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i am now blogging about water.

July 21, 2011

On our recent vacations to Hot New Orleans and Very Hot Palm Desert, the hotels each had a pretty dispenser full of fruit infused ice water available to prohibit people from passing out in the lobby.

Yesterday, determined to carry on the vacation vibe and stay hydrated, I picked up a bunch of lemons and limes to add to my own ice water. And then I figured I might as well go all out and fill up a giant pitcher to encourage the flavor infusing and to make refills all day long simple.

Paul would absolutely laugh at me (and the photos I took of the process) but he's not home so I'm rolling with it. Besides, he'd totally pour a glass or six too.

p.s. loved Angela's photo of the same idea.

p.p.s. I'm making a pitcher of strawberry infused water today.

Posted in what we eat

35 responses to “i am now blogging about water.”

Sherry

July 21, 2011

We usually just squeeze in the lemon and/or lime as we’re ready to drink our water. BUT. I might have to try this, too, and have the water on the ready.
That old glass pitcher I’ve been hoarding will be perfect for this.

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Sarah

July 21, 2011

I think this is a great idea. My girlfriends and I had a girl’s tea party a couple of weeks ago, and we had strawberry water. It was refreshingly lovely. Go for it!

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Kayla Aimee

July 21, 2011

this make me wish I was not allergic to citrus!

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Ashlee

July 21, 2011

This has been one of my favorite go-to drinks this summer! Lemons, limes, strawberries, and oranges have all found their way into my glass! It’s a subtle and yummy twist to water! My guilty pleasure is adding two lemons to a glass and a packet of sweet and low. It’s like makeshift lemonade! ❤

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Kim

July 21, 2011

fabulous!! what gorgeous photos!!

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Samantha

July 21, 2011

Hi – This has nothing to do with water, but I was wondering if you will be making fall books similar to your summer books to sell? I missed out on making a summer book, but I love the idea of documenting a season.

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Nicole

July 21, 2011

I was at a salon in Chicago once that had cucumber infused water. Sounds kinda ick, but it was actually very refreshing. Love your photos!

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Brianna

July 21, 2011

I feel like I would drink a lot more water if it tasted good. What about blueberry and lemon together?

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LMT

July 21, 2011

totally a summer essential! don’t forget to try cucumber, watermelon, mint, melons, raspberries (I like to add frozen berries or frozen peaches or frozen pineapple to keep it extra cool.) I just experiment with all the flavors and combos, and other times just keep it simple.. Cheers!

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~Kristina

July 21, 2011

This might sound ridiculous but try tossing in cucumber slices in a pitcher of water.

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kateincleveland

July 21, 2011

When I was in Breckenridge, CO the B&B always had a pitcher full of water with watermelon in it. The best!!

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elise blaha

July 21, 2011

I am for sure! Just made the prototype last week. Super excited. They will be launching in mid-August.

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Robyn :)

July 21, 2011

sounds good to me!!

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Funnelcloud Rachel

July 21, 2011

HA! Really pretty pics! Try picking up a few more lemons and making your own fresh-squeezed lemonade. Strawberry lemonade and peach lemonade are my favorites!

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Kat

July 21, 2011

Awesome! We do cucumber, lemon and orange – so good!

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tara pakosta

July 21, 2011

so pretty!
and I LOVe the photos!
tara

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Katie Anne

July 21, 2011

once while I was waiting for a to-go order from bj’s, they brought me a water with marichino cherries and lemon slices and now I make it at home!

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Shirley K.

July 21, 2011

That looks good – I should try it sometime, especially since we’ve got a bunch of orange trees in our yard.

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Linda Niehoff

July 21, 2011

This is a great idea – I’m totally stealing it! So did you just put 2 limes and 1 lemon in one pitcher?? Was it enough/toomuch? I want a “recipe” 🙂

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elise blaha

July 21, 2011

🙂 I actually ended up using a half a lemon and one full lime. It was perfect and got more fruity as the day went on. The best part was I managed to drink the whole pitcher by myself. Hooray for water!!

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Linda Niehoff

July 21, 2011

THANK YOU!

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angela hardison

July 21, 2011

hey, water is always deserving of a blog post 🙂 but i know what you mean. it’s so good!

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LittleMissPip

July 21, 2011

This is one of those “you know you blog too much when” posts. Everything in your life becomes a potential subject. I love it and I am so much the same! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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jeny

July 21, 2011

After staying at the Ritz for vacation a couple of summers ago, my husband always makes watermelon water (with mint.) I agree there is nothing more refreshing than infused water.

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Sherry

July 21, 2011

That all sounds yummy!

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barrentree

July 21, 2011

cucumber is my favorite addition to water-it tastes soooooo delicious!!!

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Charmaine

July 21, 2011

The Marriot Vacation clubs do that along with Oranges. My other favorite is cucumber infused water. So refreshing! Enjoy! I may have to try it this weekend.

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jenn

July 21, 2011

I love infusing my water as well…my favorite being cucumber slices and fresh mint leaves…thin apple slices are surprisingly yummy too!

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Kirsten W

July 21, 2011

Ha! I was just tweeting about putting lime slices in my water this morning! Makes water seem a little fancier. I think I’ll try cucumber tomorrow! Great photos.

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Jessica at Kids Napping? I’m Scrapping!

July 21, 2011

That looks so refreshing!
So. Doing. This. Tomorrow. 🙂 Thanks!

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Qqing04

July 22, 2011

It sounds interesting. I love travelling too. in this week, I plan to have a trip with friends.

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Sandy

July 23, 2011

Very pretty. I love to do this in my pitcher just like the one you have.
They also put water out because no one drinks the tap water in the city. Or I don’t. I don’t even drink the tap water in my house, our water is filtered.
Are you planning to put up any more of the extra paper packs? I keep missing out on those.

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elise blaha

July 23, 2011

hopefully!

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elise blaha

July 23, 2011

just listed more! 🙂

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carter kostler

August 24, 2012

Hi, My name is Carter and I am a 14 year old entrepreneur who is a 100% supporter of fruit infused water.
After watching “super size me”, I began to research about the negative health effects of soda and juice. Diabetes and obesity sound like terrible diseases. My mother, however, was not following this trend. She would create pitchers of water infused with fruit and drink that through out her day instead. However, when she would run out of the house, she would grab a diet coke or plastic water bottle. I asked my mom “why don’t you make spa water to go and she said she could not”
I saw the need to make a sustainable, portable version of these pitchers for people on the go. Unfortunately, the only other option for health conscious people is for them to buy plain water or plastic bottles of artificially flavored and sweetened water beverages.
Six months ago I started to create the Define Bottle. The Define Bottle is a cutting edge, glass and bamboo reusable water bottle for great tasting fruit infused water. I took the idea behind fruit infused water pitchers and made it mobile, not to mention stylish. Fortunately my parents thought it was a great idea and supported it. We just filed our patent and are getting close to production.
Fruit Infused water is great for kids too. I have 3 younger siblings and they are nuts over it!

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