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...lentil diet and state-park lodgings were privations suffered with a measure of satisfaction, just as Thoreau proudly tabled his cheap expenses. In a part of the country where highway signs ward off drunk driving by arguing “you can’t afford it,” this lack of luxury doesn’t turn any heads...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Et in Arcadia Ego | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...speechwriter for several heads of state. "I remember David quoting Winston Churchill extensively by memory - Churchill was a bit of a lush, so they were quotes about drinking - and he was very funny. A few people leaned over the side of the boat occasionally because if you've drunk two bottles of Champagne in an hour, your stomach is going to get queasy. I don't know if David had only sipped a bit, but he was articulate and lucid, and I always remember him like that - the center of attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Cameron: UK's Next Leader? | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...really all over Europe for cheap prices and you can take a party of people in conditions far away from home so no one can see what you're getting up to. They go on these vacations in beautiful places like Greece and Spain and Italy, and they get drunk and beat each other up and pass out and they get sick and they get robbed and they trash their hotel rooms. They're just notorious around Europe for being this brawling nation of boozers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Lyall on Why the Brits Are Different | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...course. And Americans have spring break in Florida and frat culture in college that exposes many young people to binge drinking. In Britain what happens is they don't really seem to outgrow it. You get people in their 30s traveling to these places and getting drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Lyall on Why the Brits Are Different | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...your Moscow mule or bloody Mary. But in vodka's homelands, Poland and Russia, distillers follow a different philosophy. Their brews retain the character of the original ingredients, which can include anything organic and fermentable, from potatoes to grain to beets. And although these artisan vodkas are best drunk neat and chilled, some connoisseurs suggest sampling the spirit in a wine glass at room temperature. This allows the vodka to aerate and, when it hits your tongue, reveal its true flavor. If you feel a burning or tingling in your mouth, then you're drinking the cheap stuff. A good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's the Spirit | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

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