The Ultimate Blog Party

Hi y'all! Welcome to Magnolias, Marriage and Manhattan for all of you that have come over from The Ultimate Blog Party!

Welcome to my little space. Let's start with a drink:

If you're joining us in the morning a good bloody will do you:

The Best Bloody Mary
1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
2. Add 1 1/2-2 ounces of Absolut Vodka
3. Add 1 teaspoon of Worchestershire, 1/2 teaspoon of prepared horseradish, pinch of black pepper, dash of celery salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pickapepper sauce
4. Squeeze in juice of lemon wedge
5. Fill to top with Cmott's clamto juice or V8 veggie juice
6. Toss mixture in a shaker cup
7. Pour back in glass and garnish with celery stalk, olives, pickled beans/okra and a lime wedge.

YUMMY!

Joining us later in the day? How about a good Southern Drink? Try this one to get you ready for summertime..

The Bama Breeze
2 ounces of Absolut Citron Vodka
1 ounce of coconut rum
Juice of 1/2 fresh lime
2-3 ounces of Cranberry Juice
1/2 ounce of Simple Syrup
Lime Wedge

And some dip:

L.A Caviar

Since I'm a cheese dip lover and I can't get it in NYC we'll try this one:

Crazy Cheesy Queso Dip
1. Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a heavy skillet. Add 1/2 sweet chopped onion and 1/2 chopped green and 1/2 chopped red bell pepper. Saute for 2 minutes until veggies are soft.
2. Add 1 4 ounce can of green chili peppers and good another 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Cut 1 lb of white American cheese in to 1-inch cubes. Place cheese and 1 cup of whole milk in the top of a double broiler and melt over medium-high heat.
4. Add onion and bell pepper mixture. Mix thoroughly.
5. Add 1/2 teaspoon of cumin, 1/2 teaspoon of coriander and 1/2 teaspoon of white pepper. Salt to taste and serve with tortila chips.

I'll also have some fresh oysters and fried crab claws for you to try. Want more of these good recipes buy the book here (it's Jimmy Buffet's sister) and her restaurant is one of my favorites in the South.

(For my regular readers, I haven't gone crazy...click here to learn more about The Ultimate Blog Party hosted by Five Minutes for Mom) The purpose of the party is to find some great new blogs and meet some fabulous new people. Oh, and there is a chance to win some amazing prizes too. Such as my personal favorites:

#6-A Three Tier Diaper Cake provided by Diaper Cakewalk (perfect for decor/present for one of my upcoming showers)
#96-An extra large pail from Good Pails donated by The Stuff I Live For
# $20.00 Gift Certificate to Lush from After a Cup of Coffee...or Two
#100-A Jill Norwood Gift Bag from Who Could Ask For Anything More
#15-to help my baby shower stash a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Kids Magical Wonder
#20-to help my paper addiction a $50.00 Gift Certificate from Paperlicous

or you can't go wrong with...
#117-$25.00 to Target from Mommy Bytes
#124-Rachel Rays Cookbook from Loving Life
#42 Baby Food Gift Set from Sweet Pea Cakes, Etc
#70-FREE CHOCOLATE from Chocolistas
#140-$20.00 Gift Certificate to Amazon from Mommy and Daddy Blog
#92-Pear Earrings from PamperingBeki
#118-Handmade Wipe Case Cover from Girl, That's Cute


You should join in on the fun too if you haven't already!

Now, for those of you are new let me introduce myself. You can call me MMM that is what they call me as I write this blog anonymously. I just celebrated my 1st blogiversary recently. I started this blog as an outlet for me during wedding planning (look to the right and scroll down to the tag section of "weddings" to see all of my wedding related posts or just click here).

I got married on June 30, 2007 and one week after my honeymoon we packed up our wedding presents and our golden retriever Daisy and moved from the deep South to NYC! The past few months have been exciting and they have been tough. I use my blog to talk about life as a newlywed away from my family and friends. Last year we were in the wedding stage and I talked a ton about weddings and wedding showers. This year we are in the baby stage (with TEN friends due in the upcoming months).

Besides my personal stories, I love to entertain so many of my posts are about the parties I am planning. I love paper products...invitations, stationary, calling cards, greeting cards, etc. I am obsessed with anything pink and green and I love all things preppy. I like to share my preppy shopping finds and I love a good discount. If you can monogram it---I either own it or I want it. I'm a Southern Belle to the core (I even wore an antebellum dress on the weekends in high school for a group I was a part of). I'm a Southern Sorority girl (Hello to all my KD sisters reading). I'm now a Junior League member too after just starting my first placement. I hope you enjoy checking out my blog and I hope you'll join us in the future!

Feel free to leave a comment and say hello!

Thanks for stopping by y'all.