Fancy indeed
I just noticed, watching Deadwood, the list of "Fancy Drinks" behind the bar at the Gem, which includes the Blue Blazer—somehow I can't see it being ordered, or prepared, there.
They also serve absinthe!
Comments
on 2006-06-19 20:28:24.0, Becks commented:
One of the guests brought a bottle of absinthe of dubious origins to our Bloomsday party last weekend and misremembered the instructions. You're supposed to pour it in a glass and then drip water over the sugar cube until the absinthe is diluted 3:1 or 5:1. He thought you were just supposed to pour the absinthe over the sugar cube and then drink it. Lemme tell you, that's (1) disgusting and (2) will mess you up right quick. We eventually googled the proper instructions and it tasted much better once diluted.
and, further, on 2006-06-19 22:59:36.0, bitchphd commented:
There's a restaurant I like here that has absinthe and I once was entertained throughout my meal by a man and woman, clearly on a blind date, at the next table. The woman insisted the man order absinthe, made a huge fuss over his saying he liked it (what was he going to say?) and how she had never, ever met someone who liked it the first time, and how much she, herself, just thought it was fabulous, and on and on and on. It was hilarious--I could so tell that the date was not working, and the woman was an ass, and the poor guy was actually trying to ingritiate himself with her and she would decide later he was boring and not date him again, and that that would be the best possible outcome he could hope for.
and, further, on 2006-06-20 21:53:41.0, eb commented:
But absinthe is so glamorous.