Valentine Cocktail & Our 13 year Anniversary
This Between the Sheets Cocktail was one of our first recipe posts back in 2009, an oldie but goodie. It’s fun to see how our photography and garden has changed over the years! This is a lovely balanced cocktail with cognac, rum and lemon.
Between the Sheets Cocktail Recipe
Gentlemen, Flash Alert! Valentine’s Day is tomorrow! (In some parts of the world, it is already here!) Are you ready to woo your sexy other? If you’ve been a good man and have shown how much you love and appreciate your beau all year, then this little Love Holiday should be old hat for you. However, if you need to make up for some past transgressions or have someone new who you are trying to impress, you may benefit from some advice.
Together Since 1996
Here’s some of the things I’ve learned in the 13 years (Feb. 15th 1996, is our official anniversary!) where I’ve managed to convince my beautiful Diane that I am someone worth hanging on to:
- Personal and passionate best purely purchased any day. Don’t go out and buy and generic bouquet of flowers or some jewelry at the place with the cheesy, annoying commercial and think you are good. Plan a fun evening, hand make a card (make it personal reminding them of how great it is to be spending time together, pictures of you together, or as simple as a heart made of glitter and glue), and make their favorite dessert for them. Fill the day with meaningful personal moments.
- Notice the details and compliment them. Realistically and genuinely and particularly those non-physical.
- A good home-cooked romantic dinner beats any restaurant.
- Share. Give your date some of your dinner, and let them give you some of theirs. Two spoons, one dessert. A passionate couple is one entity, not two individuals.
- The day or morning before, clean the house. Trust me and just do it.
- Be generous and compassionate to everyone. If you take them out to a nice dinner, then leave a crappy tip, you are letting them know you are a cheap-ass. If you open the door for your date then let it swing shut on a little old lady, then you’ve jus declared yourself a pure idiot.
- Have fun. Do what you love doing together and enjoy every minute of it. Sounds simple, but oftentimes we get so wrapped up in making everything perfect, we forget to actually enjoy it. Enjoy this Between the Sheets Cocktail !
13 years later we’ve affected each other psychologically: more madness…
Valentines Day Drink
There’s a little jump start, the rest is up to you, gents. If anyone has more advice as to what makes an unforgettable Valentine’s Day, please share (particularly you ladies, you know us men don’t understand you very well.) As an added bonus, here’s a classic cocktail recipe you can use to start the evening off with, or to invite your date in for a nightcap. Or pull an Esquire tip and put the recipe out on a business card, then hand it to the bartender when out on the town. – Todd
Oh, by the way….we’ll be on KCRW’s (89.9 FM) Good Food show with Evan Kleinman on Saturday, Valentines Day between 11:30am – 12pm. If you can’t get it, they archive all their podcast’s so you can catch it later…alligator! Hope you enjoy this between the sheets cocktail recipe!
Check out our Cocktail Recipes Here and our Complete Whiskey Guide.
Between the Sheets Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 ounce (30ml) Cognac
- 1 ounce (30ml) Light Rum
- 1 ounce (30ml) fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 ounce (15ml) Grand Marnier
- 1/2 ounce (15ml) Simple Syrup , or to taste
- dash Orange Bitters
- optional , sugar for the glass rim
Instructions
- If desired, rub the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with the lime wedge & sugar the rim.
- Put all ingredients (cognac, rum, lemon or lime juice, Grand Marnier, simple syrup, and orange bitters) into a cocktail shaker with ice, then shake it with passion for 15-20 seconds. Strain into your cocktail glass. Garnish if desired.
Here’s to another 13 years times 10! How great to see pictures of when WOR first started! You are such incredible people and so perfectly matched. I am lucky to know you both and to have such wonderful example of a great food couple nearby for inspiration!
much love,
Brooke
Awww! You’re so sweet. You and your handsome man are an equal match. Love you, Brooke. -WORC
Get recommendations, kids. We’re having Valentine’s dinner with my folks tonight, trying to spread the love a bit. Have a happy anniversary. We wish you all the love and happiness.
