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In this weeks post we look at the perfect cocktails for the season, we have a look at the what's coming up in Worthing, a review of how Ten can be sending you to Ibiza this summer and have a little giggle at the expense of the contributors to YouTube.com.


IBIZA BOUND:
This summer you don't need to be booking your own holiday as Ten is set to give away trip to Ibiza for you and a friend.
All you need to do is come along to Ten on a Thursday night, when you buy a drink we exchange your money for 'Ten' dollars which you can use to buy tickets for the prize draw.  We aren't limiting the amount of entries any one person can have, so you can get as may entries as you like in to us, but do please collect responsibly.

We will be a veritable bureau de change on the following dates; 28th July, 4th August, 11th August and our finale on the 18th August 2011.  The finale is an 'A' Level Results Free Party, where you don't need to be a student to get decent discounts on your favorite drinks.  So start collecting your dollars and you could be on your way to one of Europe's biggest party scenes.

Every week, as we near the final event we will indicating the week and global position with our little Ten style plane.  We have divided up the continent into the four weeks; Week 1, England; week 2, Northern France; week 3,  Southern France; week 4, Ibiza.  So you can follow the progress of the plane as it travels through each stage to the final event on the 18th August 2011.


Travel Trivia:
The distance of 873 miles between London means that our little plane will be travelling 218 miles per week, which equates to 31 miles per day and approximately 1.2 m.p.h.  This means its moving at the same speed as a Tegenearia Atrica spider, and nearly twice as fast as a Seahorse.




SPRING COCKTAIL COLLECTION:

As you may have been able to ascertain from our last post, "spring done sprung" and to mark this wonderful, albeit brief, addition to the English weather system we have listed a few cocktails that you can try making yourself.  Try them out and then try Ten's versions including the Raspberry Mojito, Pina Colada or the infamous Long Island Iced Tea.


1. Tropical Blue Margarita
1 1/2 oz  Tequila
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 oz lime juice
coarse salt
Rub rim of cocktail glass with lime juice. Dip rim in coarse salt. Shake tequila, blue curacao, and lime juice with ice, strain into the salt-rimmed glass, and serve.

2. Pink Lemonade Cocktail (serves 4-6)
1 (12-oz.) can frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
3 (12-oz.) bottles beer (not dark), chilled
3/4 cup vodka, chilled
Ice
Garnishes: fresh cranberries, citrus slices
via MyRecipes.com

3. Passion Fruit Mojitos
Combine in a pitcher 2 parts Passion Fruit Mojito mix, 1 part white rum, and ice. Mix, then pour into ice-filled glasses. Top with a splash of club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig and a lime slice.
via RedbookMag

4. Raspberry Beer Cocktails (serves 6)
3/4 cup frozen raspberries
3 1/2 (12-oz.) bottles beer, chilled
1 (12-oz.) container frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate, thawed
1/2 cup vodka
Garnish: lemon and lime slices
Stir together first 4 ingredients. Serve over ice.
via MyRecipes.com

5.  Kiwi Colada (serves 6)
5 peeled kiwifruit, divided
3 cups ice
1/4 cup light rum
1/4 cup Midori (melon-flavored liqueur)
3 tablespoons Cream of Coconut (such as Coco Lopez)
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
via Cooking Light

6. Blackberry Julep (serves 1)
1 1/2 oz. Marie Brizard Blackberry
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. water
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass  filled crushed ice. Stir until the glass begins to frost. Garnish with marinated mixed berries

SOMETHING ELSE:
And now for our Something Else section, and this week we have a laugh at the expense of some of the wonderfully 'talented' people there are at YouTube.com.  Enjoy!

 A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE VISITED TEN OVER THE LAST WEEK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR PRETTY FACES AGAIN SOON!