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Let’s Just Forget That Ever Happened.
Let’s just forget these past few months ever happened, shall we? Continue reading
Hello, Vandergelder!
My readership might not be vast, but it’s comprised of some marvelously smart people who consistently manage to leave comments composed not only in complete sentences, but with wit and great care. Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged absinthe, champagne, cocktail, Dolly!, gratitude, Hello, Horace Vandergelder
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Danish Modern
I struggled with the naming of this drink. “The Melancholy Dane” first came to mind, but it’s not exactly what the Crown Prince had in mind when he asked me to cheer up his country. One look at the cherry sunk at the bottom of the glass inspired “The Drowning Ophelia”, but even that was still a bit grim– almost necrophilic. Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged aperitif, cocktail, denmark, kijafa, michael vick, prince frederik, queen margrethe, royalty
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Gin Blossom Dearie or, What I Learned from Schoolhouse Rock.
Cool as a cucumber; as floral and sweet as her name, but with a little bit of a bitter edge. The blossoms of Spring may have faded and dropped their petals, but this, dear readers is my blossom of Summer. I plan on having several, though not all at once. Ideally, I’ll find a refreshing breeze and someone to peel my grapes for me as I lounge and sip; happy to know that The Best Is Yet To Come. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Liquids
Tagged Blossom Dearie, cocktail, Gin Blossom Dearie, relationships, Schoolhouse Rock
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Two For You…
I was thirteen years old when Anthony Blanche introduced me to a most sinister drink– the Brandy Alexander. Mr. Blanche– or Antoine, as he sometimes styled himself–rolled his “r”‘s and wore varnish on his toenails. He drank champagne in the … Continue reading
Posted in Liquids, Stage, Film, and Television
Tagged brandy alexander, brideshead revisited, cocktail, danger, days of wine and roses, evil, Feist, Helen Hayes, louche
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Death in the Afternoon
I recently met up with my friend Fatemeh for brunch. I had every intention of it being a long, lingering meal– the type one anticipates when one is finally presented with a rare open day and the opportunity to spent … Continue reading
Posted in Liquids
Tagged absinthe, alcohol, brothers, champagne, cocktail, death, death in the afternoon, ernest hemingway, grieving
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