{"id":40022,"date":"2013-12-12T09:04:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/12\/ode-to-the-gimlet.html"},"modified":"2013-12-12T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:04:38","slug":"ode-to-the-gimlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/12\/ode-to-the-gimlet.html","title":{"rendered":"Ode to the Gimlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Hmmm. I&#39;ve been getting bored with martinis. Maybe should try\u00a0switching\u00a0to gimlets instead.\ufeff<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/BDjC4bBBdDS27HQq22n_ko-v9TwHA4H_YiFZdAgVFXJ4abeKMPY1GPPTMsqMWoQR-SNhMNV91fgbKTKDFGLZyt1KRl0Ycj7i4IM_gxIqoUFXIt5MOvWpufkK_NkVP7ynk5doLylu7LruDvdBbNj9gTOsVyRhkrefmdj3kyr1PpnTA4lwZw705wWsLwWxPxarbELEjx9m47kY1xvIIQ=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/drink\/2013\/12\/the_gimlet_a_history_of_gin_and_rose_s_from_the_british_navy_to_raymond.single.html'>Troy Patterson Considers the Gimlet, the Most Unscrewupable of Cocktails<\/a><br \/>\n                                                1. A guy walks into his regular bar, a beer-and-shot kind of bar, at half past 6 on a Saturday. He walks in wanting a beer, but the woman behind the bar is a new girl, and her unfamiliar face combines with a vague proprietary sense to steer his thirst&#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/FCP5HaiKLNL' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm. I&#39;ve been getting bored with martinis. Maybe should try\u00a0switching\u00a0to gimlets instead.\ufeff Troy Patterson Considers the Gimlet, the Most Unscrewupable of Cocktails 1. A guy walks into his regular bar, a beer-and-shot kind of bar, at half past 6 on a Saturday. 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