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Shawn Rabideau with tips on how to host a New Year’s party that will help say goodbye to old vices
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-- we got in our small studio just right next door our good friend John revenue celebrations dot com expert and Sean you always bring us a lot of fun things to think about our next parties and you're talking about.
New Year's resolution.
-- to -- Absolutely absolutely -- -- -- I will I will well you know every good party needs a good cocktail but you know or what my number one revenue.
I have finally how great -- exactly look great but we always have to start your party after the great invitation sort of sets the tone set the theme.
And -- got great -- by fine -- dot com.
And you know exactly you need a good cocktail and so we've got -- melon ball drop martini and in a cocktail shaker we're gonna take.
One part citrus vodka.
And then we've got two parts Missouri which is just a -- the core.
And this is a great -- because it's really light it's fine and then -- got elder flower on the court just a half a part of that.
-- -- we're gonna shake that feel.
You've got a really really good shape it's really fragrant it's really fine.
And it's got a great color look at that color that is you know fun right.
You know you're the most children you know until we meet our accept your odds that you have been.
The most popular person on this all day well thank you I appreciate that I appreciate that I'd I'd like you're how to -- like I like to have fun so parties are fine and that we just got a melon ball here that I just over the -- Boller.
And he just put that in there and you've got a really really great and colorful martini for your gas and another rather do is go ahead and you can make -- -- pitchers ahead of time.
That you don't have to be -- with a lot of fun.
And then we've got -- midnight martini.
And the midnight martini is just and again in a cocktail shaker with ice we've got three parts of vodka -- -- -- potent but it's fun.
And then we've got a half a part of coffee of the court and this is a great drink for your gas because it actually it's a little Italian inspired.
So you know it's actually -- -- -- -- -- especially -- Enough with the coffee clutch just get got a really good shake and this team also has a really fun.
Fun collar it's a little bit darker.
And then I just like to take a little bit of -- last.
And just to get a little bit of punch just a little bit a punch and that is a lot of fun right there.
And then food you always need food at a good cocktail party and I don't do any food that is hard to make and I always do food that you can do ahead of time.
Here we've just got strawberries that I just cut the end off right here and I -- -- out.
And this is actually cream cheese mixture that I did it -- A little bit of confectionery sugar.
A little bit.
Vanilla and -- I just top it off with some ground Crocker and this is actually a cream cheese cake -- It is so good you can definitely do it had a time -- -- lot of fun and then I love this next one I I was experimenting had a lot of fun.
This is actually chocolate covered bacon.
Is that black's chocolate covered bacon is so good this is a -- do let me tell you I.
This is a big -- and this is -- -- you can also do this I had a time I just took leftover sprinkles and I had for my Christmas cookies and just decorated with your guests are going to go wild.
You can definitely do this out of time so it's a lot of fun -- did you accomplish the chocolate covered bacon on your own business I know it's actually recipe it's not a -- -- it's something that I actually had seen around and so I thought I would give -- a try my own and I have to tell you.
It's a huge hit and everyone here in studio -- like.
Drooling over the stats and I think when we cut to commercial we're gonna I'm gonna have to like jump -- -- the way this.
Something that you would -- -- -- this -- also you know when you go to the state fair everything is you know these weird combination right deep -- maybe you know.
Chocolate -- bacon deep fried.
Could be that guy -- -- now you have this is great because you know one of the things and I don't know if you know -- as far as New Year's Eve and whatnot.
Pork is actually really good it means good luck because pigs actually sort of like move forward.
Whereas like lobster me it's a little bit about not because lobsters -- backwards that you want to move forward to just a little bit of New Year's.
-- there grab a pig and a cocktail rabbit -- a cocktail like you are going to go exactly exactly and of course you know you've got to have fun games and here we've got resolution drawn to what we did was I when I had and I just wrote down the top ten resolutions.
For 2012.
-- -- the number 11.
What's what was it was lose -- -- that number two.
Number two get a better America ha ha ha your hair's just aren't noted that's -- -- save money.
So you know this -- -- -- -- you can -- -- -- -- in the -- you can go -- divide -- -- teens and and whatnot and allows people that don't know each -- to sort of get to know each -- have -- draw the resolutions.
And then they get to put them in order of what they think are the top ten.
And then you can sort of go through and say hey you know this is you guys got it writer you know this one goes here.
Have fun -- gas sort of breaks up the monotony of the party and allows your friends to get to know each other.
And it's it's just it's a lot of fun.
That is fun now you'd -- where we're talking about -- -- what about wrap adults rather doubt well -- down one of you know the ones -- you're talking cocktails here is don't run on a vice you know start to think ahead.
You make -- make -- You know -- -- in your freezer so that you don't run out because stores you know are closing early don't want people on on the roads you're getting ice and -- -- that's a rabbit out.
Another rabid talent is at your own party you're the host don't drink too much you wanna you wanna make sure that your your keeping things going.
And -- another rabbit don't is don't stress how fun keep it simple and that that I guess would be a rabbit do if you will.
But you wanna keep it simple and that's exactly what I've done here I've done to cocktails some small bites that that are -- -- that that make a big impact.
And then with the to core I kept it very simple I re used.
Christmas ornaments from Christmas and that's the key because you know Christmas is such a flurry of activity that by new years people are tired.
So go ahead keep it simple and you will have fun and if you have -- -- gas are gonna have fun.
I sounds good to me well what is our invitation coming -- for your party I'm sending it right over in -- All right well we want to -- -- want to go to celebrations dot com.
Sean gravity always a pleasure is -- and in policy you know.
See what you and I actually goes on -- want to let you know before.
You go -- the last segment that we did together I use one of your ideas instead of decorating my table with a bunch of stuff to go lot by a lot and I pulled stuff.
And from my I -- like pomegranate and apples and little Mandarin orange a lot of it on my food table.
And everybody really loved it and then I got to use it again and I didn't have to kill myself.
Maybe you know you know these decorations that's awesome that's -- -- -- -- -- -- wielding killer -- And I'll let you know what tips we use here that sounds good to have a great holiday and a happy new year I -- gravity thank you so much for being -- thank you are right.
