cocktail memories

So MY memories of peach schnapps date most strongly to Grade 11 and the local all-boys' private school formal dinner dance. The event itself is a blur, but the morning after breakfast party (so named although little was actually eaten) on an enormous lawn in someone's parents' backyard (really, I think this event was created by local shops so that, not only would we require a dress and accessories for the evening itself, but also something cute and presentable to meet someone's parents the next morning that didn't clash with hangover face). Anyway, Grant Scott pulled a mickey of peach schnapps out of his inner tuxedo jacket pocket and started spiking our morning orange juice - I think Grant was a fan of the "keep drinking" hangover cure. Sticky and almost too sweet in the June heat, but o-so-tasty. So thanks for that, Grant. Here's a more adult beverage - the cosmopolitan as we knew it is almost gone ...
From The Fairmont Olympic Hotel's "Celebrity bartender Michael Vezzoni" (does that make him a bartender to celebrities, or a celebrity in his own right? Anyway ...)

Cosmolini (cross between a white cosmopolitan and a belini)
2 oz Absolut Vodka    
1/2 oz White Cranberry Juice
1/2 oz. Triple Sec    
1/2 oz Peach Nectar
1/2 oz Peachtree Schnapps   
1 oz Champagne
1/2 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice

Pour all ingredients, except champagne, into a martini mixer filled with ice. Shake and strain into an ice cold martini glass. Top with Champagne. Garnish with an orange twist.

I feel obliged to share that Stoli has come out with peach vodka, but that might be too much - dust off your peach-o-meter and let me know. MMMM. perfect for August.