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"skinny" drinks

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I googled it and it looks like diet coke, vodka, and lime? That doesn't sound very appealing to me.

wine isn't all that bad compared to most other drinks. If you like scotch, you could do scotch and soda. I really wish more bars stocked diet tonic, that would open up so many more options....

blubirde · Chanel

I like vodka and lime (gimlet without the rose's or maybe just a splash of rose's lime juice), diet coke and whiskey (whatever kind you like), wine, and sometimes vodka and cranberry - light on the cranberry juice. You could also do a gin gimlet - but again go light on the lime juice.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

i just do bacardi and diet w/ a lime. that's my "diet" drink if there is such a thing. USWeekly says champagne is low in calories, but that doesn't really fit in on my drinking menu.

what about vanilla vodka and diet? that could be a twist on the "skinny bitch" ?!?!

-- Edited by tara t at 18:19, 2008-02-04

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

Wait.. tonic has calories??? I usually do vodka tonic if I'm trying to watch the calories.

cc · Marc Jacobs

Totally boring but I usually just have vodka sodas if I want something less caloric. I think tara's idea of trying out flavored vodka's with a diet mixer is good.

Here's an article with the best and worst cocktails, calorie-wise.

XtinaStyles wrote:

Wait.. tonic has calories??? I usually do vodka tonic if I'm trying to watch the calories.

Tonic is sweetened. I think it has 90 or 100 calories per serving. It's soda water that doesn't have any calories.

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

OMG all these years I thought I was saving calories by ordering vodka tonics................

lynnie · Chanel

XtinaStyles wrote:

OMG all these years I thought I was saving calories by ordering vodka tonics................

Yes- I did the same thing too!!! I just discovered this about 6 months ago.

I almost always get a vodka soda. I will get gin and tonics still, regardless of the calories- I figure they don't use all that much mixer if they make it strong. Which I guess gin has calories too, but they aren't "empty" calories biggrin

jettie · Kate Spade

I really like orange vodka and soda water. its best if they garnish it with an orange (but they don't always have oranges).

Cricket · Gucci

I like gin or vodka and diet tonic, but yes, it's almost impossible to find out at a bar. I always have it in my bar at home, though. Diet Coke and Jack or Rum is good.

Farrah · Marc Jacobs

If you want to go with the vodka diet you can get vanilla or black cherry vodka in the drink. They taste like vanilla coke or cherry coke.

Karina · Chanel

i always do grey goose, club soda and a splash of lime juice

kmd · Kate Spade

i always do an absolut greyhound. although i'd prefer svedka & grapefruit juice... svedka greyhound. heh.

CarrieS · Marc Jacobs

I unfortunately can't help, since my fave drink is Red Bull & vodka, lol. But the other ladies' suggestions sound good!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Karina wrote:

i always do grey goose, club soda and a splash of lime juice

Mmm... that sounds good

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

I like Bacardi Limon and water.