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Sun Dec-05-04 04:02 PM
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Well, it's Sunday afternoon. Time for a Manhattan. |
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:28 PM
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1. with cherries or without? |
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:37 PM
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I don't poison myself with maraschino cherries. And they're too damned sweet.
The only drink that it is acceptable to use a maraschino cherry is an Aviation. And I suppose, if one is the type to want to drink a Southern Comfort or Brandy Old Fashioned, a cherry is okay in that, too, but I'd be somewhat hesitant to allow that person to do my interior decorating.
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:41 PM
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7. too funny, i like Manhattans, but i like the cherry. |
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with a stem, of course, so i can try to tie it into a knot after i eat it.
what kind of suit are you wearing? what color? i love a man relaxing in a suit with the smell of sweet vermouth and bourbon floating in the air. it reminds me of my father when i was a little girl.
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:51 PM
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 05:52 PM by kittycat1164
tie the stem in a knot that is. I think that's why my husband proposed. Impressed the hell outta him! lol
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:54 PM
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9. i can sometimes...seems like i do it better |
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when sufficiently tipsy ;)
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:09 PM
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11. It was - and I feel like I'm tyring to be such a "Oooh, I'm coool" type - |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 06:13 PM by Rabrrrrrr
but it's a black Calvin Klein suit. It's a beautiful suit. I love Calvin Klein - their clothing fits my body incredibly well, so I have CK jeans, underwear, t-shirts.
And, of course, I only wear cufflinks. No button sleeves for me.
p.s. - the furniture is black leather. Italian. :-)
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:17 PM
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it all fits together - the leather furniture, the black CK suit, jacket undone, short glass with ice clinking in it. mmmm.
i like CK clothing too...sharp and sexy.
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:34 PM
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No ice, though. I take my Manhattans straight.
Ck is indeed sharp and sexy. Though my primary motivation is that Ck fits me better than anything else, I am, I admit, also kinda glad that it's sharp and sexy, and sharp and sexy beyond just the sharp and sexy that ones gets for wearing clothing that actually fits - the designs themselves are sharp and sexy.
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:39 PM
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3. And I really have to let you know, I'm drinking it while I wear a suit |
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Still in my Sunday worship suit (with the jacket still on), enjoying an elegant cocktail, watching the Packers game, hanging out on DU.
Egads, I'm so "Thin Man".
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:42 PM
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4. You're making the football gods grumble with displeasure |
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Everybody knows that drinking beer and wearing sweats is the only suitable way to watch a Packers game. Get with the program.
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:43 PM
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5. That's alright. The football Gods don't scare me |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 04:45 PM by Rabrrrrrr
I know they have no real power.
:-)
I almost bought beer today. Forgot the football game was on, though, so I didn't.
I could be sipping a nice chimay ale from a goblet, and could slip into silk pajamas and a yukata and be smoking my pipe, maybe with some scented candles burning and the fireplace going.
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Sun Dec-05-04 04:57 PM
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6. I gotta rub it in, people, that this Manhattan is tasting GOOOOD |
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Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 04:58 PM by Rabrrrrrr
I haven't had a Manhattan in a few years, and now I'm remembering why it's such a wonderful winter drink, and thinking to myself, "Why don't I make these more often?" instead of making Martinis all the time.
But on the other hand, the Martini is so perfect, it's difficult sometimes to have something else.
on edit: fixed typos. Forgot to capitalize Martini! EGADS!
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Sun Dec-05-04 05:58 PM
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My dad used to have a gallon or two of Manhattan's after work every day... I thought it was a local NE Wisconsin type of drink or a concoction of his own invention.
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:12 PM
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12. NE Wisconsin? Did he make them with brandy, then? |
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Instead of bourbon?
I make mine with brandy. Sadly, I've never even tried the bourbon ones, except when I was in high school, and I hated it. That might explain why I've never tried it again. But I love bourbon. But on the other hand, I refuse to drink cheap bourbon, and if one has good, expensive bourbon, I'm not about to mix sweet vermouth with it - I'll drink it neat or on the rocks, like it was intended. Mixing - what a waste.
So, I'll probably never have a bourbon Manhattan. I don't mind buying cheaper brandies, since I don't drink brandy straight - I have armagnac and cognac for that.
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Sun Dec-05-04 06:19 PM
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The whiskey ones got olives, the brandy ones got cherries.
He was none too discriminating about his liquor.
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