Fun Stuff
Fail Whale Martini
Those of you on Twitter will understand the prolific Fail Whale that tells us that Twitter is overloaded. For those of you not on Twitter, get to it and sign up here! Drink this martini while you’re setting up your profile. You may be much more charming and intelligent.
This martini is featured in [...]
Snowpocalypse: Snowed In with Business Books
If you are in the Mid-Atlantic region you know what I speak of when I refer to the weekend’s blizzard as Snowpocalypse (or Snowmageddon). It was major snowfall, even for this Idaho girl. We ventured out briefly to trot around the city and take pictures of the sites in the snow, but most of the [...]
Candied Bacon Martinis
Mmm…bacon.
Thanks to primermagazine.com for the suggestion on this artery clogging, liver pickling glass of goodness.
Photo from LATimes.com
This martini is featured in our January e-newsletter, The Gibson. If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!
Ingredients:
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka (top shelf)
1 ounce Applejack brandy or apple-flavored liqueur
1/2 ounce amaretto liqueur
1/2 ounces good-quality [...]
Merry Christmas! (Some GDM Team Memories)
We hope that you all had a very merry Christmas and happy holidays thus far. For many of us, decorating the Christmas tree is a favorite pastime during December. It’s especially nostalgic when you take out that beloved ornament that brings back memories of yesteryear.
Here are some favorite ornaments and the memories that they evoke [...]
Cinnamon Fig Martini- Christmas Cheer!
This martini was featured in our December e-newsletter, The Gibson. If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!
Many of the Christmas and holiday martinis that I found sounded very sweet and thick. This one, however, is a perfect marriage of class and elegance to add to a holiday night.
Ingredients:
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) [...]
Pumpkin Pie Martini
This martini was featured in our November e-newsletter, The Gibson. If you don’t receive The Gibson, click here to sign up!
Before Thanksgiving dinner I made these martinis for our party. Let me just say that I am not an amateur drinker and these are POTENT (yet outrageously delicious). You might want to limit yourself to [...]
Thanksgiving Memories From Our Team
It’s almost the day that, regardless of creed, we all celebrate and give thanks.
I asked a few of our Gibson team members to write about their favorite Thanksgiving memories. Here is what they said:
“Growing up as the youngest child in my family (by so many years – I would almost say I was an only [...]
GDM Welcomes New Director, Member Services
Gibson Design Management is excited to announce the promotion of Martha Kirkpatrick, previously our Associate Director, Project Sourcing to Director, Member Services. Martha is a perfect fit for this new position. Her work in the industry, on behalf of both showrooms and designers, and her unwavering desire to provide the highest level of member service [...]
One Interior Designer’s Rise to Rock Star Status
A few weeks ago, after I learned that Tim Schelfe, ASID–of Schelfe and Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina–was chosen to participate in The Nation’s Next Top Model Home competition, I jokingly sent Tim an email saying, “You are a rock star!” Joking aside, Tim seems to have reached rock star status with this great opportunity as [...]
Fun Friday Fodder on Facebook
Yes, we just alliterated.
If you have not become a fan of Gibson Design Management on Facebook yet, hurry up! Today I am writing about a great gift app that we added to the page called “Send a Martini!”. Through this gift app, you can send any of your Facebook friends a martini (there are currently [...]
