Martinis At Midnight

Marjie Martini Presents Fabulous Martini Recipes & News

2006-10-02T23:55:00.000-07:00

Darlings! Each week Marjie Martini, of Martinis at Midnight, will delight our senses with her latest Martini Recipe discovery. She will also tantalize our thought patterns and evoke deep emotions and laughter as she ponders the mysteries of love and the drama of life.

Join Marjie for an intimate time where you can sit back, sip your Martini and giggle or reminisce.

The ABSOLUT Vanilla Avalanche Martini

2006-10-01T03:35:00.000-07:00

ABSOLUT VANILIA AVALANCHE Drink Recipe
2 parts ABSOLUT VANILIA
1 part Amaretto
1 part Milk
Vanilla Pod
Almond

Mix with ice in a blender until smooth. Pour into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a vanilla pod and almond flakes.

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The Envy Martini

2006-09-27T23:49:00.000-07:00

Dahlings, you simply HAVE to read this week's tantalizing story....

The Envy Martini...

Mean Green Love Making Machine recipe

2006-09-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

Scale ingredients to servings
1 cup orange juice
1 oz Skyy® vodka
1 oz Midori® melon liqueur
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker, shake, and serve over ice in a highball glass.
Serve in:
Highball Glass

SKYY VODKA SHOWS US A GOOD TIME!

2006-09-10T22:07:00.000-07:00

SKYY Vodka starts with the finest American grains, carefully selected from the pristine fields of the Midwest. This premium grain is

mixed with 100% pure water, which has been meticulously filtered through a proprietary reverse-osmosis process.

SKYY pioneered the multiple distillation and filtration process in 1992. A four-column distillation process distills SKYY Vodka at

precisely controlled temperatures, each stage removing specific impurities, or congeners. Next, the distilled vodka passes through

three filters for a cool, crisp finish. Finally, each batch is taste checked and lab tested to consistently ensure high purity levels. In fact,

independent tests prove SKYY has the fewest impurities among leading vodkas.

SKYY Orange SKYY Melon, SKYY Spiced, SKYY Vanilla, SKYY Berry and SKYY Citrus, are unique blends of all natural flavors, added to the exceptional quality of SKYY VODKA. SKYY Vodkas contain 0 fats, 0 carbs, 0 preservatives and are gluten free.

For additional cocktail recipe suggestions and news concerning SKYY vodka, visit www.SKYY.com

SKYY VODKA KNOWS HOW TO PUT OUT THE ADS

2006-09-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

We have to say: SKYY's Ad Campaign in HOT, HOT, HOT!

Makes us thirsty just looking at these pics!
Yummy!

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Madonna Martini

2006-09-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Madonna

40 ml Finlandia vodka
15 ml Bols Peach liqueur
15 ml Bols Kiwi liqueur
5 ml blue curaÁao

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Decorate with lemon balm.

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Stolichnaya Vodka - Russia's Best Vodka?

2006-09-09T23:11:00.000-07:00

by BBC News Online's Alexander Koliandre
Russia has won back one of its most precious and famous assets, the Stolichnaya brand name, which one connoisseur, James Bond, once praised as Russia's best vodka.

And like Mr Bond, millions of other Stolichnaya drinkers have help to elevate it to the best selling vodka in the world, with sales totalling $2bn (£1.4bn) a year.

Now, a Moscow court has ruled that Stolichnaya, along with 42 other vodka brands, should be returned to the state, namely, to the Agricultural Ministry.

The decision ends a four-year long dispute between the ministry, which was responsible for every shot and bottle during the Soviet years, and a private company Soyuzplodimport (SPI).

SPI, which was once part of the Agriculture Ministry, is the main exporter of Russian vodka and an owner of many distilleries across the country.

Dubious purchase

The company purchased the right to use all the 43 brands for $300,000 in 1997.

Ever since then the ministry has tried to recover them, claiming the company which had sold the rights to SPI was not the legal owner of the brands.

SPI says that in the time of the deal there was no doubt over who had taken ownership of the brands from the USSR government.

The Ministry disputes the legality of the sale and the price paid.

The government has valued the rights to use the most well-known brands - Stolichnaya and Moskovskaya - at $400m.

The decision might bring some joy to President Vladimir Putin, who has set up a special committee to return some well-known brands to the state.

But while the court deliberated, SPI continued to sell vodka in Russia and abroad, and it is still unclear how the brand names can now be used.

Tough business

In a heavy drinking country like Russia, vodka is big business and a dangerous one.

