{"id":1049,"date":"2008-10-20T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2008-10-20T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T17:20:13","slug":"designated-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"designated driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint guava cosmo_1024x682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mint guava cosmo_1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint guava cosmo_1024x682-thumb.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"239\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a>To celebrate a friend&#8217;s 40th birthday, a group of us got together and took a cocktail class at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mintand820.com\">mint<\/a>, a local bar that specializes in delicious and fancy cocktails. The class was taught by bartender extraordinaire and Mint owner Lucy. She is also the author of a book on cocktails: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811849589?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=supereggplant-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0811849589\">Hip Sips: Modern Cocktails to Raise Your Spirits<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=supereggplant-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0811849589\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint sweet spud fries_1024x682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mint sweet spud fries_1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint sweet spud fries_1024x682-thumb.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center>Those of you who know me know that I don&#8217;t\/can&#8217;t really drink. In fact, I have never been drunk. This year, though, I have realized that I can drink very small amounts of vodka, as long as it is mixed with something fruity and a very, very sugary rim. That isn&#8217;t saying much, considering I had about 6 sips total and was feeling very flushed. Since I was the designated driver, I stopped at my 6 sips and just ate a bunch of the delicious sweet potato fries.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint shakers_1024x682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mint shakers_1024x682.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/mint shakers_1024x682-thumb.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center>We learned how to make three drinks: Guava Cosmo, Bella (kind of like a lemon drop but with blackberry puree instead of lemon), and O (a twist on the mojito). Some Very Important Things I learned: NEVER use triple sec, or if you do, don&#8217;t let Lucy catch you; make your own simple syrup; don&#8217;t use the stems from mint (bitter).<br \/>\nIt was a really fun class&#8211;good drinks, good snacks, good instruction, good company. If you like cocktails and are ever in Portland, be sure to check out Mint!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate a friend&#8217;s 40th birthday, a group of us got together and took a cocktail class at mint, a local bar that specializes in delicious and fancy cocktails. The class was taught by bartender extraordinaire and Mint owner Lucy. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=1049\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}