Blondie's Libations: Spicy Vodka, Awesome View

When Moniker and Loc Dog tied the knot last summer, it was a gorgeous wedding accompanied by outrageously delicious food. Lucky for us, her caterer, Great Performances, is awesome and throws parties, like the one she brought me to last week. It was a celebration of vodka.

This celebration took place in Frederick P. Rose Hall aka Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Building. I'd never been in this space before, and was blown away by the view. It is utterly fantastic, right above Columbus Circle looking straight down 59th Street. The room itself is on hydraulics and the tiers can be shifted around.

They offered a few different types of infused vodka, and three signature cocktails, a ginger apple martini, a pumpkin chili martini, and a jalapeno Tommy. Moniker and I found the pumpkin and jalapeno to be a bit too spicy, while we thoroughly enjoyed the ginger apple.

Of course, they served more of their delicious food, including this steak and fries with a side of spinach flan.

And this dinner box of fried chicken, a mini waffle, collard greens, and mac and cheese. If I ever throw a party nice enough to need catering, this little box of awesome will be on the menu, you can bank on that!

Little did I know, Great Performances is an eco-friendly caterer. They use one of our favorite farms, Katchkie, as well as recently being awarded the Snail of Approval by Slow Food NYC, a very high accolade in my book. One of the giveaways was Katchkie products, ketchup (for me), pickles (for Moniker), and beets (for neither of us.) All in all, it was an outstanding event held by a great company.

For more information on Great Performances, please visit their website: www.greatperformances.com, or email info at greatperformances dot com.