The industry is considered as one of the most criminalized, with a history of dozens of contract killings and criminal cases.

Cheap, poor filtered and fake vodka has caused headaches for the state, producers and drinkers.

The outcome might yet leave the Russian government a little shaken or stirred.

KIT-KAT LOUNGE, HOLLYWOOD, CHICAGO-STYLE

2006-09-08T23:27:00.000-07:00

"Chicago's hottest new bar is the Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club (3700 N. Halsted St.; 773-525-1111). The decor evokes Old

Hollywood glamour--white sofas, stone-topped tables on chrome legs, and circular mirrors on the brick walls--and entertainment included Hollywood look-alikes performing cabaret-style Wednesday through Sunday. The namesake cocktail and No. 1 seller amoung 25 listed under 'Martinis to Go' is the Kit Kat, which takes on a green lowfrom the bar's lighting. Its tropical flavor compliments the Latin-influenced menu, which included the Havana salad and Big Blonde pizza."

Kit Kat Martini

3 parts vodka
1 part Midori melon liqueur
Squeeze of lemon
Dash ofTripleSec

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes, shake till very cold, and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a silver toothpickstuck through a wedge of lime and a green cherry.

Martini trend over? We think not!

"No drink is more famous or more identified with one character than the Vodka Martini and James Bond. The line "shaken, not

stirred' has been recited countless millions of times in pubs and bars around the world. Many Chicago restaurants would be glad to

tell you how to make the perfect martini. And many boast martini lists numbering 20, 30 or even 50 varieties. Here are our top picks

of some of the best martini spots in the city:

Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club (3700 North Halsted Stret, 773.525.1111) tops our list of favorites.

Its inventive 50 or so Martini list is second only to its female impersonator entertainers. It also has surprisingly good food, so make a full evening of it."

The Kit Kat Lounge

Cindy Kurman Barrie and Lee Barrie

Wine and Dine
TCW March 2003

MARTINI RECIPES FROM THE KIT KAT LOUNGE

big apple martini
vodka, triple sec and sour apple schnapps

cherry coke
vodka, cola and cherry liqueur

mint chip
vodka, white chocolate, coconut cream and green mint liqueur

madras
vodka, cranberry and orange

boca
vodka and kahlua

black widow
vodka and black sambuca

jungle martini
vodka and creme de menthene

groni
vodka sweet vermouth and campari

lime drop
vodka, sugar and lime

south of the border
sauza tequila, triple sec, sweet & sour and lime

chocolate martini
vodka and chocolate liqueur

bloody martini
vodka, clamato, and spices

blue moon
vodka, blue curacao, and a splash of melon liqueur

banana split
vodka, white chocolate liqueur, banana liqueur and vanilla

cosmopolitan
vodka, cranberry, a dash of triple sec and a splash of lime

lava lamp
vodka and sprite with a floating shot

martini sunrise
vodka, orange and grenadine

the kit kat
vodka, melon, lime and a splash of triple sec

Magnificent Martini
shaken, not stirred - vodka or gin

crÉme brulee
vodka, creme brulee liqueur and frangelico

key lime pie
vodka, licor 43, lime, pineapple and cream

sangria martini
red wine and brandy

french martini
vodka, raspberry liqueur and a splash of pineapple

watermelon martini
vodka and watermelon liqueur

mango martini
vodka, fresh mango puree and a splash of peach

root beer float
vodka, root beer schnapps, vanilla cream and a splash of pepsi

kitty's dream
vodka, orange and cream

kit kat black
vodka and chambord

midnight express
vodka, a shot of espresso, kahlua and cream

chocolate raspberry truffle
vodka, chocolate liqueur and a splash of raspberry liqueur
peach cobbler
vodka, peach liqueur and a dash of oj

mongo bongo
vodka, fresh fruit puree and a splash of oj

godiva white chocolate martini
vodka and godiva white chocolate liqueur

queen of hearts
vodka, amaretto, cranberry and 7-up

peggy lee martini
vodka, orange, banana liqueur and cranberry

angel martini
vodka and frangelico

melon ball
vodka, orange and melon liqueur

black and white martini
vodka, chocolate liqueur and vanilla

hopscotch
vodka, butterscotch schnapps and cream

kit kat's passion
vodka and passion fruit puree'

