By Hairee Lee

Heath Ceramics Plaza Large Serving Platter in onyx serving the dip in an acorn squash with multi-colored root chips

As usual, Melissa outdid herself for what was supposed to be a small gathering for cocktails and appetizers with a buffet spread and cocktails at the bar and a sweets table in the living room.

Instead, using the color palette dominated by black and white with accents of red, she transformed my boyfriend’s apartment into a spooky, sleek, and luxuriously playful party destination for Halloween. Continue Reading

By Hairee Lee

Drinking Through Terror: The Halloween Cocktails. (Clockwise from top left) Eyeball Blue Brew, Pina Ghoulada, Bleeding Heart Martini, Brain Hemmorhage

Looking for fun and scary cocktails for your Halloween party this weekend? Look no further. We’ve got some fabulously freaky ones for you test driven and Dinner Series approved!

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By Hairee Lee.

And In Second Place…

With two more weeks of summer left after our Cocktail #10: Aviation, we thought, now what? The answer was obvious: End-of-Summer cocktails. So obvious.

A Facebook poll was set up listing 8 End-of-Summer cocktails from an Esquire magazine article. And people voted. Thanks voters!

After 2 weeks of voting, in second place was Paul King’s Porch Swing (which I was happy about because I voted for this one.)

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By Hairee Lee

Al Fresco BBQ Buffet. Notice the cool and closed grill in the background. Yup. That's how we roll at Dinner Series. Well, sometimes.

Especially when it’s served like this! Makes me want to go, “Hee Haw!” at the sight of food looking this good.

But let’s backtrack a bit. It’s not that we didn’t care. Oh no, that’s not it in the least. That we got takeout for this Dinner Series event especially for the Dinner Series and Didriks team and friends had nothing to do with caring or not caring.

Actually, the fact that Jonathan suggested Red Bones BBQ with all the fixings, I think, was a testament to just how much we care. And, well, just how much we all work!

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