The Chinatown

This entry was written by guest contributor TCD, one of the brains behind the DC Food Blog.

Last Saturday, my friend Writergirl and her high school friends were generous enough to let us see the long lost episodes of their homemade sitcom, "Makin' It thru the Day". Imagine a group of smart midwestern daughters of college professors and their little brothers deciding to do a parody of every cheesy family sitcom, produced complete with bad puns, slutty neighbor girls and an "everyone hugs" ending. And since I am totally addicted to so-bad-it's-good television, I forced Writergirl and her friends to show us their parodies of afterschool specials, including Choices: One Girl's Story (she's keeping her baby) and Three Cheers for Murder.

When watching such a smorgasbord of hilarity and bad camera work, alcohol must be present and in abundance. In honor of our high school years, Writergirl was kind enough to make homemade version of Matchbox's Chinatown - which tastes like an upmarket, adult version of the wine coolers I used to drink in high school...and college. Ah, the halcyon days of Bartle's and Jaymes.

From Writergirl, The "Chinatown" is (all numbers totally approximate):

3 oz Watermelon vodka
1 oz triple sec
splash of sprite
splash of sour mix
tiny splash of cranberry juice for color