Official BEP Cocktail - Bacardi V.I.Pea

In preparation for Thursday's Black Eyed Peas concert in Hotlanta, here's the recipe for the official Black Eyed Peas Cocktail for the Tour - The Bacardi V.I.Pea!


1 ½ oz BACARDI® Superior Rum
½ oz Domaine De Canton Ginger liqueur
½ oz Fresh lemon juice *
½ oz Simple Syrup *

Splash of ginger ale


Shake all with ice except ginger ale. Strain into a chilled martini glass or an ice filled rocks glass. Top with a splash of ginger ale. Garnish with a lime twist and 4 dried black eye peas.

*2 oz of sweet and sour can be substituted for the fresh lemon juice and simple syrup.

VIP Packages purchased for the concerts will include the Bacardi V.I.Pea, or you can create your own at home. Enjoy responsibly!

cleaning closets, planning diets

Snow days are great days for catching up on correspondence (yes, some people still write notes with pen and ink!) , cleaning out closets, cooking something delicious and then feeling guilty and getting back on a diet. Is life a roller coaster, or what?

what global warming?

It's freezing over much of the nation...over much of Georgia, Alabama, down into Florida where the iguanas are so unaccustomed to the cold temperatures that they're hibernating in the trees and falling to the ground - not dead, just sleeping. Be careful, though, when things start to warm up!! I guess we're not really seeing the global warming problem right now, though.

Flight on Air Tran

Flew down to West Palm on one of Air Tran's new planes: beautiful! So roomy and clean and really pretty - with Wi-Fi on every flight. One thing I like about Air Tran is their people - they are so friendly and non-stuffy. And Air Tran will get you there on time, whatever it takes, and safely, too.

At West Palm, we saw a plane take off for New York, loaded with snowbirders headed home; then the same plane came back in a few hours and was packed with Atlanta residents headed back to the ATL. Waiting for our flight, most of us were checking out the TV's around the airport to see how the Florida-Alabama game was going.

At the airport, I discovered something I had never tried before: tomato pie, served at one of the little food stations. Similar to pizza, but more like flat bread with the toppings of your choice. I highly recommend it! My choice was vegetarian and it was one of the best things I've ever eaten (I'm a picky eater, as my friends and family know)!

Palm Beach Parties

Fabulous trip to Palm Beach for the Lady in Red Gala. Jeff Bateman, of Tiffany and Company, was co-chair. He and his adorable wife Liz hosted a cocktail party at Tiffany's prior to the main event, held at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago. OMG! If you ever get a chance to visit that property, GO!
You probably won't see a gathering again anytime soon of the stellar crowd there Saturday night: the Donald himself was in attendance; CNN's Larry King was master of ceremonies; Rich Little, famous for his impersonations of our nation's presidents, entertained the powerful crowd. Industry magnates packed this prime Palm Beach party venue. Planning it all was the lovely philanthropist Lois Pope, raising money for a memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor the more than three million living disabled veterans. She's absolutely dedicated to this mission.

She was stunning in her five million dollars worth of jewelry - no, not on loan; the jewels were her own she had bought at Tiffany's from Jeff. The Tiffany store, on Worth Avenue, is a favorite of the Palm Beach socialites who can afford to shop anywhere they want and many of them want to deal with Jeff. He charmed the Atlanta money-crowd before moving to Palm Beach and his brother, Brant Bateman, is in the jewelry business, too, with LeeBrant Jewelers. Their gorgeous new store, near Perimeter Mall, is worth a trip alone; I tol Brant it was pretty enough to host social fundraisers and even weddings! Brant and Lee (Eskridge) are wonderful people - always smiling and welcoming. In fact, Fox News commentator Sean Hannity is a faithful customer...partly because he likes these guys so much and partly because of their incredible inventory.