hawaiian punch out
vodka, island passion liqueur and sour

lemonhead
vodka, lemon and sugar

iced tea-ni
vodka, tea and lemon

coco loco
rum, vodka, banana liqueur, splash of pineapple and creme de coconut

island paradise
vodka, mango, lime and sugar

chocolate chip cookie
vodka and chocolate chip cookie liqueur

the emperor
vodka and sake

side car
cognac, triple sec and lime

blue hawaii
white rum, blue curacao, pineapple and coconut cream

kool-it
vodka, flavored juice powder and sugar
*ask your server for the flavor of the day

coco bananas
vodka, banana liqueur, chocolate liqueur and a splash of pineapple

ruby slipper
vodka, triple sec and ruby red grapefruit juice

strawberry banana
vodka, banana liqueur, strawberry liqueur, creme de cocoa and cream

rosmopolitan
vodka, creme de cassis, cranberry and a splash of lime

snickerdoodle
vodka, splashes of baileys, kahlua, frangelico and amaretto

berry manillow
vodka, creme de cassis and a splash of lime

sake-it-to-me
sake, triple sec, sweet & sour and lime

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Godiva Chocolate Martini with a Cherry - Oooh la la!

2006-09-07T23:46:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Martini recipe

Scale ingredients to servings
1 1/2 oz Stoli® Vanil vodka
1 oz Godiva® chocolate liqueur
1 cherry

Mix vanilla vodka and chocolate liqueur in shaker filled with ice. Strain into either wine glass or martini glass. Garnish with a cherry.Serve in:
White Wine Glass

Emerald Vodka Martini recipe

2006-08-10T22:28:00.000-07:00

Scale ingredients to servings
1 1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/8 oz Green Chartreuse®
1 twist lemon peel

Stir with cracked ice in a shaker and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Twist a lemon zest over the drink and float the zest on top.

Swank Martini Gift Boxes - Stunning Gifts for Him and Her!

2006-07-31T03:58:00.000-07:00

VAN GOGH VODKAS INTRODUCES ESPRESSO VODKA

2006-07-28T22:34:00.000-07:00

VAN GOGH VODKAS INTRODUCES
FIRST-EVER ESPRESSO VODKA

HOT ESPRESSO (AFTER DINNER) COFFEE DRINKS MOVE ON OVER.
HERE COME VAN GOGH ESPRESSO VODKA MARTINIS!

RENO, NV. (May 9, 2005)- Van Gogh Vodkas continues to expand its flavored vodka category with the introduction of the new Van Gogh Espresso Vodka. (70 Proof, 35% alc/vol). The only espresso vodka “to hit” store shelves throughout the nation will become available to consumers on June 1.

Coffee lovers and vodka connoisseurs alike will be “wowed” by this flavor. The bold true taste of espresso in Van Gogh’s Espresso Vodka will give coffee a new meaning. When in the past, restaurant and bar goers would order hot espresso coffee drinks with their dessert, now they can order espresso martinis for dessert or, of course, with their dessert too. Some of the newest martinis are a Mocha Buzz, Espressotini, Cappuccino Delight, Latte Especial, Double Shot Dutch Mocha and Vanilla Espresso Blend. The options are plenty (see martini list below). As you can clearly see, the hype about specialty coffees has now extended into the super-premium vodka market.

“Distributor orders for espresso vodka are beyond our expectations,” says David van de Velde, President of Luctor International, importers of Van Gogh Vodkas. “Since our vodkas are hand-crafted and the bottles are intricately designed and silk-screened, we’re working day and night with our master distiller and bottling company to fill these orders.”

On Monday of this week, Van Gogh experienced a “panic” situation in which the espresso bottles had to be in Holland by noon on Wednesday for the container of bottles to make the ship on Thursday. No trucks were available, so three pick up trucks were rented and driven in caravan from Paris to Rotterdam just in time to bottle the espresso vodka and deliver it to the ship. Bottles were etched in Paris, France. Tuesday they were silk screened, and Wednesday at 8am three pick up trucks drove pallets to Rotterdam (from France through Belgium into Holland).

“We’ll do whatever it takes to meet the demands of our distributors and consumers, especially since we know this flavor is guaranteed to be another winner,” says van de Velde.

Van Gogh’s Master Distiller, Tim Vos, perfected this espresso flavor after working with various measurements and freshly roasted coffee beans. The few select people (distributors and media) who have already tasted this new vodka at our annual wholesalers conference in Orlando during the month of April rave about it saying, “It tastes just like espresso and smells like freshly roasted coffee beans at the finest roasting house.”

Like all other Van Gogh Vodkas, the multiple distillation process creates a vodka with refinement, smoothness and character as only found in handmade, small batch spirits. With the addition of Van Gogh’s 11th flavored Vodka, Espresso, Van Gogh Vodkas offers more than 9,000 martini combinations for individuals to make a customized and personal martini.

