On Buying The Bottom Shelf: An Adventure In Cheap Liquor
@juliamark I love the vodka names in Germany: I started a collection on my wall (it was a long time ago; I was in college) of empty vodka bottles featuring Russian rulers (inspired by the ubiquity of Gorbachev vodka in Germany). I never did find a Stalin vodka. Then I also had an entire set of literary Russian vodka. Such tacky decorating, but such good times.
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On My Superpower Is Being Alone Forever: Party of One
@schadenfraulein 3rd wheel, schmerd schmeel! Go see the Stooges! And I need to check on the price of plane tickets to LA...
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On My Superpower Is Being Alone Forever: Party of One
@schadenfraulein Wait. The Stooges are playing in LA in a couple of weeks? So I'm in NYC. I'll go with you!
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On How Much More Does A Steak Dinner Cost Today?
@Senor_Wences Your comment finally prompted me to register (whoa 6 digit number!) after having been a mere lurker for more than a year now.
I have a library card. I have fines on said card. I use it so much that the card is in such ratty shape that it makes librarians laugh (I have the old silver research card, with a picture; when they merged the circulating & research accounts, somehow I got to keep the research one instead). I use not just for checking out books-- I move too much to be adding to my already substantial pile of books-- but also for DVDs. Who needs Netflix when I can get most of my movie (and TV) needs met through NYPL? For free! Except for the pesky fines, which are $3 a day for DVDs.
Also, in my mind, NYPL is pronounced like "nipple" (basically, they started it: the librarians say "catnyp" [like the cat happy herb] for the online catalogue), so I figured fair game.
Also, also, library cards can be surprisingly useful as an emergency ID sometimes.
And, Schlesinger Library at Harvard has a fabulous culinary collection; I suspect they also have historical menus, although they might be more Boston-centered. And the Making of the Modern World database (subscription only) has amazing resources on the 17th and 18th centuries, including a surprisingly number of culinary-related things tucked amongst the economics lit.
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On Buying The Bottom Shelf: An Adventure In Cheap Liquor
I love gin (I had, um, way to many Old Raj martinis last night), but I really quite like Gordon's for gin & tonics. And I learned the other night that there are apparently four different Gordon's, including a Japanese Gordon's that has a slightly higher alcohol content. Apparently the Japanese stuff is often available at duty-free shops.