I first discovered the Mojito while my husband was stationed at NAS Pensacola.
We went out to eat at Hemingway’s Island Grill and the server suggested the Mojito. Since I was but a young pup at the time, I had never heard of the drink and was willing to give it a try. Hell, the thing has rum, sugar and mint-can’t go wrong there.
I tried it. I loved it. And then, I drank two more.
By the time we left, I was in a rather jovial mood and have been a fan of the Mojito ever since.
Now that we’ve moved in-land and …read more

When I was in college, I was a huge fan of rum.
Any kind would do and Lord knows I drank some stuff that was just above fermented shoe leather only because the stuff I was drinking had been bought in a store.  Somewhere around my Sophomore year, I discovered Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum and thought that I had found true love.
I mixed that stuff with everything under the sun and loved it dearly. Weekends at the frat houses were spent blissfully oblivious to the fact that my rum just wasn’t what it should have been.
Well, like every first love, that …read more