Sexy vampire fans, the premiere of True Blood's sixth season is finally happening this weekend, on June 16. Have you planned your True Blood party, yet? Sookie, Bill, and Eric are coming over to your place, and you know they'll be thirsty. What are you serving?

We've got a fun cocktail for you. It's a twist on the Bloody Mary made with Pisco instead of vodka. Pisco is a grape brandy from Chile and Peru. So this cocktail is going to be a sweet spin on the classic. If that sounds right up your alley, and you always find yourself feeling thirsty for something thick and red, check out this recipe.

I'm just a little bit obsessed with cocktails. NOT because I'm a lush -- I'm a lightweight, so I can't indulge very much at all. It's for the silliest reason: I just love the way they look. All those special glasses, and the way the light shines through the liquid inside. 

Okay, I also love the taste of a great cocktail, too. There are so many possibilities -- it's endlessly inspiring. But again, I'm a lightweight. The answer? Light, fruity drinks that guild your summer afternoons and nights. Add a little seltzer water, or a lot, to any of these recipes and you can enjoy that drink a lot longer (admiring it there in your hand) without getting totally sauced. Here's eight beautiful summer drinks for sipping.

If you love buffalo wings, and you love potato skins, this recipe is for you. Closet Cooking's Buffalo Chicken Potato Skins recipe is brilliant. It's gooey and cheesy with just the right amount of spice. They're a crowd-pleaser for sure. Make these for your Super Bowl party this weekend and people will request them again and again.

A couple tips since I made these this morning (best second breakfast ever, by the way). It seems like you're using a lot of hot sauce, but those starchy potatoes really absorb the spice. You know your heat tolerance, so definitely alter the recipe according to your taste. Just know that they're not as spicy as you'd think. And my other tip is: Good God these are delicious!

Hey Super Bowl fans, I have something VERY IMPORTANT to tell you. Listen up, it could be devastating news. Word on the street is that chicken wings will reach record-high prices right before the game. That's right -- WINGAGEDDON is upon us!

A perfect storm of high feed prices and football-related demand is pushing those chicken wing prices up, up, and up at the grocery store. But do not panic. I repeat: Do not panic. A little planning will help you cope with our national pre-Super Bowl chicken wing crisis.

I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like I need a shot of vodka every time I hear the words "fiscal cliff." It so deserves to be on Lake Superior State University's banished words list, doesn't it? Which reminds me ... actually, that might make a good drinking game! Because. Ermahgerd, 2012. It's been all the talk at parties this holiday season -- this was one helluva year.

So here are four drinking games for 2012. If you're at a New Year's Eve party tonight -- or even if you're just watching the ball drop from warm, cozy safety of your sofa -- it's what all the cool kids-over-21 will be doing. Let's toast to the stories we want to wash away in 2013!

Um, wow, doesn't anyone else feel like they need a great, big cocktail? I'm not just talking about the hectic holidays. I'm talking about these crazy headlines! The news seemed especially crazy this year, what with all the naked flesh-eating zombies, the Olympic games, and the Presidential election. Someone pour me a tall one -- of anything.

No, actually, I think I'd like a different cocktail for every major news story for the year. I don't even want to think about the hangover I'll have come January 1, 2013. Just pour me one of those Bath Salt Gin 'tinis!

Remember all that talk about 12/12/12 and the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar? Welllll, funny thing ... I guess we had the date wrong? Or something? Because the REAL end of the world is actually this Friday, 12/21/12. And now that you know, you have exactly two days to plan your End of the World Party.

Wink, wink and all that.

Okay, obviously I don't believe in all that nonsense, but it does sound like a fun theme for a party. Don't you think? Here's a few ideas to get you started.

It's now officially holiday season, and you know what that means? Holiday cocktails! Time to par-tay! Oh yeah. For some of us, the time between Thanksgiving and New Years is practically an alcohol tsunami, with toasting and celebrations happening all the time.

And that's just fine with me. But I'm pausing here for a moment to review my booze rules. These are the little rules I have about drinking. Because I grew up in a teetotaler home I've had to figure a lot of this stuff out on my own. I learned the hard way that I don't have to eagerly accept every single time someone offers me a drink. Here's when I say no, and when I say go.