drinking

{photo via orangette}

the thought of the long path ahead has made me thirsty. 

 my drink of choice this summer? 

 the pimm's cup - ma naturalmente - 

followed (in no particular order ) 

by the dark & stormy, 

a mount gay & tonic, 

limoncello (handmade by my friend nancy) on ice, 

or when all else fails, the shandy 

(or as t-brain likes to call it - the shanty).  

is there anything better than a 

well-stocked bar?

{photos from top: miles redd, s.r. gambrel (2) & celerie kemble}

• now here's a recipe that sounds 

delicious

PIMM'S SIAGON

adapted from Toby Maloney, The Patterson House, Nashville

2 cucumber slices, about 1/4-inch thick

half a strawberry

4 mint sprigs

1 ounce Pimms No. 1

1 ounce gin

2/1/2 teaspoons ginger juice (sold at health food stores)

2 1/2 teaspoons simple syrup

1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice

club soda or seltzer.

1. with a muddler or wooden spoon, crush cucumber and strawberry half in a cocktail shaker. add 3 mint sprigs and press gently.

2. half fill shaker with ice and add Pimm's, gin, ginger juice, simple syrup and lime juice. shake vigorously, strain into a tall glass over fresh ice, and top with soda or seltzer.

garnish with remaining mint sprig and serve with a straw.

makes one drink.

{from the ny times}