“Adding the flavor of Espresso to our family of super-premium flavored vodkas offers people, yet another, martini option,” says van de Velde. “The Espresso Vodka fills the coffee demand that is becoming more popular every year.”

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Van Gogh Vodka - David van de Velde President of Luctor International

2006-07-27T16:10:00.000-07:00

Van Gogh Vodka - Biography Information

David van de Velde is the president of Luctor International, importers of award-winning Van Gogh Vodkas, Gin and vodka-based Liqueurs.

Mr. van de Velde founded Luctor International in 1982 to import beer from Holland, his native country. Now the company imports the largest selection of ultra-premium flavored vodkas, along with gin and liqueurs.

In 1989, Mr. van de Velde started importing Ketel One Vodka. The years following exploded with consumer demand for more and more high-end imported vodkas and gin. So, in 1997 he began importing Leyen Dry Gin, named after the Dutch university where gin was invented in 1650. Leyden Dry Gin is made from the finest grains and is hand-crafted at the Dirkzwager Distillery, a fourth generation family distillery located in Holland which Mr. van de Velde contracted with to hand-craft Van Gogh Vodkas and Gin.

In 1999, Mr. van de Velde began importing award-winning ultra-premium Van Gogh Gin. And, in 2000, 5-star rated Van Gogh Vodka, Citroen and Oranje were introduced.

Now, Mr. van de Velde has grown Luctor International into one of the most notable and innovative high-end spirits importers in the United States. Each Van Gogh flavored Vodka has won an award. Vodka flavors include: Original, Orange, Citrus, Apple, Raspberry, Vanilla, Dutch Chocolate, Pineapple, Melon and soon to be released Coconut Vodka.

And, the importing of the first vodka-based liqueurs has also been successful. Liqueur flavors complement the Van Gogh flavored Vodkas. Liqueur flavors include: sour apple, Dutch chocolate, Dutch chocolate raspberry, vanilla, and two Triple Secs (30 and 80 proof).

Mr. van de Velde resides in Orlando, FL. He is a native of Zierikzee, Holland. Prior to becoming President of Luctor International, he was a ship officer and port captain for Holland America Line. He piloted freight and cruise ships through the Panal Canal and was a pioneer of container shipping.

Luctor International

Swank Martini Company - For Classy, Sexy Gifts

2006-06-14T04:22:00.000-07:00

We just love their Martini glasses and their Gift ideas...some really DIVINE goodies!

Swanky Gift Ideas - Martini Gifts - Romantic Gifts

2006-06-14T04:02:00.000-07:00

This company has the most stunning Martini Glasses and Gift Ideas for Guys and Gals!
We all love the products!

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The Swerve Martini Glass for Classy Dames!

2006-06-10T04:19:00.000-07:00

Best served with our Vanilla Martini!

The Flirtini - A Sexy Drink for Sexy People!

2006-06-09T04:15:00.000-07:00

Best served with a Vodka Martini!

A Breezy, Flirty Martini Glass for Your Love!

2006-06-07T04:13:00.000-07:00

Best served with the Mexican Martini Recipe!

Sexy OMEGEA Martini Glass - Get it Here!

2006-06-04T04:10:00.000-07:00

GREAT with the Chocolate Martini Recipe!

Martini Glass With a Twist - Sexy Gift Idea!

2006-06-02T04:06:00.000-07:00

This Martini glass looks gorgeous with the Sour Apple Martini!

Vodka Martini: shaken, not stirred

2006-04-10T23:10:00.000-07:00

Finlandia is 007's vodka of choice.
In "Die Another Day," Bond still likes his martinis shaken, not stirred, but his vodka now is courtesy of Finlandia, not Smirnoff.

"We were honored and thrilled to be part of Bond; Finlandia is the true global brand with 80 percent outside the U.S.," said Scott Reid,

global marketing director for Finlandia, a unit of Brown-Forman Corp. (BFB: Research, Estimates).

"Finlandia fits perfectly with the Bond image and ice-theme in the film," Reid added.

