This past week,I turned 27 years old! I’ve had a wonderful week (month really) of celebrations and so many excuses to get “carryed” away. My birthday was on a Thursday night, and while the main event was a fundraiser for the summer camp I’ve worked for since I was a teenager, the entire family started the evening off with a cocktail hour on the sunporch. My parents have a gorgeous screened-in porch that we pretty much live on from April until October. Before heading out to dinner, we made Rosé spritzers from Bon Appétit and sipped them on the patio during that fabulous “golden hour” when the sun starts to go down in the summer. I love pretty much any cocktail with Elderflower liqueur, so I particularly loved these. Plus, they were pink! And that added to the festive feel.

Rosé and Elderflower Spritzers
From Bon Appétit Magazine

Ingredients
2 Lemon Slices
4 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
1/2 ounce St-Germain (elderflower liqueur)
4 ounces sparkling rosé

Preparation
Place lemon slices, bitters and St-Germain in a rocks glass. Add ice; top off with sparkling rosé; enjoy the fact that your cocktail matches the sunset.