So, with the many April Fool’s jokes this week, I thought I’d give you a bit of a fun cocktail:

Drinky: Black Magic

When served it’s off white in color due to the pineapple juice but as it settles down the color of dark rum appears. Wait until the second or third cocktail and then introduce this, its fun watching peoples reactions as their drink changes colour.

Ingredients:

* 150ml Pineapple juice
* 30ml dark rum
* Dash of orange squash
* Dash of lemon juice
* 10ml grenadine syrup
* 30ml Peter Herring cherry liqueur

Method:

1. Blend all the ingredients with three cubes of ice
2. Pour this in a cocktail glass and serve

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Linky’s:

Have to have: Ninja Throwing star magnets

Will stop the Madonna Linkage but, I have no idea how to process how this makes me feel

This will be stuck beside my door from now on!

Possibly the cutest way of celebrating a growing new arrival: Belly Series

New things for my bike, new things for your bike?

Monkeyeletric Bike Lights

And something I got this weekend, once I’ve tried it I’ll let you know how (if) it works:   a coffee holder for your bike

Cup-to-go from Tazzina Cafe on Browersgracht

Can imagine Xbox will be on the list for one of these some magical day soon

And the loveliest ad I have ever seen (yes I know its evil Coca-Cola advertising)
Made my uterus cry, from my eye sockets!

#alanshair tried to take Alan by suprise

From this weeks BTW metup in Dublin (more to come perhaps in other cities)

Alan Costello posts his favorite images Set One & Set Two

Over at the Kitchn they have some seriously good tv snacks *drool*

1. DIY Microwave Potato Chips – Make your own potato chips! So easy, and you control how thin and crispy they are.

2. Bacon-Wrapped Potato Bites with Spicy Sour Cream Dipping Sauce – Wow! The mother of all sports-party appetizers. Deeeliciioussss……

3. Kale Chips – Keep it really light with these surprisingly addictive and tasty kale chips. Try with some vinegar and olive oil, or some pepper and sea salt. Delicious!

So the Obama’s give the Queen an iPod, but Michelle got a little more personal

Check out the video of the 8sec protocol shocker

Hug me Queeny!

Sinead Cochrane gave us a peek at her research on Irish Blogging and not to be outdone by one so young,

A University of Melbourne study published suggests that workers that use Facebook and Twitter during the workday are more productive.

The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.

Another study, shows that having sisters make for better mental health in families?
*shakes head* Come round my house and I’ll show you how wrong that is!

Speaking of families, Sweden allows Same-Sex Marriage
And Iowa also upholds Same-Sex Marriage rights lawyer for the plaintiff’s Dennis Jonson said:

Go get married, live happily ever after, live the American dream

Adam & Eve

And finally:

The Register reports, that a German website has been given till the 6th April to pull their site or face legal action.

File Sharing? Piracy? Porn?

No! Playmobil!!
Playmobil are not happy with Klicky-bible’s depiction of scenes from the Bible using thier figures.

Tonight’s cocktail: Tulip Cocktail

• 1 shot / 30 ml / 1 oz Calvados
• 1 shot / 30 ml / 1 oz sweet vermouth
• ½ shot / 15 ml / ½ oz lemon juice juice
• ½ shot / 15 ml / ½ oz apricot brandy

Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain in to a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

The Tulip Cocktail is another taken from the pages of The Savoy Cocktail Book. It is a rich and fruity cocktail, with plenty of apple upfront and a long apricot finish. The vermouth provides a floral bitterness that along with the lemon juice provides a counterbalance to the sweetness of the Calvados and apricot brandy. The Tulip has a complexity that I really love in a cocktail, and despite the small amount of apricot brandy used it has a surprisingly strong effect on the drink. Definitely a drink worth exploring – highly recommended…

Apart from being yum, it is my choice in celebration of the Dutch national flower, to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Keukenhof. They are using the anniversary to mark the 400 years since Henry Hudson stepped off a ship owned by Dutch East India Company, purchased the land for the modern equivalent of UD$1,000 from a tribe that didnt own it and proclaimed it New Amsterdam.

Anyhow, when my mum comes to visit at the end of April we are going to visit the Tulips

On with the Linkage

While 99 Designs might not be the best way to get new work and protect your copyright Mashable held a competition to redesign their logo - which one do you like best?

The Guardian’s piece on “The Rise and Rise of Twitter” makes for interesting reading

Wallace and Gromit’s new ad for Npower, more here on Creative Review

Click here to view the embedded video.

Madonna wants to expand her brood, PopSugar reports

Yesterday it was confirmed that Madonna is trying to adopt a little girl from Malawi though there’s already controversy as the process moves forward. The little girl is an orphan named Mercy, and Madonna will appear in court on Monday to take the next steps.

Some thought Madonna got special treatment when she adopted David Banda, and the procedures could be even more complicated this time since she’ll be a single mom and there’s rumors of her personal life getting in the way

While we are on the topic of families, here are three posts from Travelling but not in love who has been hosting his lovely mother, aunt and cousin.  Read these while drinking your cuppa and risk a keyboard full of tea!  He is one funny guy and his mother and he make quite the double act.

Panti explains the Bicycle in homo friendly terms

The Lisa Hannigan video, for Lille, the pop up book was designed by Maeve Clancy of Flatmates fame.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Flatmates is a year old! And to celebrate, the first 10 people to send their postal address to Maeve with ‘Flatmates Poster’ in the subject heading will win signed limited edition posters.

@paddydonnelly ‘s fantastic set of Origami Web 2.0 icons

Grandad opens his advice clinic doors, Sunday suit you sir?

Dine to read.ie was this weeks Tuesday Push, looks like a really interesting way to meet new people and share a book and a meal.

Kevin Coleman finished his Guide to Blogging in three easy parts

And finally,

Found this week while the wonderful @fontfiddler was over to visit

Plop Chocolate Pudding

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