Word: martinis
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...profile with too much attitude and too little substance. She was certainly attractive, bejeweled in regal hues of deep orange, red and purple. Her style was ethnic exotic with a modern twist, her featured adornments were sultry lantern-like chandeliers draped with folds of white cloth. Lined with gleaming martini and wine glasses, a curvaceous bar swooped and hugged one side. Yet despite the striking and charismatic presence, the bar was bizarrely empty...
...brightly decorated upstairs dining room. Taking the advice of a certain Harvard graduate and potential welfare recipient, we headed to the downstairs dining room, where we found ourselves surrounded by black walls with silly, unrelated-to-BBQ, cartoon-like paintings executed in neon colors: A dog with a martini glass talking on his cell phone on the beach? No way! Above us, on the ceiling, were neon green, yellow, orange and red bottles signed by different people. Patrons or employees, perhaps...
...Martini maniacs may not find any fancy concoctions on the menu, but they do have beer—and three kinds of hard lemonade—for reasonable prices. Maybe that’s why students will recognize many of the faces. Even though none of the regulars have sat in on an Ec10 lecture, they’re just as solid a part of the Harvard culture and count on Whitney’s as a hideaway from all those bratty college kids. That being said, the Whitney’s crew is not averse to serving...
...free column job, King would have been appreciated more for his print work. He'd also probably still be on wife No. 1 and heart No. 1. Instead, I am left here to mourn King not only as a reader--how am I going to find out if Steve Martini's next novel is a helluva read?--but as a disciple...
...sounded a lot better than five to 10 years in the penitentiary. One night I went to an Oscars party and I knew that if I got caught drinking, I could go to jail. Knowing that full well I walked into the party - my friend offered me a Martini, I said, 'Yeah,' and I got loaded. That night, having learned a little bit about alcoholism at treatment, I started to see the patterns inside myself. That was the last night I drank...