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The Mad Eye Martini is a fantastic Halloween cocktail with a gruesome eyeball garnish. The drink itself has that beautiful pale blue color, signature of Hpnotiq and the flavor is as pleasant as can be with the lychee accent. Creating the garnish is an art and may take a bit of practice to get the right look, but it’s a fun little project to work on and have prepared before your monster mash.
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 oz Hpnotiq liqueur
1 oz super premium vodka
2 oz lychee juice
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For Eyeball Garnish:
1 canned grade AA lychee in syrup, drained
1/4 tsp cherry, strawberry or raspberry preserves
1 blueberry
PREPARATION:
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake well.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Lychee Eyeball Garnish:
Dry lychee and fill with preserves
Place blueberry, blossom end facing out, into the cavity.
Skewer with cocktail pick (search for Halloween theme picks or picks that look like a miniature ice pick for the full affect).

From Hpnotiq Liqueur

Our premier event has a new premier location: Dolphin Stadium, Greater Fort Lauderdale/Miami-Dade

Visit the new indoor space, the Dolphin Field and the Grand Plaza
November 3 & 4, 2007
11 am to 6 pm

Get involved as an exhibitor or sponsor here.

This annual event has become a family tradition for south Florida families. This year you can enjoy the event inside the upscale Dolphin Stadium Club level, on the field with sports activities and on the Grand Plaza.

Enjoy old favorites:
Snow tubing hill

Skating on a glice rink

Playing in the snow

Making edible dreidels

Visiting Santa - photo packages with Santa available at the show for $10.00.
Exciting new activities:
Test drives for 2008 Chrysler Dodge Jeep vehicles
SuperNanny Casting Call
Miami Dolphins Gatorade Jr. Training Camp on the football field
Florida Marlins batting cage
Gerber Diaper Challenge and Baby Food Eating Contest
Holiday gift items available at Build a Bear Workshop Mobile Store, Miami Dolphins Store and at select exhibitor booths
Team mascots & costumed characters
Animal shows & Meow Mobile
Baby & Toddler play areas by Babies R Us, My Gym and Little Gym
Piag Museum on Wheels with Emilio Antonio, Jazz Saxophonist
Classic Fun:
Rock walls and bungee jump
Bouncers, inflatable slides & pony rides
Paddle boats, foam pit and laser tag
Face painting & balloon art
Food sampling
Hands on crafts
And much much more!

You’ll spend hours enjoying all the fun at the Holiday Show!

Admission is $9 for kids and adults, with children under 18 months admitted for free.
Up to 3 FREE child’s admission per day with a full-paid adult admission with a Kids Fun Pass.
Limit of three Kids Fun Pass owners admitted free with each full-paid adult.
South Florida Parenting Kids Fun Passes will be sold the day of the event at the entrance to the Holiday Show, and adult tickets may be purchased at the same time.
All activities are free with the price of admission. Gift items, Santa photos and Build A Bear Workshop require .

Sex &… which opens today, might just make you want to try on the traveling pants again. The concept: Create a place just for women to shop, sip champagne, and get in touch with their sexy side without having to worry about ogling menfolk.

The members only (100 percent of the fee goes to women’s charities) boutique features eleven rooms — lingerie, pet couture, and ready-to-wear, to name just a few — serves tea and bubbly, and plans to host fashion shows and private parties.

Sex &…, 743 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach (305-604-0119 ).

source:DailyCandy.com

Chanel has decided to help their criminally-inspired clients by creating teeny-tiny versions of their classic quilted bags - designed to look like Quilted Ankle Monitors. Yes, that’s right. ! And, they come in all sorts of colors and fabrics, too.

These are only meant to look like ankle monitors and they’re not actual ankle monitors. It’s pretty ridiculous that breaking the law has suddenly melded with fashion - and the highest of the high, no less. Plus, they can’t be very functional. Even if you can store a lipstick inside, who wants to bend down to the ground to grab it? Not me.

Maybe it’s supposed to be funny. Regardless, department stores will pick up on the idea, and before you know it, thirteen-year-old girls everywhere will be purposefully getting themselves grounded so they can sport their own designer ankle monitors around the house.

If you have to have some new accessories for your legs, and Chanel just isn’t doin’ it for you, (well, the ankle monitor, anyway) maybe try some leg warmers - a much less costly variation on “out there” legwear fashion. Nordstrom’s Rubbish Cuff Leg Warmers come in earth tones and only cost 10 bucks!

Wouldn’t life make much more sense if celebrities were simply committing fashion crimes and not making crime…fashionable?

Posted by: SheFindsAmy