There's Nothing Embarrassing About Drinking a Strawberrini
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There's Nothing Embarrassing About Drinking a Strawberrini

It looks like a My Little Pony took a spin in a blender, but it's delicious, and there's no shame in that.

It's 2016, dammit, and it's high time we eradicate the stigma surrounding adorable pink cocktails. We reserve the right to proudly sip our sugar-rimmed concoctions publicly, and we will raise our martini glasses high in the face of persecution.

If there's one person who has our back, it's Lisa Vanderpump—the perpetually-accessorized former Real Housewife and current restaurateur is a fancy mixed drink personified. Her West Hollywood outpost, SUR, is dripping with shiny, sparkly vibes, the exact kind of place you'd expect to find something called a "Strawberrini". SUR bartenders and Vanderpump Rules regulars Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval show us how to make the cocktail at home, and it's (surprisingly) not cloyingly sweet or one-note, thanks to a sizable hit of muddled citrus.

RECIPE: Strawberrini

Yes, it looks like a My Little Pony took a spin in a blender. And it's fucking cute, so forget the haters and their dark, neat drinks and repeat after us: There's no shame in the Strawberrini game.