Happy Birthday Merica

Hey you guys, happy fourth of July.

What a great holiday it is. I think so anyway.

Not only are we celebrating some important historical shit, but we also get a few days off work to eat grilled foods, drink, and blow things up.

I seriously love fireworks, I might even like them more than eating grilled foods.

I am currently in the Outer Banks of North Carolina where manfriend and I are sharing a big ass house with some friends for a few days. We are staying right on the beach so I am sure you can imagine I am way to drunk to spell right now.

I wrote this little post up before I left town and it includes my favorite fruity summer drink recipe. I am not usually this responsible, but I have been presented with the great honor of co-hosting the Thirsty Thursday Link Up with one of the best blogs around. If you haven't read Hopelessly Ever After yet, go do that right after you make this drink. You should probably link up too...you can grab the button below.

I should let you know I almost always hate fruity drinks unless it is a mojito...mojitos are goddamn divine. So when I say this cocktail is good, take my word for it.

The Grapefruit Crush

you will need:

-Passion Fruit Flavored Vodka
-Triple Sec
-Sprite
-Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit Juice (it must be fresh trust me)

directions:

-Fill glass with ice
-add a generous helping of passion fruit vodka, you won't taste it so honestly load that shit up..
-add a shot of Triple Sec (do about 4 to 1, vodka to triple sec ratio)
-add your fresh squeezed juice (you have to squeeze it yourself don't cheat and buy it) Go with about a 1 to 3 ratio for juice to booze.
-Top it off with a splash of Sprite.
-I like to shake it in a shaker before I drink it to make sure it is all shook up. uhh huh huh.
-You will be wasted after 1 and a half I swear to god.

Here is a chart since my description is less than excellent:

And a few photos of me and my mom after one too many crushes:

Now, share your favorite drink and link up!

1. Follow Hopelessly Ever After and The Party Girl’s Guide via GFC or Bloglovin'.
2. Grab a button from below or Kristin's sidebar and put it in your post.
3. Write about your favorite alcoholic beverage.
4. Come back here and link up!!!
5. Get some new recipes or drink ideas for the weekend and make a new friend!!

Anyone interested in co-hosting next week email Kristin at: hopelessly_ever_after@yahoo.com

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