{"id":28168,"date":"2021-12-30T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000024299"},"modified":"2021-12-29T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:26:57","slug":"cocktail-party-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/cocktail-party-new-years-eve","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Eve Cocktail Party. Today: Melissa&#8217;s Mocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LB Post Melissa Evans shows us how to make a non-alcohol mojito\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNiOipu4Zso?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Post is here to help, and this week we are publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/tag\/cocktail-party\/\">a series of videos<\/a> ahead of New Year\u2019s Eve on how to make our favorite drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Managing Editor Melissa Evans brings us her Virgin Mojito &#8220;mocktail:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You want to ring in the New Year without shame and regret? Try a delicious mocktail\u2014one of my favorites is the Virgin Mojito. 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