to one and a half parts gin as a standard.

St. Germain

If you aren't already a fan of St. Germain you, much like the rabbit in Alice in wonderland- are very very very very late (to what i'm not exactly sure)!

The bottle reminds me of an embellished, Victorian, somehow wealthy, former vagabond's bedpost. Grand, detailed, angular,frilly & at times seemingly frivolous...
We've been drinking this stuff for years now. Dumping it in champagne, muddling it with blackberries. Mixing it with vodka, fresh lime, & splashing on some soda.

It's an elderflower blossom- french liqueur and each bottle is numbered and each elderflower hand picked. There's a romance to this bottle and the aromatic whiffs within that is incomparable thus far. It's very french. click here for story
Oh, those french! so reliable in their enabling of my romanticizing ways...' the inventors of the 'je ne sais quoi'


It's not pear, not passion fruit, it's elderflower and it's whimsy and floral and good. A definite must have in any liquer cabinet!

My favorite st. germain drink(but the possibilities are endlesss)

• 1 oz st germain

• 2 oz vodka (citrus would even work)

• 1 oz fresh lime

shake and strain over ice
top with soda water.

garnish with lemon