Editor's note: This recipe is from Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living. For Maxwell's tips on throwing a summer pool party, click here.

　　This drink is perfect for breakfast celebrations. It's light and fresh with the tang of citrus.

　　

Ingredients

Makes 1 serving

　　1 1/2 ounces Bacardi Limon

　　1 ounce pink grapefruit juice

　　1 ounce orange juice

　　Dash of grenadine

　　1 Maraschino cherry, for garnish

　　

Step 1

Shake all the ingredients (except the cherry) together in a shaker filled with ice. Strain into a martini glass, drop in the cherry, and enjoy!

　　

Summer Breeze sans spirit

Step 2

For those of you out there who don't imbibe, here's a nice variation on the Summer Breeze that won't leave you three sheets to the wind.

　　

Step 3

3 ounces pink grapefruit juice

　　

Step 4

5 ounces lemon-lime soda

　　

Step 5

1 orange wheel, for garnish

　　

Step 6

1 Maraschino cherry, for garnish

　　

Step 7

Pour the grapefruit juice into a tumbler or highball glass filled with ice cubes and top it off with lemon-lime soda. With a wooden skewer, pierce the orange wheel through both sides of the rind and add the cherry. Add to the drink and serve.

　　Reprinted with permission from Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living by Brini Maxwell. © 2005 Stewart, Tabori, & Chang