Bankrupt but shopping?

This week on RHONJ Teresa was still spending like crazy in Venice. First she ditched the guys ’cause she had to skootch on her heels to find Chanel. Which as Caroline dryly stated – there is a Chanel store right in NYC where they can shop everyday. But did this deter Teresa? NO. But amazingly enough Chanel was closed – shop owners apparently close the entire store to have lunch. Now I know this is true for little shops, but Chanel closing down for the lunch hour? Is this true? So Teresa manages to go into a jewelry store to buy some humongous green ring – not really sure what kind of stones it was, but hopefully, it was costume jewelry – isn’t Teresa supposed to be bankrupt?

Anyway, I normally like Teresa a lot, but during this Venice vacation, she was a tad annoying – insisting on doing what she wanted regardless of what anyone else wanted, even dumping her kids on Caroline and Albert for the day. But it was her non stop chattering that was over the top this week. Teresa was so busy talking that she almost bonked her head going under the bridge on the gondola – she needs to pay attention and sit down on the gondola! Uh oh – don’t tell Teresa I said that. Don’t want her flipping tables again.

And Joe. Joe looked super stressed. OK, Teresa and Joe filed for bankruptcy, and now here they are in Venice having what appears to be a very expensive vacation. Well I guess they also have to get over the stress of Joe being pulled over for driving under the influence. Joe’s story, and he’s sticking to it, is that he was really tired and he took a REALLY BIG YAWN and that’s what made him swipe 4 trees and crash his car. Joe’s story continues that he was so stressed afterwards that he walked to a (friend? relative?) house right from the accident and downed 3 or 4 scotches. And THAT’S when the police came and gave him the breathalyzer which of course Joe failed.

Oh Really! Well stranger things have happened and I guess we’ll have to let the New Jersey Police decide this one.

In the meantime, enjoy a Ciroc Blue Ocean cocktail (pg. 122 Sandra Lee semi-homemade Cocktail Time) and then tell me if you think Joe yawned or maybe passed out a little bit.

T-Cee

The Ciroc Blue Ocean cocktail (pg.122 Sandra Lee semi-homemade Cocktail Time) is a delightfully fresh summer drink. And it gave me an excuse to use some of my favorite liquor glasses. You’ll see when you make this blue curacao inspired drink, that it makes a very small quantity. So although in her recipe, Sandra Lee just specifies to ‘strain into a glass’, I found that the quantity just gets lost in a regular 6oz. cocktail glass. So when you make the Ciroc Blue Ocean cocktail, dig out your tiny 3 oz. glasses. And although this cocktail is more a shot size drink, you won’t want to down it like a shot, you’ll want to sip this one and savor the flavors.

Ciroc Blue Ocean (cocktail)

• 1 oz. vodka (I used Smirnoff)
• 1/2 oz. blue curacao
• 1/4 oz. grapefruit juice
• 1 splash sugar syrup
• Thin lemon or lime slice

Fill a cocktail shaker with crushed ice.  Add vodka, blue curacao, grapefruit juice, and sugar syrup.  Cover and shake vigorously.  Strain into a glass.   Garnish with lemon or orange slice.

T-Cee review of Sandra Lee cocktails

OK, time to rate this cocktail. Do I give the Ciroc Blue Ocean cocktail a Semi-HomeTested rating of LUSH IT, LUSH IT A LOT, or LEAVE IT?
This is a tiny but beautiful summer cocktail and gets a Semi-HomeTested rating of LUSH IT.

So, if you can’t go to the ocean, kick off your shoes and enjoy the Ciroc Blue Ocean cocktail. Leave your comments below to tell me what you think of this blue curacao inspired cocktail. (don’t forget to click on ‘submit comment’) Or tell me about your favorite blue curacao cocktail.

Salude!

T-Cee