Ah, the days of the cocktail hour are long gone! Certainly, there are still some people who take time for a libation between getting home from work and having a nice dinner, but more often than not, this is referred to as "happy hour." Oftentimes, this "hour" stretches into three and is more of an excuse to get rowdy and partake in greasy bar-food-type yummies than to relax. Some may choose to argue with me on that point. "Relaxation" is a relative term. Although many traditional drinks such as the Manhattan and the Martini are still popular, new drinks are being invented every day. On this page I have given recipes for some of the most intriguing new drinks, as well as an old standard, the Margarita (my favorite drink!) Two friends of mine, by Andree Warhol As you might have already noticed, the rule in drink-naming seems to be: use a name outrageous enough to potentially embarass the person ordering the drink. Or at least give his or her drinking companions the wrong idea. "Bartender, I would like to have an Orgasm, please" (snicker) Depending on the establishment, this would usually be a drink order ;) If you have a recipe for an interesting new drink, please e-mail it to me and I might include it on this page. I'll have to taste-test it first to see if it passes muster... Something as mundane as beer has also entered the realm of the exotic recently. In addition to the traditional ale, porter, stout, and lager, there are now red beers and fancy fruit-flavored beers hitting the market. I had a lovely apricot beer in Seattle a few years back. I wish I remembered what brewery it came from. Recently, I had a Saranac Winter Wassail which was quite yummy. It had overtones of cinnamon and nutmeg and other wintery spices. Purists would gag at the thought, I am sure. But then a "purist" probably drinks Bud Lite, too. (gag)

Orgasm Ingredients: 1/2 oz white Creme de cacao 1/2 oz Amaretto 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1/2 oz Vodka 1 oz Light cream Mixing instructions: Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Alien Urine Sample Ingredients: 3/4 oz Midori melon liqueur 3/4 oz Peach schnapps 3/4 oz Malibu rum 3/4 oz Creme de banane Sweet and sour 1 splash Club soda 1/2 oz Blue curacao Mixing instructions: Hand shake or blend with ice the liquor with the sour. Strain the drink from the ice into a pounder glass. Float Blue Curacao before serving. Margarita Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Tequila 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1 oz Lime juice Salt Mixing instructions: Rub rim of cocktail glass with lime juice, dip rim in salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into the salt-rimmed glass. A Piece of Ass Ingredients: 1 shot Amaretto 1 shot Southern Comfort Ice cubes Top off with Sour mix Mixing instructions: Put ice in glass. Pour in shots. Fill with Sour Mix. Stevie Ray Vaughn Ingredients: 1 oz Jack Daniels 1 oz Southern Comfort 1 oz Triple Sec 1 oz Sweet and sour 5 oz Orange juice Mixing instructions: Shake ingredients over ice. Strain into shot glasses. Quick F**K Ingredients: 1 part Kahlua 1 part Midori melon liqueur 1 part Bailey's Irish Cream Mixing instructions: In a shot glass add 1/3 Kahlua first. Then 1/3 Midori, topping it off with a 1/3 Bailey's Irish Cream. Liquid Cocaine Ingredients: 1/4 shot Grand Marnier 1/4 shot Southern Comfort 1/4 shot Vodka (preferably Absolut) 1/4 shot Amaretto 1 splash Pineapple juice Mixing instructions: Combine 4 alcohols and pineapple juice in cocktail mixer with ice. Shake well. Strain into shot glass. Golden Shower Ingredients: 1 measure Banana liqueur 1 measure Rum Fill with Sprite Mixing instructions: Stir Rum and Banana liqueur with ice. Add Sprite. Cum Shot Ingredients: 1 part Butterscotch schnapps 1 part Bailey's Irish Cream Whipped cream Mixing instructions: Blend liquors in shot glass. Top with whipped cream. Sex Under the Boardwalk Ingredients: 1 oz Peach schnapps 1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur 1 oz Midori melon liqueur Mixing instructions: Shake with ice and strain into an old fashioned glass. Iceberg in Radioactive Water Ingredients: 3 oz Midori melon liqueur 1 oz Malibu rum 1 oz Banana liqueur 6-8 oz Pineapple juice 1 scoop vanilla ice cream Mixing instructions: Place all liqueurs into glass and top with ice cream.