Great Indian Restaurant - Moksha

Normally, I'm something of a picky eater. It's true. And typically I don't venture outside my comfort zone when it comes to food. So when asked to visit Moksha Indian Restaurant, it was my daughter's enthusiastic YES! that got me there. She and I don't often see eye to eye when it comes to food; so much that's is even become a joke that if I like it, she probably won't and vice-versa.

Lucky for us we both found delicious treats at Moksha. From the flattened Naan Bread to the different salads to the Tandoori chicken and everything in between, we each found our comfort zone and enjoyed the afternoon.


If you haven't yet stopped by Moksha for lunch or dinner, I highly recommend it. It's located where the old Lickskillet Farm was. Check out how gorgeous the interior is!
You can get more information on their website. www.mokshaatl.com

Spotlight on Volunteer of the Year

Pretty is as pretty does...that old, childhood saying might be perfect for describing Melanie Boltax. The gorgeous blonde with the twinkle in her eye and the dazzling smile on her lips is like a year-round Santa Claus, always gifting others. Unlike the big guy from the North Pole who delivers presents once a year, Melanie is busy all year long, heading up one charity after another to benefit needy children or senior citizens, helping to fight disease or abuse.

Thank you, Melanie, for everything you do!

Read more about Melanie in the Winter issue of Atlanta Social Season on page 26. Digital issue available at www.seasonmagazine.com or on newsstands now!

Tell Me Your Story

A very wise business person said long ago that it order to be successful in business, you have to love your customers. You have to know them and love them just as they are and be willing to do just about anything for them.

Someone asked me recently how Season Magazine has stayed in business so long (albeit with a few name changes along the way: Presenting The Season, Season, and now Atlanta Social Season), after thinking about it I believe it is that old adage: we truly love our customers, our readers and our contributors. When people ask me if we have any problem writing about advertisers, I can honestly say Not at all, because I find almost everything and everybody interesting. There's a story in every face, every logo, every brand. So, we welcome YOUR reaching out to tell us your story.
It's as easy as sending me an email to gloria@seasonmagazine.com.

Diaries then, Journals now

It's really the same thing. In school we kept secret diaries, to deal with grammar school anguish when the boy we had a crush on didn't feel the same way. The joy we felt when another, even more popular boy asked us to the homecoming dance. When our spirits soared after Dad taught us how to drive, always on out-of-the-way roads at first, with our sisters cheering us on from the back seat. We'd come a long way since those days as a little child we had begged to sit in daddy's lap and "drive" the car down the driveway as we arrived home from a family outing.

Now, it's more like we're trying to make sense of a gone-crazy world. Everyone we know seems depressed and out of sorts. People who had dream jobs are now living the nightmare of unemployment. Fathers who had felt proud that they could take care of their families are now bent over a computer job-searching all day while mom goes out to a manual labor job just to put food on the table. Law enforcement officials had predicted that the upended economy would make good people go bad: thefts are up as people go out looking for what they see as "what's theirs."

But people with faith and a solid foundation will stand firm in these shaky times. They'll pray and go to church, spend more time with loved ones and pull themselves up by what's left of their boot straps. If they're lucky they'll have a moment or so to themselves to chronicle the day, to write in some kind of notebook or scratch pad, the challenges they met today, the ones they overcome and others they'll get back to tomorrow.

Journals and diaries are soul-saving and a lot cheaper and more personal than a trip to a therapist.

July Giveaway!

We're giving away a great assortment of goodies from Holey Donuts! (www.holeydonuts.net) Just become a fan of Season Magazine on Facebook, then send us an email at summergiveaway@seasonmagazine.com to be entered to win Holey Donuts! sent to your home.

For those of you who have yet to experience Holey Donuts!, they are gourmet low-fat/reduced-fat donuts made in NYC. Choices include Reduced Fat Boston Cream Oreo Cookie, Reduced Fat Raspberry Graham Cracker, and of course, Plain Glazed (but with a few hot pink sprinkles).

Put some fun in your life and enter to win now!