Birthday Basket: 50th Birthday Shots

Sometimes, I'm at a loss of what to give a man for a birthday gift. Women? Easy! A trip to the spa, a candle, beautiful bath salts or lotions--as I said, easy! Men? Yikes.

Recently, a good friend of ours turned 50. I came up with this little gift basket and a shot that I call: The Fabulous and Fifty Shot.

Fabulous and Fifty Shot

• Bourbon Whiskey
• Amaretto

Pour straight up equal parts into a shot glass.

This shot is manly, yet has the amaretto to temper the bourbon--so mixed company can enjoy it, too.

I added the bottles to a gift basket. I bought festive shot glasses at the local party store, added a card and some ribbon.

(It was momentarily confiscated by our waiter at the restaurant as it was enthusiastically opened and sampled by the entire table. Never fear, the birthday boy got it back at the end of the night...but that folks, is a whole other story!)