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Okay, okay, Ms. S&C promises this will be the last of the lake-related blog posts, Twitter posts, and Facebook posts. But, she couldn’t wrap up this year’s lake trip without sharing more of her favorites.

Drink favorites
Bloody Mary’s, Grapefruit Crushes, Pimm’s, Champagne cocktails, red wine, beer, beer, and more beer: there are lots of drink options at the lake. (You saw this picture from last year, right?) Thankfully, Ms. S&C is not charge of them all. Last year, a friend (we’ll call her Mrs. Smith) introduced us to Banks Rum and the Five Island Watermelon Punch. This year, Mrs. Smith, prepared for us a traditional Bajan Rum Punch. We didn’t keep score, but it was likely this year’s winning cocktail.

When Ms. S&C inquired about the recipe, Mrs. Smith shared the traditional (and delightful) saying to help one remember: 

One of Sour
Two of Sweet
Three of Strong
And Four of Weak

It translates into this:

• 1 cup lime juice
• 2 cups simple syrup
• 3 cups white rum, preferably Banks Five Island White Rum
• 2 cups of ice and 2 cups of cold water

Directions:

Stir all ingredients together in a large pitcher. To serve: fill a highball glass with three or four additional ice cubes. Garnish with a splash of Angostura bitters and a dash of grated nutmeg.

I want to think it is the perfect balance of sweet and sour that makes this a winning cocktail, but I really think it is the bitters and fresh grated nutmeg.

Favorite moments
Like the numerous drink selections, a lot of games are played at the lake: bocce, horseshoes, Scrabble, Mexican train dominoes, Left-Center-Right. But, it was during a competitive guys-against-girls game of Celebrity where a Coach Taylor impression (from Mr. Smith, coincidentally) will go down as my favorite charade moment of all time. With one turn of a hat, breaths were taken away. #fullhearts

Ms. S&C would consider almost any yoga session by the water a perfect moment, but her favorite yoga moment came on a rainy day — with first day jitters behind her — when she led an extensive indoor session that turned into a truly blessed experience. #namastebitches

Playlist favorites
Where there are booze and games, there is music. We marked this occasion with a collaborative playlist, in which everyone submits two song requests. Below you’ll find the complete list of songs, with notations for those currently in heavy rotation in the S&C house.

1. Mercy — Duffy
2. When Did Your Heart Go Missing? — Rooney
3. Birthday — Kings of Leon
4. Little Lion Man — Mumford & Sons
5. Loving Cup — The Rolling Stones
6. Jingling Baby — LL Cool J
7. Price Tag (feat. B.o.B) — Jessie J
8. Can I Kick It? — A Tribe Called Quest
9. Walk On The Wild Side — Lou Reed
10. Toob Amplifier — The Presidents of the United States of America
11. Rolling in the Deep — ADELE
12. Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer) — Pitbull
13. Otis (feat. Otis Redding) — JAY Z & Kanye West
14. My Mistakes — Eleanor Friedberger
15. Holdin On to Black Metal — My Morning Jacket
16. Hold You Back — JC Brooks & The Uptown Sounds
17. Metal Firecracker — Lucinda Williams
18. Get Me Bodied — Beyoncé
19. Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) — Chris Brown
20. Am I the Only One — Dierks Bentley
21. Cheers (Drink to That) — Rihanna
22. S&M — Rihanna
23. Baby Got Back — Sir Mix-A-Lot
24. So Lucky (Eurovision 2011 – Moldova) — Zdob Si Zdub
25. Your Touch — The Black Keys
26. Evacuate the Dancefloor (Radio Edit) — Cascada
27. Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon (Live) — The Three Degrees
28. True Loves — Hooray For Earth
29. That Way (feat. Jeremih & Rick Ross) — Wale
30. On My Level (feat. Too $hort) — Wiz Khalifa
31. I Gotta Get Drunk — Redbird
32. Rehab — Amy Winehouse

Until next year!

posted by Ms. S&C