Best Dressed: Derby Edition

This post’s title is such a tease isn’t it? Hope y'all had an amazing and well-dressed Derby weekend. (Mine was A-MAZ-ING!) I started off the weekend in Kentucky with a Derby Party… Guess who won best dressed? Haha… no not me. ;) A friend won… I suspect it was the white shoes no socks combo… and the entourage of females.

My dress was from J Crew Factory online... these pictures do not do it justice. I’m pretty obsessed with all of their preppy dresses.  They have so many options perfect for summer Baby & Wedding Showers or a Derby Party…. Whichev.

363 Days till Derby 2014!!

XOXO, Elle

Happy Oaks Day!

If you are living under a rock (or a state other than Kentucky or Ohio) you may not know what Happy Oaks  Day means. The Oaks is the Day before the Kentucky Derby. AKA the day when schools close in Kentucky to so everyone can drink Mint Juleps, wear big hats and gamble. (...Only in Kentucky.) Mint Juleps are the official drink of the Kentucky Derby... and every good Derby Party. I usually post my version of cocktail recipes but this time I am being official! Here ya go... Straight from the Kentucky Derby! 

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The Early Times Mint Julep Recipe

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• Sprigs of fresh mint
• Crushed ice
• Early Times Kentucky Whisky
• Silver Julep Cups

Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Early Times Kentucky Whisky. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

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Recipe located: 

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/experience/traditions/mint-julep2

Have a Safe Derby Weekend Ladies!!! 
Cheers!

XOXO, Elle