{"id":2406,"date":"2014-07-18T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2022-10-13T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T11:40:07","slug":"cheers-to-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/cheers-to-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheers to Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/6107893482_19f265f4da_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2418\" title=\"6107893482_19f265f4da_o\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/6107893482_19f265f4da_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/6107893482_19f265f4da_o.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/6107893482_19f265f4da_o-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Becky Boyd,\u00a0<em>The Pajama Company Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about Fridays during the summer&#8230;they&#8217;re just a little sweeter. The weather is warm and sitting back with a nice cool cocktail is the perfect way to cap off the week!<\/p>\n<p>Whip up a round of this delicious summer cocktail, add some Island music and great company, and head outdoors!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watermelon Vodka Cooler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 pounds watermelon, rind and seeds discarded and the flesh cut into pieces, plus thin slices of watermelon for garnish<br \/>\n1\/2 cup vodka<br \/>\n1\/4 cup Triple Sec<br \/>\n3 tablespoons fresh lime juice<\/p>\n<p>In a blender pur\u00e9e the watermelon pieces and strain the pur\u00e9e through a very fine sieve set over a pitcher, discarding the solids. (There should be about 2-1\/3 cups juice). Stir in the vodka, the Triple Sec, and the lime juice, pour the cooler into long-stemmed glasses filled with ice cubes, and garnish each drink with a watermelon slice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*******<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and we have some really fun Happy Hour inspired pajamas that we think are just the cutest! We can&#8217;t help but share our picks!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2429\" title=\"product_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image1-136x300.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cat&#8217;s Pajamas &#8220;Happy Hour&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2431\" title=\"product_image (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-2.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-2-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be As You Are &#8220;Martini Girl&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2430\" title=\"product_image (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-1.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/product_image-1-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be As You Are &#8220;Peace, Love &amp; Happy Hour&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29285241@N03\/6107893482\/\">sweetbeetandgreenbean<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecteezy.com\/free-photos\">Compfight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recipe Credit: Epicurious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Becky Boyd,\u00a0The Pajama Company Editor Happy Friday! There&#8217;s something about Fridays during the summer&#8230;they&#8217;re just a little sweeter. The weather is warm and sitting back with a nice cool cocktail is the perfect way to cap off the week! Whip up a round of this delicious summer cocktail, add some Island music and great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,375],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happy-hour","category-yummy-recipe","tag-happy-hour-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8911,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/8911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}