XO, L
Happy Valentine’s to you and you’re soon to the legally bound man. Love you guys. -WORC
Happy Anniversary to you guys! I always enjoy reading your stories. I can’t wait until I’ll have 13 years together with my valentine, but I am enjoying every moment, that’s what matters, right?
I don’t have any tips on how to make a perfect valentine’s day, except to have the right valentine next to you…..
That’s what matters, indeed. It isn’t the quantity, it’s the quality of the time together. Hope you had a great Valentine. -WORC
Happy Anniversary! Loved the photos and insights. One of those tips ring true for me – cleaning the house! Always a pleasant surprise for me. Wishes for many more years for you two.
Thank you! See gents, some things you don’t try to understand, you just do it. They’ll love you for it. -WORC
Happy Anniversary you two! I love all the tips, particularly the last one. I think you’ve summed it up succinctly; we tend to forget that having fun definitely outweighs perfection! 😛
Thank you. Yeah, those damn anal retentive qualities keep biting us in the butt. We always have to check ourselves up. -WORC
Happy Anniversary!
Thank you! -WORC
Happy Anniversary! So fun to see all the old photos ! Have fun on the radio today.
You offer some great V-day tips, I don’t have any of my own — my favorites have been evenings spent with my girlfriends, eating dinner in front of the fire.
Thank you. Love between friends can go just as deep as between lovers. That counts. -WORC
Happy Anniversary! Loved the early photos, you can totally tell that you were made for each other.
May you have many more years of love and devotion.
We are totally devoted to being total Turkeybutts to each other as much as we can. So far, so good. 😉 -WORC
Happy Anniversary, Rice Dude and Dudette! 🙂 Valentine’s Day was good here in Japan – we’re lucky we got to celebrate it before all you guys!
Thanks! Glad you had a good Valentine’s. Let the love begin! -WORC
Wow… Happy Anniversary and Happy Valentine’s Day to both of you… may God continue to bless your union… Cheers!!!
Thank you very much. -WORC
happy anniversary to two of the most beautiful and kindest people i know!
now that song between the sheets is going to be stuck in my head it’s like bad porn music and i don’t want to associate you two with bad porn music!
can’t wait to hear worc on the radio tomorrow.
Awww, we’re blushing. No good on the song. We only want to be associated with good porn music! We’re nervous we’ll sound like total dorks tomorrow on the radio. Love ya lots, Krysta. -WORC
No wonder she’s kept you around! Happy anniversary you two. The world is a better place since you’ve combined.
Phoo-D
Yeah, I’m pretty lucky. Thank you for the well wishes! -WORC
happy anniversary!!!! i love your pictures! you two are just adorable! and, this cocktail sounds delicious!
Thank you!. Don’t be fooled by the cuteness, we have a bite! -WORC
Boy, do you WARM MY HEART!!!
LOTS OF LOVE… ALWAYS!
Thanks Mom. We love you, too!- WORC
Congrats on 13 years together, and what a great pair. I *love* that old photo with the puppy (whose pup?). You guys were so young and impressionable and cute 😉 Now you’re old and crotchety and cute!! Ha ha ha. Cocktails for me are more like 3 sheets to the winds instead of between the sheets *snort*. How are you going to celebrate 13 years? Here’s a suggestion, put a few thousand more miles on that trusty truck of yours and come to Colorado. Kaweah is waiting. xxoo
The pup was is my mom’s (Todd here) and she is such a sweet dog. We may just have to take you up on that. We are needing our mountain and Yu fix.-WORC
Wah-hoo! Can the cocktail apply to me? It sounds fairly creepy to have a “between the sheets” cocktail for one! 😛 Good tips, Todd… Unfortunately I have nothing to add except probably what *not* to do, maybe. Ha ha ha. You guys are so adorable! (You know, they had color film back then too! Kidding!)
Stealing from the adorable Jen in the next comment, we’ll rename it 3 Sheets to the Wind for the singles out there. Color film was very rare way back then 😉 . – WORC