Comments on: GayPatriot LA Dinner Tuesday 07/07 @ 7 PM

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:47 +0000

#3 – “Admittedly, time has passed me by, but when did martinis start having everything except gin and a hint of dry vermouth in them?”

After the Yuppies and Generation X-ers got a hold of them and realized that they wanted something other than what their parents drank.

For me, the quintissential martini must include a hint of dry vermouth, gin (in the summer) or vodka (in the winter), and the requisite olive stuffed with pimento.

However, since I am a bourbon drinker, make mine a manhattan – easy on the bitters, please.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:36:04 +0000

Yes, lets have a GP meeting in Denver. I will probably be able to make that one.

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:07 +0000

Denver would be fun. I want to see the art museum. And I’m actually kind of friends with Archbishop Chaput–which might explain my Roman Catholic approach to things.

By: heliotrope

heliotrope — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:39:34 +0000

Admittedly, time has passed me by, but when did martinis start having everything except gin and a hint of dry vermouth in them? When I read the martini menu it reminds me of all the things that taste like chicken but don’t have feathers and usually slither or are made from tofu.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:24:30 +0000

yep, actually there will be — going arrange something when I’m in Colorado in late August/early September.

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:21:16 +0000

Will there ever be a Gay Patriot get together in Denver? It’s a relatively short train ride for me.