Jell-o shots at The Mod

As I mentioned, when I last stayed at Laura Slipak’s The Mod Resort, she made me a martini upon check-in. Actually, she called it a Mod-tini and when I asked her if she did that for all her guests, she shrugged and said, No. “I have to get a vibe about someone. If I like them, I’ll make it.”

Well, she’s not making the Mod-tini anymore. She’s moved on. Now she makes a Jell-o-tini although she says, “That’s not a very good name for it, is it? I need to come up with something with a retro twist.”

In any case, if she’s got time in the afternoon (and often she doesn’t), she’ll make Jell-o shooters from vodka and Sour Apple Pucker schnapps, put the cubes in a cute little martini glass, top with a little whip cream, and take them out to guests lounging around the pool in the late afternoon.

“It’s just a fun thing,” she says. “And I’m all about fun.”

Okay, yes, Jell-o shots are fun. But I don’t know. I kind of miss the Mod-tini.