DRINK it up!

I secretly want to be a part of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Ok, I would not so secretly want to be a part of ANY of the Real Housewives of any city. I want to be BFF with Bethenny and I want to hang out with Caroline. I might also really, really want to have a glass of wine with Andy Cohen. My celebrity obsessions have no boundaries. Please tell me I’m not the only one!

Fortunately, since my aspirations of being on the Real Housewives are but only a dream, I have a great group of friends that can keep me entertained and tolerate my nutty personality. Although we hang out at various times throughout the month, we always make it a point to have one Martini Monday. Drinks, laughs, girlfriends. Seriously, the best way to start a long week.

August Martini Monday location=DRINK! (You can see where I visited it the first time here.)

Drink “celebrates the craft of the cocktail”. What a coincendence! That is one of my favorite things to celebrate too!

I took a seat at the bar, asked John to make me something good with ginger beer and ended up with the classic Mamie Taylor, a nice mixture of Scotch, fresh lime juice, and ginger beer.

Drink makes their ginger beer in house and boy, can you tell! There are little bits of ginger in there that make it something I want to chug-a-lug like its water.

Tiffany enjoyed a lovely mojito.

While everyone was getting their drinks, a few of us looked over the menu of small bites and BIG bites.

I went with the Crudites. I could drench every single food in the world  in the “green goddess”.

Check out how fresh those little lovelies look!

Other dishes around the bar included grilled cheese and french fries. What? Monday=Carbs! There was also a cheese plate involved but I’m still having some lighting issues with my camera. Cheese plate=Big dark photo. BOOO.

When Karen arrived she immediately got into the action by putting in an order for “something like a cosmo, but not as sweet”. Do you think she was digging the final result?

Everything at Drink is so fresh and CCOOOOOLLLD.

Megan decided that the Bees Knees was where it was at. She wasn’t fooling around with this drink! It was a hardcore mixture of gin, honey and fresh lemon juice. Like a fancy lemonade.

Hmm…seems that Tiffany and Karen eventually went with the Bees Knees too. I’m sneaky.

Oops! They noticed I was watching!

Despite my addition of the Moscow Mule (ginger beer, vodka and lime) to my meal, I was on my best behavior.

I think Margaret was keeping me in line.

Or WAS SHE!!!

Drink’s soft pretzel is irresistible. Whatever the dip was made out of that accompanied the pretzel sticks made my whole night.

Big ups to my friends who made it out for a night of frivolity. A few of you escaped my camera, but I will get you next time! I’m learning how to take pictures in darker areas so I will eventually catch all of you. Fair warning!

Tonight is dedicated to laundry and packing. Not nearly as exciting as last night, but in just 2 more sleeps I’m in the great SUNSHINE STATE!

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you have a group of friends that you go out with often? Or are you more of a every now and then type of person?