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parker’s famous margaritas

August 4, 2013

in honor of ParkelleitheeFest 2013, we’ve got three drink recipes to get us through the next five days. the first is for pitcher of (appropriately named) parker’s famous margaritas:

Ingredients

5 fluid ounces tequila
3 fluid ounces fresh lime juice
1 fluid ounce limeade
3 fluid ounces triple sec
coarse sea salt (to taste)

Instructions

Measure the tequila, lime juice, limeade and triple sec into a cocktail shaker and add a generous scoop of ice. Cover and shake until the shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds.
Fill each glass with ice. Strain equal amounts of the cocktail into the glasses to serve. Add sea salt to taste.

There is a talimo variation on the recipe, they call the “parker plus” — which includes adding a 2 ounces of Grand Marnier.

See Recipe on allrecipes.com:
parker’s famous margaritas

bedtime

August 4, 2013

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bedtime

popsicles

August 4, 2013

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popsicles

pool

August 4, 2013

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pool

beach

August 4, 2013

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beach, sandbridge, virginia

first night in sandbridge

August 3, 2013

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first night in sandbridge

we’re in sandbridge, virigina, on vacation for week — one of our last weeks of sanity before sparklet goes off to school for the first time. this year’s vacation is actually co-produced by the Talimos, the family of sparklet’s best friend, our good friends and first nanny share partners.

we’ve got absolutely nothing on the agenda sans going to the beach, and taking advantage of the pool that came with the house. aaand, doing whatever is necessary to forget that we’ve voluntarily moved into a house with four kids under the age of four.

found: no human being is illegal

August 2, 2013