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So I was saving that excellent title for a really poignant entry, but you can wait a long time for something and it doesn't come, so I am back to writing again and I am going to go ahead and use the good china so to speak (although saying "use the good glasses" would be apropos in this context) and I am using my good title on this blog.



While I clearly have not gone without a martini since my May entry, I haven't had many worth writing about. But there was one in particular that is worth commemorating. The God of Carnage. Kind of a nasty name for a very good martini. In June I finally went to New York City for the first time. For three hours. Compliments of some very friendly New Yorkers I was able to lay out a quick plan of what one can reasonably accomplish between 7:45 and 11:00 PM in New York on a Saturday night. We took the train from Philly, jumped on the metro and went up to Central Park. After a quick stroll and some obligatory photos, we strolled down 5th Avenue and looked in the shop windows. Fortunately for my wallet all these stores were closed, but I still saw some amazing things - shoes, handbags, dresses Oh My!

Proceeding down a side street we saw Radio City Music Hall. Wow. In real life. That was fantastic! Around the corner towards all the lights we entered suddenly into Times Square. BRIGHT! Loads of people. Exciting. Glad to do it once.

Onto the really fun part of the adventure - dinner. So we turn off on another side street and see a restaurant called Bond 45. I suppose most women like to imagine themselves at one point or another in their lives as the sex kitten Bond Girl type, and here was my chance (for those of you who know me it was a much more official Bond Girl feeling than my pink bikini with the belt...). So we walk in, white tablecloths and a huge spread of antipasto on buffet. Mmmmm. We sat down and this dark man with a foreign accent (sorry ladies, he wasn't the least bit handsome) takes our drink orders and brings the bread.

And then it arrives. The God of Carnage. Gin, Elderflower liqueur, and lemon juice. That was it. Garnished with a grapefruit wedge, this drank really delivered great flavor, smoothness, and finesse (and of course the atmosphere helped!). Dinner was spectacular, and not to be unmentioned - seafood risotto. And another God of Carnage.

Hands down 10, that's right: ten.