As many of you know I have been head of the Ways and Means Committee at my children's school. It's a small school PreK - 8th grade. We have a few fundraisers and events. In the fall we'll host our annual wine tasting and in the spring our annual auction. We're going to change things a bit to make the auction a much more fun party. If a family hasn't offered to host it at their home we hold it at the school, traditionally that has been the auditorium. This year our hope is to tent it and bring it outside, as there is nothing so festive as a large palladium tent and some lovely catered food. But the economy has hit the Housewives of Fairfield County and we need to set our budget lower as parent spending had lessened a good bit. We're still working out many ideas but have one thing agreed upon, we will offer wine, beer and a martini bar. This seems simple and can keep alcohol costs down. We would like to have a signature martini and called it The Gatortini as our school mascot which is featured on the school's logo is an alligator.
What comes to your mind when you thing Gatortini?
(Picture above is from a Lacoste shirt that I suspect to be about 30 years old! It was my father's. In the 80s it was cool to wear oversized -- dad's or brother's -- shirts to school. We had a uniform but when worn tucked in this shirt was fine. He gave it to me because he was going to toss it. It was quite worn even then! I recently came across it and a couple others I wore as a child that I think are now too small for even Rebecca. They're in my closet. I don't think I will part with them!)