meet lacey.

We are almost through the original 10 CCC'ers... but don't worry, we will share bios of our new cocktailers, and maybe throw in a few surprise bios as well!

Meet Lacey!


Q. How old do people think you look?
A. Older than 21, since I rarely get carded anymore…but I’m sure younger than I actually am. Surely.

Q. Where were you born?
A.  Jackson, Michigan

Q. Are you waiting for something?
A. Crab Island season to begin!

Q. What’s one pet peeve of yours? 
A. When people don’t hit “reply all” on their emails. Thanks, now I have to become a mailman and deliver to everyone else.

Q. What do you do?
A. Attorney, doing mainly corporate litigation.  My desire to be a lawyer began in 4th grade when I successfully prosecuted my best friend's bully (who also happened to be an ex of mine). Revenge is sweet!

Q. What is your favorite cocktail? 
A. Dirrrrty martini with blue cheese stuffed olives, or a great mojito or caprihina. The last two are hard to come by.

Q. What was the last thing you drank?
A. Non-alcoholic: Water. Alcoholic: Vodka and water (see the subtle change?)

Q. What is your favorite dining/drinking establishment?
A. Harbor Docks for the sushi and the entertainment on the Deck!

Q. What is the first thing you look for in a male?
A. Physically: Nice smile, good hair. Personality-wise: Wittiness and ability to carry on an intelligent conversation. 

Q. What CD is in your cd player right now/ song on ipod?
A. The Mirror Conspiracy by Thievery Corporation, although my go-to station on Pandora as been "Salt n' Pepa" lately. 

Q.If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be? 
A. Unlimited funds and free time to gather up everyone important to me and endlessly travel the world.  A higher metabolism would be great too. 

Q. Where do you want to go on vacation?
A. Southeast Asia, Greece, anywhere tropical with a beautiful beach. 

Q. What can’t you wait for?
A. I'm a pretty patient person, but I'm excited to celebrate Cameron's birthday tonight at Harbor Docks!

Q. What is your biggest regret?
A. I only regret things I didn’t do….so I’m trying to learn from that. A big one is that I wish I studied in Spain for longer than I did.

Q. When was the last time you cried really, really hard?
A. About a year ago. I don’t know if that’s good or bad?

Q. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
A. Celery. Loudly.

Q. What is your favorite food?
A. My grandma’s mac n’ cheese.  Simple, yet impossible to re-create. 

Q. What are your nicknames?
A. Ace, LC, Lacey Loo, Yankee Spy…that’s about it.

Q. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?
A. Back to my beginning, I'd do it all over again!

Q. What is something you are passionate about?
A. Recycling! hahaha

Q. At what age did you consider yourself an “adult”?
A. My presents still go under the 'kids' tree at Christmas, so not yet.

Q. What was the best/worst gift you ever rec’d?
A. Ugh, this is hard. I also have a terrible memory.  I would say the worst is some sappy romance DVD from a boyfriend...then he told me it was because it was the first movie we saw together. Soooo, then I felt like an insensitive jerk. We broke up shortly thereafter. haha! Best would probably be a scrapbook from my best friend, Paige, summing up my life through my senior year in high school. 

Q. What was the best party you’ve ever been to?
A. Any Party Bus thrown with Candice back in Ann Arbor. 

Q. Have you ever broken a bone?
A. Not my own...

Q. Would you go on Dancing with the Stars?
A. Absolutely, Spider Monkey Backbend would capture the Mirror Ball Trophy for sure!

Q. If your life had a sound track, what would be the opening and closing song?
A. Opening: Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-lot (Hey, I weighed nearly10lbs at birth) Closing: My Way - Frank Sinatra (hopefully that would be accurate)

Q. What do eat on your pizza?
A. Everything. My fave combo is chicken, artichokes, black olives, and feta.

Q. Do people ever mistake you for someone else?
A. Yes, Acie. ALL THE TIME.  Even when I'm not blonde like she is!

Q. From start to finish, how long does it take you to get ready to go out with the CCC?
A. About an hour, maybe a little less if the first outfit is a winner (which rarely happens).

Q. Who in the CCC have you known the longest?
A. Candice, back to the good ole law school days in Ann Arbor.

Q. What is something that we all should know about you?
A. I grew up on my grandparent’s dairy farm in a far away, frozen land called Michigan. Oh, and I read my horoscope every day, and usually make important life-decisions based on what it says. 

Fill in the Blank: The CCC is a crazy conglomeration of beautiful and intelligent women who will fill up your social calendar in the blink of an eye; not to mention every bartender's dream!  
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february 22 is national margarita day!

So we've been a little busy and are a little behind, but better late than never- right??
February 22, or more properly known as NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY just happened to follow FAT TUESDAY this year, so we had an eventful week to say the least!
Fat Tuesday was celebrated with beads, daiquiris, masks, and parades at The Village of Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin!
 National Margarita day was celebrated at one of our faves, La Paz in Destin.
Though we come here all of the time and love it, we felt necessary to do a critique for everyone and anyone who may want to join us one day!!
This was an all girl event and about 10 of us showed. We ate, drank, and were very much merry!


Since it was National Margarita Day and such, we expected it to be crowded and to have to down margaritas while waiting for a table, so we did what any experienced party would do... made reservations! However, everyone else must've heard that we were going to be there and ran away. Which is okay with us! So the ambiance was a little empty, but A-OKAY with the CCC.
 Not sure how we lucked out on the fact that this nationally recognized holiday, just happened to fall on 2 for 1 margarita day at La Paz, (which happens weekly on Wednesdays) but the stars just had to have been on our side! Russ, the bartender for the evening, also just happens to sling the best margaritas in town. Double Jackpot!!!


The food was fabulous as usual. It's delicious, fresh, and we will keep coming back for more!


The fare at La Paz is very fair for all of the food you get! Plus, we could probably eat a million dollars worth of chips and salsa.
We all think Russ, our bartender/server for the evening, is the cutest thing ever, but is considered the boy next door to some of us.... however a few of us thought he should have left his number on the back of the check and we weren't even mad that he had to kick us out at 10:30! (It was probably for the best...)


 SHOCKER! We were the most attractive people in the place... who would have thought?!?
The service was all around great, which can be expected from La Paz! We've never had a bad experience there.


La Paz doesn't really have a view, but is centrally located to everyone and has a great looking parking lot full of pretty palm trees!


La Paz has a pretty standard ladies room. Mirror, sink, potty. However, not one of us mentioned that the lighting was terrible... so that is a very good thing!


Since we pretty much owned La Paz on this hump/margarita day; the parking lot was allllll ours!


We love La Paz and will be back regardless of holiday, but you can betcha that we'll be there on Cinco De Mayo!! See you there! Adios!

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