Word: aperitif
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...head over to club headquarters to pick up a 'dopesheet' describing upcoming outing opportunities. One of the trips listed is a "multi-day ski-backpack-camping trip to Mt. Bond in the Whites." Mount Bond in the Whites. I liked the ring of that. It sounded like an exotic aperitif. Unfortunately, I don' know how to ski. Or backpack. Or have fun. And as far as hiking goes, I get winded walking up the two flights of stairs to my room. I decide that the Outing Club is, so to speak, 'out' of my league...
This hypothetical (but possible) selection of wines -- all American, all good -- is singular in one respect. Not one of the wines is a product of California or New York, although these two rank first and a distant second among the nation's winemaking states. The sparkling aperitif comes from Idaho, the white wine from New Mexico, the red from Texas and the dessert wine from Pennsylvania...
...kind a word for Colacello's job at Interview, which included cozying up to advertisers and selling expensive Warhol celebrity portraits, for which Colacello would earn a fee (about $100,000 a year). The advertising agency for Lillet demanded and got mentions in articles (subjects sipping the aperitif as they answered questions) and an endorsement from Warhol himself, according to Colacello...
...prix fixe $40 dinner features such classics as poached Dover sole stuffed with artichokes and tomatoes, and roasted rack of lamb on ratatouille. The 90- seat restaurant is sometimes booked three months in advance and boasts a four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide. Over a Kir Royale aperitif, bemused diners can enjoy a seminar in progress. On view in the glassed-in kitchen, a dozen nervous young chefs in tall toques bump into one another as they peel, poach and broil their way through the evening. At times it may seem that the students will never turn...
...Thrope prove excellent foils in brisk repartee during their duet. "When I Go Out of Doors," as Bunthorne tries to convince Grosvenor to become more homely. All of the songs are enjoyable, but none sticks in our minds: the show consequently becomes a pleasant blur a perfect G&S aperitif...