Do you watch the Oscars? In college we used to all get together and watch the award shows as a group!! We always ordered Chinese food for the MTV movie awards and we had ice-cream for the Grammy’s and for the Oscars we normally stepped it up a notch and dyed each other’s hair, painted our nails and drank a sweet cocktail or two! I mean, you know…it’s the Oscars!

It really was never about the awards themselves but about getting together, doing something special and seeing how all the celebrities did their hair and the dresses they wore! Even for me now, that’s what I love about the award shows! The awesome dresses, the guys in their tuxes and always wondering who was going to flabbergast everyone on the red carpet!
Here are some of my favorites that I am excited to see this year at the Oscars:
(photos courtesy of Oscar.go.com)
Now with kids, it’s hard to devote 2 hours on Sunday evenings to an awards show! Lunches need to be made, baths need to be given, library books need to be found, you know the drill! So I have a great suggestion for everyone who wants to get the details on the fashion without the two hour time commitment! PEOPLE Magazine Oscars 2013 Double Issue!
The PEOPLE Magazine Oscars 2013 Double Issue comes out on March 1st and will include everything you need to know (see) about the Oscars! Fashion, gossip and the low down on your favorite celebs! To help you with this, I am also giving away a $20 gift card to Target! That’s where I will head out to pick up my own copy!! Be sure to act fast though, it’s only available until March 18, 2013.
In honor of my college years, I wanted to share with you a perfect cocktail to drink while watching the Oscars this year! Whether you are going to a party or just sitting at home, these Raspberry Kiss Cocktails will make you feel like you are going to the fancy after party with the celebs! It’s called a Raspberry Kiss because when you drink it, the raspberries floating on top come up and “kiss” your lip! Made with raspberry and vanilla flavored vodka, they are served in Champagne flutes to give that touch of elegance and the frozen raspberries float on top just put the finishing touches!

Ingredients Needed:
- 3 ounces Raspberry flavored vodka
- 1.5 ounces Vanilla flavored vodka
- White Soda (Sprite, 7-up, Sierra Mist, etc.)
- Frozen Raspberries
- ice
Instructions
- In a shaker combine ice, both vodkas and 4-5 frozen raspberries. The Raspberries will give it that great pink color!
- Shake until chilled.
- Pour through a strainer, evenly between two champagne flutes.
- Top with White Soda.
- Add a few frozen raspberries for garnish.
Notes
A common shot glass is 1.5 ounces. 1 shot Vanilla vodka to 2 shots of Raspberry vodka. You can use fresh raspberries but the frozen ones also keep your drink chilled nicely :)
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i’m super excited to see anne hathaway! she’s my have!
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I love to see some masculine eye candy on the cover of People! Give me some Ben Affleck w/ a side of Channing Tatum please :-)
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I love Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway’s down to earth attitudes so I’d like to see them make the cover. I’d also like to see some of the animated features- Brave and Frankenweenie would also be picks of mine.
I’m looking forward to seeing Anne Hathaway!
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Keira Knightley
Id like to see Emma Stone
Bradley Cooper
I want to see Emma Stone
I’d love to see Anne Hathaway!
Anne Hathaway!
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Channing Tatum would be nice.
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I’d like to see Daniel Day Lewis.
Brad Pitt
January Jones!
I would love to see Anne Hathaway!
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon, Emma Stone, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Aniston, Ryan Gosling!
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Bradley Cooper
Hugh Jacksman
I would like to see Teresa Palmer or Scarlett johansen
Anne Hathaway
RYAN GOSLING! and Anne Hathaway
I would like to see Taylor Swift
I’d love to see Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner!
I wish I had one of those cocktails right now…!
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I’d love to see Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway
I would love to see Bradley Cooper – hes is such a cutie! Love the cocktail recipe too :)
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Hi Che!
Maureen
Id love to see jennifer lawrence!
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Jessica Chastain!
Hugh Jackman and Jamie Foxx
Russell Crowe
Johnny Depp
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I like Anne Hathaway. Also Hugh Jackman is one of my favorite as well
Anne Hathaway!! LOVE her!
Jennifer Lawrence or Ben Affleck!
I would love to see jennifer lawrence and bradley cooper
Reese Witherspoon or Anne Hathaway
Jennifer Lawerence. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I’d like to see Christoph Waltz.
jennifer lawrence! Thanks!
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Jennifer Lawrence! yeah, she fell, but I bet most people wouldn’t handle it with the grace she did!