Hold on, hon, we're going to bunny-hug

[sovay]

Film did not happen, but it turns out you can get a Corpse Reviver at Cuchi Cuchi, also an Easy Virtue, a Brazilian Wax, an after-dinner absinthe, and some really astonishing blini, so I wouldn't call the evening a letdown.

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[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

ROck. But do they do a Narbonic Tonic?

[sovay]

But do they do a Narbonic Tonic?

What's in that?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Did the Corpse Reviver--er--resurrect up to expectations? Can you get an Easy Virtue with a Brazilian Wax? I see her was having bee-stung lips and a wicked spitcurl. A Preferred Blonde. (All our drinks are muddled.)

Nine

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

you can get a Corpse Reviver...

Ah, good for what ails you, especially if what ails you is sobriety.

[sovay]

Did the Corpse Reviver--er--resurrect up to expectations?

It was delicious; an absinthe-based drink that didn't feel like being roundhoused with aniseed. It was surprisingly mellow. My only complain was that the maraschino cherry at the bottom didn't have a stem, because I have not been able to race derspatchel at tying knots.

Can you get an Easy Virtue with a Brazilian Wax?

The Easy Virtue was ginger brandy, soda water, muddled ginger, and some kind of rum; the Brazilian Wax was cachaça, lime juice, and mango purée. One was a cocktail and the other an after-dinner shot. The absinthe just felt like a good idea after the deconstructed bananas Foster.

[sovay]

Ah, good for what ails you, especially if what ails you is sobriety.

I seem to have a better alcohol tolerance than my body weight suggests.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

I envy you! My tolerance pretty much matches my build: lightweight. I think I may try cocktails for a change!

[sovay]

I think I may try cocktails for a change!

I like weird cocktails. The Chartreuse Smash, for example, is a recent discovery and a new favorite. Anything that's not sweet and sticky has a good chance with me.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

G&T + a splash of grenadine (to turn it Helen's favorite pink). There were actually a BUNCH of Narbonic cocktails proposed at one point, but the site that hosted the recipes (imjustdrinking.com) seems to no longer exist.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Technically, you had a Corpse Reviver #2, which is quite different from the Corpse Reviver #1.

If you haven't had a classic (revived recipe, with all the ingredients) Aviation, do try one if you encounter it; I think you'll like it.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.

"The rarity of Crème de Violette appeared as a plot element in an episode of The Avengers in 1965 entitled 'Two's A Crowd'."

Nine

[sovay]

Technically, you had a Corpse Reviver #2, which is quite different from the Corpse Reviver #1.

Yes; it's the one I've wanted to try.

If you haven't had a classic (revived recipe, with all the ingredients) Aviation, do try one if you encounter it; I think you'll like it

I've never even heard of an Aviation. Crème de violette? Sign me up.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

A propos of nothing in particular, do you know Miles Rind? We went to the same high school (I was a freshman when he was a senior, so he would not remember me). He wrote a goofy parody of Poe's The Raven for the school magazine that I can still quote.

[sovay]

He wrote a goofy parody of Poe's The Raven for the school magazine that I can still quote.

I don't believe I do. If he's this Miles Rind, he would have been at Brandeis when I was there, but I didn't take any courses in philosophy. I approve of quotably goofy Poe parodies, though.

[sovay]

There were actually a BUNCH of Narbonic cocktails proposed at one point, but the site that hosted the recipes (imjustdrinking.com) seems to no longer exist.

I'm sorry to hear that. I'd like the option of more mad science drinks.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

He is that Miles Rind, and also the bass-baritone: http://milesrind.com/.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Sorry the film didn't happen, but I'm glad for the good things that stopped the evening being a letdown.

[sovay]

the good things that stopped the evening being a letdown.

Oh, yeah.