So, I have been wanting to use all of these glasses I have been picking up at thrift stores and garage sales. The idea was to have a derby party. Of course, being a few days away from the Kentucky Derby, this isn't going to happen for 2011. I have about 20 of these glasses from different years of derby races. I didn't realize until recently that they made commemorative glasses for each year-and that they were a "thing". I am kicking myself for not buying these really cool older glasses from the 60's that I saw at a yard sale last summer. Generally the glasses cost about 6- 8 dollars in antique stores, and now I want to find older ones that have more traditional horse graphics. The newer ones in my opinion aren't as pretty.
A derby party would give me a good excuse to pull out some southern recipes, make mint juleps - and of course wear a hat. Maybe next year? These glasses want to be used.
