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While in DC, we enjoyed a day outing on the Lanna Bear, which is the affectionate pet name for my cousin Lanna’s boat.
The Lanna Bear is a fantastic way to enjoy the DC sights. We viewed the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Pentagon, and more as we cruised towards Georgetown.
We enjoyed watching planes landing at Reagan National, too. RIGHT over us!
Then we headed as far south as Mt. Vernon, to view it from water.
There was even time for a nap!
There’s my skipper, lounging on a Lanna Bear embroidered towel (and pillow). Yes, there’s a terrycloth pillow.
The first time I cruised on the Lanna Bear, we enjoyed Lanna’s refreshing and entirely-addictive sangria. It has been my summer sangria of choice ever since, rightfully titled “Lanna Bear Boat Sangria”.
Of course I made some the other day as I was reminiscing over trip photos.
Yum, yum, yum.
Lanna Bear Boat Sangria, from Lanna
makes a large pitcher
1 bottle red wine
1 lemon, cut into wedges
1 orange, cut into wedges
1 lime, cut into wedges
2 Honeycrisp or Gala apples, cut into wedges
2 tablespoons sugar
Splash of orange juice
2 shots of gin
Ginger Ale
Pour wine into a large pitcher. Squeeze a bit of juice from lemon, orange, and lime wedges (being careful to avoid pulp and seeds) into pitcher. Toss citrus wedges into wine, leaving out seeds if possible. Add apples, sugar, orange juice, and gin. Chill overnight.
To serve:
- For self service, add ginger ale and ice to pitcher, and let guests serve themselves or
- To serve guests individually, put ice into each glass, then fill each glass half full (or more, depending on how strong you want your drink) of wine mixture and top off with ginger ale.
I usually slice some limes and oranges too, as you can see, to add to each individual glass for looks.
One of the best parts of sangria is the apple boozy fruit.
Boozy fruit: Fruit that has soaked for hours in an alcoholic mixture, thus infusing it with booze.
The apple slices are delicious. Everyone wants a wine and gin soaked apple slice!
Sip slowly, with eyes closed and imagine you’re on a boat. Or, better yet, drink while on a boat.
Hospitably Yours,
Stephanie
Lanna said:
ANOTHER blog shout-out?? I am so swanky :) Though now I feel like a terrible Lanna Bear hostess for the fact that we DIDN’T have boat sangria and boozy fruit for our day cruise! We did have copious amounts of doughnuts and fried chicken though…
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