Booze and board games.
As if you needed them! Five reasons to hit up tomorrow night’s Spare Room’s Taste of the Nation LA benefit bowling party in Hollywood.
1) For $50 you can bowl for an hour (sporting those oh-so luxurious Esquival shoe rentals), partake of cocktail punches (see below), dance to a dj, nosh on passed appetizers and hang out with lots of fun people.
It’s for a great cause, Share Our Strength which fights childhood starvation in America. Come on, it’s for the kids.
Even if you decide to do the general admission entry ($15) you get lots o’ adult punch, food and the other board games like Jenga and Scrabble for no additional cost (just leave your credit card with the hostess for board game insurance).
Cocktail punch #1, which is the punchbowl version of the popular LA cocktail, Medicina Latina.
Late Checkout
By Naomi Schimek, Spare Room
Serves 8 to 12
- 5 oz lime juice
- 5 oz organic sugarcane syrup
- 15 oz house made ginger beer
- 5 oz Cointreau
- 15 oz Partida tequila silver
- extract of ginseng, guarana and yohimbe, 5ml each (optional)
Dry shake first two ingredients together to emulsify, pour into punch bowl and add the rest. Stir well and add ice. Garnish with lime wheels.
- Cocktail punch #2, the Spare Room favorite.
Take Fountain
By Naomi Schimek, Spare Room
Serves 8 to 12
- 6 oz lemon juice
- 3 oz simple syrup
- 3 oz St. Germain Elderflower
- 24 oz Jasmine Green tea
- 9 oz Fino Sherry
- 12 oz vodka
Dry shake first three ingredients together to emulsify, pour into punch bowl, and add the rest. Stir well and add ice. Garnish with essence of jasmine and orange, and flower shaped from peel of entire orange.
And bonus reason, because I’m hosting it and would love to see you guys there! RSVP with me at carolineoncrack [at] gmail.com, I’ll put you on the list and you can pay at the door.
EVENT: THURSDAY, MAY 26 from 6pm to 9pm
The Spare Room at Mezzanine of Hollywood Roosevelt
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90028 (map)_
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