If you're actually going to make a manly drink list, it should be devoid of fruit or dairy, IMO.

I can't fully endorse that opinion, but I am surprised that a Tequila Sunrise took it over a real margarita (i.e., lime-based and not frozen).

I told myself, in English (!) "that's OK. juliana will do my makeup".

Heh.

Damn, I don't want to do anything. I just want to take a nap! Big greasy lunch was possibly not the best choice. BUT! At least they didn't have the calories on the menu.

W/r/t fruit and dairy, I just mean ingredients intended to sweeten or mask the alcohol in the drink.

I agree that cocktails are dodgy for manliness in general, and adding anything to make the alcohol go down easier is just cheating and ungentlemanly.

I have these two lovely pairs of shoes that I've had for years now and never worn because they were always a touch tight. But I love them! I tried stretching them and it never quire worked. I'm finally today taking them by the shoe repair place in my office building and finding out if there's any stretch in them for real. Shiny patent flats! Gold brocade ballet flats! ::sigh:: I fully expect to fail, and am sad in advance. ::sniff::

But Chartreuse is awesome.

It is, but it's not a drink for people who are tentative about their drinking.

I told myself, in English (!) "that's OK. juliana will do my makeup".

\\o/! I was in a Nilly dream, and I made things okay! I win at the Internets!

For any Chicagoistas interested, Looptopia is back this Friday night/Saturday morning. Here's hoping that things are better organized and ready for the big crowd they're sure to get than they were last year.

Keep me posted on your shoes, ita, because I have patent shoes I want to stretch, too.

I'm at the Cincinati airport! On the internet! The world is magical!

You know you're in Kentucky, right? Just checking. Also, hi! You're 20 minutes away from me!

I'm not eating, so I don't know if the food is crap.

You're from Texas, right? AVOID SKYLINE CHILI.

Freaky. I just checked online banking to see if I had any bills outstanding I might have missed with the computer changeovers, and so was paying more attention than normal to my credit card account. I had been being so good on this one card, but I had had a finance charge! I called in to ask what I had to do to get rid of it, and he explained that I had a late payment in February, and those usually result in two months of finance charges. And then he credited them for me.

It's really scary how much people can actually do about your financial situation. I mean, I was all "what do I have to do to make it go away?" but I didn't expect credit. Huh. Neat. Guess they keep me as a happy customer for the next little while. Funny how that works.

The 11 manliest cocktails in the world.

No Boilermaker? Pfah.

I do love a good Irish Car Bomb.

I also love the fierce factions that arise when discussing a "proper" martini. My brother insists that basically, you keep the bottle of vermouth on the shelf next to the gin, and that's as close to his martini glass as the vermouth ever needs to get.