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2018 September

The Dolly Dreamsicle Cocktail

The Dolly Dreamsicle Cocktail (specially made by Chef David Verzello in celebration of the showgirls featured Feuding Fan Dancers) Ingredients Include: 2 oz Vodka 1 oz Orangecello 1 oz Fresh squeezed orange juice 3 oz Cream Crushed ice Chocolate shavings and orange slice for garnish What to do: Fill your shaker with crushed ice then […]

Recipe for the Faithtini Cocktail

Recipe for the Faithtini Cocktail Ingredients Include: 2 oz vodka 1 oz of Blue Nun® Rosé Wild hibiscus flowers and syrup 2 tbs Dehydrated raspberries 2 tbs White granulated sugar What to do: Dampen the rim of a martini glass with the wild hibiscus syrup. The best way to do it is to put a […]

Interlude in Arizona By: Leslie Zemeckis

Interlude in Arizona It is always interesting to me what doesn’t make it into a final cut of a book/manuscript/movie. I love doing research for all my projects and finding the by-the-ways, the additional stories, the minutia that sometimes ultimately does not fit with the final story. This “interlude” I found interesting but was ultimately […]

A Showgirl You Should Know: Jennie Dolly

A Showgirl You Should Know: Jennie Dolly The Dolly Sisters were known for their extravagant costumes The adored Dolly Sisters were identical twins born in Budapest in 1892. Jennie was older than Rosie by a few minutes. Named Rózsika and Janka Deutsch, as young girls they immigrated with their parents to America where they began […]

A Showgirl You Should Know: Sally Rand “America’s Sweetheart” By: Leslie Zemeckis

A Showgirl You Should Know: Sally Rand “America’s Sweetheart” By: Leslie Zemeckis Though not traditionally thought of as a “showgirl” Sally Rand was actually the epitome of one. She started in the theatre, spent time in the circus, went onto Hollywood, returned to vaudeville, and supposedly a brief stint (if true) in Florence Ziegfeld’s Follies […]

The Sally Sweetheart Cocktail with Blue Nun®

The Sally Sweetheart Cocktail with Blue Nun® Ingredients Include: “The 24K” 2 oz of Blue Nun® 24K Gold Edition ½ oz of Ginger Liqueur Sprinkling of edible gold glitter (usually found in the baking section of the grocery store) White raspberry, for garnish Dampen the rim of a champagne flute with a simple syrup. Dip […]

Wet Your Wenzel

Wet Your Wenzel learn more about her….click here Ingredients Include: 2 oz Gin 1 oz Rosemary syrup* 2 oz Italian grapefruit soda 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice Splash of sparkling water Sprig of rosemary for garnish What to do: Fill a tall glass with ice. Add 2 oz gin, 1 oz rosemary syrup*, 2 oz […]

A Showgirl You Should Know:

Eileen Wenzel “The Tragically Blemished Broadway Showgirl”[i Port Arthur News, 2–2–36 Like the 1920s film actress Barbara La Marr, Eileen Wenzel was deemed just too beautiful, cursed with incredible beauty that was doomed to have an unhappy ending. Wenzel was a tall ravishing brunette. As a showgirl she worked for the top of the tops, […]