May 30, 2007

Dear Bossy

I’m throwing a big summer party — can you give me a good margarita recipe?

Cha-cha Lady
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Dear Cha-cha,

You’ll need 1 pair of sunglasses, 1 to 2 prairie skirts, 3 tank tops, 1 large cardigan, and 1 airline ticket to Guanajuato Mexico. Combine the first four ingredients in a carry-on bag, and arrive at the airport in time to slip off your espadrilles at security check. Allow the ingredients to steep during the five-hour plane ride. Crush 1 pair of sunglasses waiting to go through customs. Chill for two hours on the air-conditioned bus heading southeast toward San Miguel de Allende. Shake well on the cobblestone Ancha de San Antonio. Spill out into the intersection of Zacateros and Umaran. Dilute combination by peeling away 1 cardigan and tying it around your waist. Pour into the adjacent Villa Jacaranda’s outdoor café. Pepper the Abuelita with compliments and she’ll seat you at a mesa with a striped canvas umbrella.

Their Margaritas are copious and pair perfectly with Brochetas de Pollo.

These Margaritas Made Bossy Speak In Tongues During Her Friend Amy’s Graduation Party.

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19 comments

1. 1
   on May 30th, 2007 at 8:57 am
   Andrea said:

   Is 9:00 a.m. too early for a margarita? I think not.


2. 2
   on May 30th, 2007 at 9:14 am
   Avitable said:

   “Combine the first four ingredients in a carry-on bag” made me laugh, and that is a feat. Nicely done.


3. 3
   on May 30th, 2007 at 9:28 am
   zed said:

   shaken, not stirred ? à la Bond method, i see.


4. 4
   on May 30th, 2007 at 10:03 am
   Meghan said:

   For me, make that two pairs of sunglasses… and they must be the over-priced kind. Then I can break one pair (as noted in the above recipe), then I add the second pair after the main ingredients have been mixed together so my drunk ass can lose them off the side of a boat.


5. 5
   on May 30th, 2007 at 10:23 am
   Oh, The Joys said:

   That sounds divine. When do we board?


6. 6
   on May 30th, 2007 at 11:20 am
   maggie said:

   Salt or no salt?


7. 7
   on May 30th, 2007 at 11:34 am
   lady macleod said:

   LOL Brilliant.


8. 8
   on May 30th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
   Jen said:

   Bossy, I get the hint. Enough already. You e-mail me and I’ll tell you which airport to fly into, then we’ll load you in the car (you can sit up front with me) and get you down to Mexico where the fresh lime-infused margaritas are waiting for you at your house on the beach. You know you want to.


9. 9
   on May 30th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
   Adorable Girlfriend said:

   I’m throwing a big summer party

   Where is she throwing it and how heavy is it? Are the drink recipes for after she breaks her back?


10. 10
    on May 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
    Jodi said:

    Dear Mind Reader:

    I was just thinking, the other day, about how I’ve never had a margarita before.

    Signed:
    Future speaker of tongues.


11. 11
    on May 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
    Seattle Mamacita said:

    now you know mamacita loves mexico…don’t do this to me in the middle of the week now!
    p.s. beautiful pic


12. 12
    on May 30th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
    Cece said:

    THAT is my kind of Margarita!


13. 13
    on May 30th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
    Sparx said:

    sounds like dynamite. Will you bartend at OUR summer party? With recipes like that we’ll be tonguing in speaks in no time.


14. 14
    on May 30th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
    Erin said:

    Where is Jimmy Buffet in all of this???


15. 15
    on May 30th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
    Mr. Fabulous said:

    You would have to drink a lot of margaritas before I looked good in one of those tank tops.


16. 16
    on May 30th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
    Bon said:

    bossy needs to come make bon a margarita. jesus wants me to speak in tongues, i just knows it.


17. 17
    on May 30th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
    Booby Juice said:

    This post makes me happy — we leave June 30th for a month in San Miguel. I can’t wait! I’ll be sure to post about the margaritas.


18. 18
    on May 30th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
    pgoodness said:

    Wow, that is the best recipe ever! Who is springing for the plane tickets?!


19. 19
    on May 31st, 2007 at 12:52 am
    annie said:

    The recipe says it makes 20 to 24, so…what are all the rest of the folks going to drink?