Advertising folk and the people who love them are pretty damn fun to hang out with. On the eve of the first day of my new full-time copywriting job, I hung out with some of my favorite people from my old full-time copywriting job.
Marc—marketing guru, general jack-of-all trades, and personal copywriting mentor—was gracious enough to have us all over for a Sunday, North-Carolina-style BBQ.
The air was crisp, the hickory chips were fragrant, the baklava was, errr, “baklavian” (thanks Dana), and the drinks were … uhh … hot tranny messes?
Michael snatched my camera and took some action shots as I, sadly, was more interested in capturing the pork than the people.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whaaa?? Hot tranny messes? Get back to that part!” you say. OK. It really isn’t all that scandalous.
Fred the Hot Tranny Mess is the cocktail creation of Marc’s lovely and hilarious wife, Chris. It’s a mixture of unknown measurements of tequila, cranberry juice, lime juice, Cointreau and pink champagne. Yeah, exactly.
OK, now that I’ve cleared that up, let’s get back to the BBQ.
After the unbelievably tender, 4-hour-slow-cooked pulled pork and delicious potato salad and coleslaw a la Chris, there were cupcakes from Phoebe’s (thanks Liz) and my homemade baklava.
Seems that whenever I’m in the same room with a pastry, it doesn’t live to be photographed. Remember this poor scone? The red velvet cupcake suffered the same fate:
This event also marked my baklava rematch—a long story which I’ll tell when I post the recipe (coming soon).
5 Comments
CupcakesOMG!
whoooo hot tranny mess cocktail!?!? I LOVE IT!
Heather @ chik n' pastry
looks like a good time! and being from NC, I can say there’s nothing better than NC pulled pork.
cant wait to hear about the baklava – it’s just so good when its homemade!
Chris
So fun to have you guys over and share some chow and drinkipoo! Pics are great and I’m flattered that you liked our meal. Great blog! No one is nearly as baklavian as you!
Chris
Ginger
We should try each other’s baklava. I think mine is pretty good!
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