Weekend Song and Drink - Pool Party Elegance 4th of July

by Lara on July 4th, 2008

First, Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans! :)

Before I get on with the Weekend Song and Drink post, I want to direct you all to a post I wrote on Memorial Day weekend, about a great artist, Poto Leifi and his project “Freedom’s On Me”, who is using retro-style artwork to pay tribute to fallen US soldiers. Simply awesome stuff, and we need to remember that it’s these soldiers who keep us independent and free.

Now, on to the celebration!

When I started this blog over a year ago, I wrote a post about a “hot, new Miami drink” called the Yellow Tomato Martini…

I can see it now - my thinner, sexier, dangerous dame self - on a terra cotta patio overlooking a giant inground pool. I’m tanned and dewy, wearing a white slinky dress with my long, dark hair cascading over my shoulders. In my hand? The hottest new drink in Miami - The Yellow Tomato Martini.

I never added a song to that post, so here we go… I’m thinking something sort of spicy, something you can really get a sexy dance into…

How about Michael Buble’s “It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)”!

If you’re ever gonna kiss me
It had better be tonight
While the mandolins are playing
And stars are bright

Oh, and here’s the drink again for you, recipe and photo courtesy of Glam:

Yellow Tomato Martini Recipe

1.5 oz. Ketel One (Michael Buble’s sponsor) vodka
2 oz. Fresh juiced (or blended and strained) yellow tomato
1/3 of a bar spoon of alaea sea salt
7 drops of Green Tabasco
Juice of 1⁄2 a lime
7 drops Worcester

In an ice-filled shaker, combine the tomato juice, sea salt, Tabasco, lime juice, and Worcester. Add the vodka, shake, strain into a martini glass, and serve with a skewer of three baby yellow tomatoes.