Welcome the weekend people.
We meeting and event planners use the term “weekend” pretty loosely. I know that you might be setting up a Conference in Calgary, a Meeting in Montana, or an Incentive in India, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t take a few hours on a Friday to chill out, throw on some tunes, and take a minute for yourself… really, you can… Unless of course you can’t. Then I totally get it…
The Drink
- What: The Americano
- From: An Official Cocktail of the IBA
Ingredients
- 1 oz Campari
- 1 oz Vermouth
- Club Soda
- Garnish with lemon or orange peel
Directions
Pour the Campari and vermouth into an old-fashioned glass, fill it up with ice cubes, pour in some club soda, and garnish that sucker with a lemon or an orange peel… Easy and amazing. The bitter taste of the Campari is just wicked.
The Americano also happens to be the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel, Casino Royal… Just thought you would want to know that this cocktail comes with a cool factor.
From the Wik:
It is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel in Ian Fleming’s series, Casino Royale. In the short story “From a View to a Kill” Bond chooses an Americano as an appropriate drink for a mere café; suggesting that “in cafés you have to drink the least offensive of the musical comedy drinks that go with them.”
The Pickled Planner
The Pickled Planner is a weekly feature of PlannerWire that has two things. A drink recipe and links to awesome and unique meeting or event venues and destinations. Technically, we think that you could write off the drinks but check with your accountant first.
Image: Edsel Little on Flickr
