Word: toasting
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...this point in the year, the recruiting process either has ended with an offer letter and a champagne toast or has been painfully protracted and deferred to the spring. Either way, Boston offers an excellent array of drinking establishments to suit your current state of emotional health and professional fulfillment...
Back at Balloon Aloft headquarters we finally get our champagne, as we toast the success of our 30 minute ride. It's only 8 a.m., plenty of time still for a country breakfast of bacon, eggs and freshly brewed coffee, the better to prepare for a day of rambling in the vineyards or touring wineries to sample some of the fine vintages the Hunter has to offer...
...Harlem on My Mind" (1933), by Ethel Waters, on "Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years." This bluesy number about Josephine Baker, the homesick toast of Paris ("and my parlez-vous will not ring true/ With Harlem on my mind"), was introduced by Waters, the most persuasive, least remembered chanteuse of the days. She does soft, she does raspy; she does both Baker and Berlin sweet justice...
...Perfectionist also proved less than perfect. One side of my toast tended to come out darker than the other--fine for bagels, but not for bread. And while I had 63 options for browning, the short, 20-in. cord gave me too few options for where to put the thing...
...slightly bulkier Cuisinart because it consistently turned out the most evenly browned bread, bagels, Pop-Tarts and muffins with the least amount of thought or effort on my part. Now that's what I call a smart toaster--not that I'll ever get near a piece of toast again...