carols_stuff | Apr. 7th, 2012

Apr. 7th, 2012

First Early Mornings Together
by Robert Pinsky

Waking up over the candy store together
We hear the birds waking up below the sill
And slowly recognize ourselves, the weather,
The time, and the birds that rustle there until

Down to the street as fog and silence lift
The pigeons from the wrinkled awning flutter
To reconnoiter, mutter, stare and shift
Pecking by ones or twos the rainbowed gutter.

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( Guess who has a birthday today! )

nverland

Jelly Bean Cocktail
Makes one drink

2 ounces cake vodka
1/2 ounce Maraschino liqueur
Splash of grenadine
Jelly beans for garnish, optional

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the vodka, maraschino liqueur, and grenadine. Shake until chilled. Strain into a glass, drop in a few jelly beans for garnish and enjoy.

More Options:
Here are some substitutions for your other favorite colored jelly bean cocktails.

• Green- Substitute Midori for the Maraschino and skip the Grenadine, add a splash of sour mix.

• Blue- Substitute Blueberry or mixed berry vodka for half of the cake vodka. Substitute Blue Curaçao for the Maraschino. Skip the Grenadine.

• Yellow- Substitute pineapple liqueur for the Maraschino. Substitute pineapple juice for the Grenadine.

• Purple - Substitute concord grape juice for the Maraschino. Skip the Grenadine. (The grape juice makes this one is sweeter than the rest.)

• Pink - Substitute bubble gum flavored vodka instead of the Cake vodka. Substitute agave nectar for the Maraschino liqueur, and just a couple of drops of grenadine to give it a light pink color.