The Cosmopolitan: Pink, Chic and Back

As much as you may love it or hate it...The Cosmopolitan is back! Why you ask? Sex and the City is back. The new movie is released nationwide at the end of May but the fever has already hit and with that there is a lot more talk of the Cosmopolitan. There's a Sex and the City tour in New York which takes guests to movie locations, including the bars where the drink of choice is almost obvious. In the movie (which has already premiered) the girls ask themselves why they stopped drinking it (according to Linda Barnard of the Toronto Star) and there has been a few more pink drinks passed across the bars. Bartenders and party hosts should be prepared to make a lot of these over the summer; it will be the drink on many minds, even if it is subliminal.

Where has the Cosmo been? It's been around and it is still many people's tipple of choice but I think the majority got bored with it; maybe it was kind of a gateway "Martini". The attention the drink once received has diminished because there are a lot of Cosmopolitan-like cocktails that are fun to explore and an increasing interest in the classic and non-vodka cocktails. The Cosmo itself has inspired many of these drinks, including the Rosy Rum Cosmo, Campari Cosmo, Crantini and Maya Magic. So stock up on the vodka, cranberry, Cointreau and limes because this season may be a very pink.