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Mordida cocktail. Photo: LeNell Smothers.

Alabama-born LeNell Smothers defines herself first and foremost as a bartender, but she's been called many things -- most recently, the proprietress of LeNell's liquor store. She's owned her own whiskey label called Red Hook Rye and been recognized by her home state as an honorary Colonel. Other interests include gin, sin and men.

I'm not above a little hell-raising, but I swear I was not doing anything illegal a few weeks ago in Mexico when my sweetheart Demian and I got pulled over by the police on the way to the beach.

Demian was accused of drinking and driving. We were eating homemade pesto while driving, but last I checked that wasn't illegal anywhere in the world. We did have an unopened bottle of Champagne iced in a cooler. Demian showed the officer the pesto and the bottle of bubbly. In the end, the cops accused Demian of speeding. His excuse?