spring flowers from the garden

spring

Spring Flowers, a set on Flickr. Love this time of year…lots of tulips, apple blossoms, and random pops. Couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day like this one…

mint and cocktail beginnings

recipes

I woke up rather late this morning.  And, by “rather late,” I mean 11:30AM.  Yes, that’s right.  There is a justifiable reason to waking up that late, and a contributing factor does include poking around on Pinterest until well after 3:00AM.  I kept company with a bottle of Frog’s Leap Chardonnay, and we settled down […]

picking up the brush

creating

Painting, a set on Flickr. I am currently enrolled in a painting course, Get Your Paint On!, hosted by Lisa Congdon and Mati McDonough. I have not picked up a paintbrush in about nine years, and it is an interesting process to discover how paint interacts with itself and with canvas or paper. Our first […]

beaune, france 2010

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France 2010, a set on Flickr. Just up organizing photos from some recent trips and reminiscing a lovely escape to France back in May of 2010. Along with members of an intense, food-and-wine driven, northern Italian restaurant, I toured some of the finest vineyards and met some of the most interesting winemakers and talented chefs. […]

citrus salt scrub | spring cleaning

spring

Salt scrub with lavender, sage, and grapefruit. I have enjoyed an amazing day off this Tuesday!  I met up with a good friend at one of Denver’s newest culinary additions, the Kitchen.  The sun beckoned us out to the patio, but the move was a bit premature.  As we shivered through lunch, we caught up, […]

the 23 cocktail | spring bourbon cocktails

spring

Today is one of those days that solidifies my choice to live in Colorado.  However, the weather in March can be so deceiving; you must form a loose attachment to it, for it can completely shift the very next day.  What a lesson in savoring the beauty of the present.  This warm, sunny afternoon simply […]

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Rooted in a love of gardening and crafting cocktails from what I grow in my backyard, Jayme Grows Drinks is a resource for garden-to-glass drinks that are seasonally driven and culinarily influenced.

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