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Remember Flamingo (Firefly) Friday?
Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 08:56PM
So as you know from reading my blog, I'm having a party-planning kind of summer. If you remember my "Real Housewives of Reno" party (I blogged about it here), you might remember that I had a drink station representing each cast of Bravo's Real Housewives." Naturally, Atlanta's cast was all about the bottle of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka I had just received from my friends in South Carolina. I was a little too smug, telling everyone about my special "imported" (meaning from SC) bottle. It would have been a bigger hit if I had served it correctly (I was supposed to add a splash of water or seltzer and a squeeze of lemon so it would taste more like sweet tea- oops- I served it neat, on the rocks!). I was a little disappointed that I didn't share the full effect of the drink I was so proud of "discovering" during my summer jaunt to the South...
... Which brings me to the highly alliterative Flamingo Friday I've also blogged about (here). You remember how my neighbors get together every Friday in the summer and take turns hosting cocktails in their front yards (the pink flamingos in the yard tell us where the party is hence the name "Flamingo Friday")? Well, I was going to take one more turn this summer hosting cocktails in for our neighborhood and I've been thinking of how I could share the rest of my bottle of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka when I read on Twitter that Firefly Vodka is looking for the most entertaining and creative stories about about why 50 people should win a party pack. Well hot dang, that sounds like it's got Flamingo Firefly Friday written all over it, right?
So here it is- my shameless entry right here on my blog. I'm not sure if I'm being entertaining or creative enough yet but if FireFly Sweet Tea Vodka has that big ol' metal Firefly Sweet Tea dispenser in the party pack- they show them in their store graphics but they must be out of stock- and an extra bottle or two of the Firefly Sweet Tea AND they deem this photo and blog entry amusing enough to win one of their party packs, I'm gonna re-name our parties "Firefly Fridays" (which is even more alliterative- and yes, that's a real word, I looked it up), put on an anntena headband (to get that firefly look) and put up some twinkle lights on the garage and call it a party. Heck, I think I'll even buy everyone Mason jars to drink it from- that's the way sweet tea (vodka'd or otherwise) should be served. What do you think? The photos from our Firefly Friday should be a rich photo opportunity and blogging about it will be a nice way to round out the blog posts I've done about summer parties this year, don't you think? Maybe Firefly Vodka will think so too.
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Reader Comments (7)
Love how you gave the firefly your hat!
And that vodka sounds horrific! Like sweet tea! Blech!
You don't necessarily have to serve sweet tea in Mason jars. I've lived my entire life in the south (Ga/SC) and have never drank from a Mason jar. You can save yourself the $. :)
Sounds like a fun party!
I think you should win. They really need to know what fun parties you throw. I personally like the mason jar idea ;)
Ok, so I have drunk from Mason jars, my parents thought this was quaint at one time ( I'm originally from AL but live in TN right now). But they were "fancy" mason jars with handles...for drinking LOL!!! Anyway I love the idea of "Firefly" Fridays even more!!! I hope you win... you deserve it!!
One week after we moved into the neighborhood, we found ourselves attending the neighborhhod's inaugural Flamingo Friday party-- we were blown away by this new breed of neighbor who actually wants to get to know the folks living next door and down the street. We were also taken back to our childhood summers where kids played ghost in the graveyard and ran around catching creepy crawlies and fireflys (in mason jars!) while the adults drank gin and tonics on the porch and truly enjoyed eachother's company. Since then we have been to numerous FF parties and have loved every single one, but the real beneficiaries are the children in the neighborhood whose lifelong sense of community connectedness and appreciation for plain 'old fashion' childhood fun is certain to be shaped by these warm summer memories made possible by Angela's Flamingo Friday movement. We hope the Flamingo Friday tradition trives here in Rolling Hills Reno, NV and spreads far and wide so that others can join in on the fun.
August 14, 2009 | Unregistered Commenter Cindy Pratte & Clay Miller
Lene- I was skeptical too. I'm not a huge fan of full-out, classic Southern sweet tea. It's just to darned, well, sweet. But Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka cocktails taste like the sweet tea our family makes for Easter dinner- not TOO sweet and with a bit of lemon to balance out the flavors.
Christine- my maiden name is Hatfield so I have to tell you, that Hatfields sometimes drink tea out of mason jars. Or jelly jars. We're classy like that.
Tona & Charity- thank you!
And Cindy- what a nice comment! We do kind of live in a time warp, don't we? I met my match when Marion and her party-themed loving self moved into Rolling Hills with her stories of Baltimore Flamingo Fridays. She also corners the market on Mardi Gras parties. I'm the Halloween and New Year's Eve planner. Never a dull moment around here. Can't wait until Halloween!
Well shucks here in the swamp the Mason Jars are our fine crystal. We only use them when we have special company coming over to visit for a spell. The rest of the time we reuse the plastic cups from the convenient store. Got to watch those foam ones though-after a few trips through the dishwasher they have a tendency to leak.