My Swanky Valentine

2006-02-14T04:00:00.000-08:00

History of the Martini Cocktail

2006-01-03T13:47:00.000-08:00

The origin of the martini is uncertain. By one widely accepted account, the martini is a descendant of the Martinez, an older, sweeter, , which consists of (approximately) two ounces of sweet vermouth, one ounce gin (specifically, Old Tom gin, a sweetened variant), two dashes maraschino cherry liquid, and one dash bitters, shaken with ice, strained, and served with a twist of lemon. The Martinez purportedly originated in California in the 1870s, probably either in San Francisco or in the nearby town of Martinez. Some versions of this account are more specific, crediting the Martinez to Jerry Thomas, a famous and influential 19th century bartender working the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco in the late 1850s or 1860s.

In the book, The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them, copyright 1907, written by William T. Boothby, the recipe for Dry Martini Cocktail (à la Charlie Shaw, Los Angeles, Cal) instructs, "into a mixing glass place some cracked ice, two dashes of Orange bitters, half a jigger of (dry) French vermouth, and half a jigger of dry English gin. Stir well until thoroughly chilled, strain into a stem cocktail-glass, squeeze a piece of lemon peel over the top and serve with an olive." Other than the bitters and the ratio of vermouth to gin, this is remarkably similar to a modern martini cocktail. The reference to California is consistent, but other early martini history cites San Francisco rather than Los Angeles.

William Grimes, restaurant critic for the New York Times avers (in Straight Up or On the Rocks: the Story of the American Cocktail) that the dry martini was invented by Signor Martini di Arma di Taggia, the bartender at the Knickerbocker Hotel, in New York, in 1912. The fact that numerous published references to the martini predate 1912 discounts this theory.

The martini was an established American cocktail at the beginning of the 20th century, but did not attain its pre-eminent status as the classic cocktail until later in the century. Perhaps paradoxically, Prohibition did a great deal to elevate the martini's stature. Americans' preferred tipple at that time -- whiskey -- requires skillful blending and long aging, whereas cheap but (marginally) drinkable "bathtub gin" is relatively easy to produce, so martinis were more readily available in the era of the speakeasy.

The Prohibition-era martini was quite "wet" by today's standards. With the repeal of Prohibition, and the ready availability of quality gin, the drink became progressively dryer. (A "dry" martini is one with relatively little vermouth. One might say that a "very dry" martini is essentially a glass of cold gin, though the ice will contribute some water to the final drink.) This trend toward dryness eventually reached fetishistic extremes, and became the source of a considerable body of martini anecdotes, wit, and lore. One might prepare a martini by waving the cap of a vermouth bottle over the glass, or observing that "there was vermouth in the house once." Winston Churchill chose to forgo vermouth completely, and instead simply bowed in the direction of France, while General Patton suggested pointing the gin bottle in the general direction of Italy. Ernest Hemingway liked to order a "Montgomery", which was a martini mixed at a gin:vermouth ratio of 15:1 (these supposedly being the odds Field Marshall Montgomery wanted to have before going into battle). In a classic bit of stage business in the 1955 play Auntie Mame sophisticated pre-adolescent Patrick Dennis offers a martini, which he prepares by swirling a drop of vermouth in the glass, then tossing it out before filling the glass with gin. Similarly, in the 1958 movie Teacher's Pet, Clark Gable mixes a martini by turning the bottle of vermouth upside-down before running the moistened cork around the rim of the glass and filling it with gin. Surrealist director Luis Buñuel was another supporter of the drink, including his personal recipe into his Oscar-winning 1972 film Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie and in his memoires, which consists basically of "coating the cubes", a method of adding the flavor of vermouth by pouring the vermouth in separately, and then pouring it out before pouring in the gin. Also, atomizers similar to those used for perfume were sometimes used to dispense a token amount of vermouth.

The martini's popularity waned in the health-conscious, wine-and-spritzer-drinking seventies, but resurged in the late eighties and nineties. During this "martini renaissance," vodka supplanted gin as the most commonly requested base spirit, and nouveau variations proliferated: the green apple martini, the chocolate martini, and so forth. Whether the more extreme variations of this era may truly be called martinis remains a topic of vigorous debate. The first reference to a vodka martini in the United States occurs in the 1951 cocktail book Bottoms Up by Ted Saucier. The recipe is credited to celebrity photographer Jerome Zerbe.

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Sour Apple Martini Recipe

2006-01-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

Here's the Sour Apple Martini Recipe we recommend!
1 oz vanilla flavored vodka
1 oz sour apple schnapps
1 splash sweet and sour mix
Shake with crushed ice. Strain into glass. Serve the sour apple martini in a cocktail glass. Garnish with apple slices.

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The Martini Cocktail

2006-01-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

The martini is a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry white vermouth. Over the years, the martini has become something of an icon, having been referred to as the "King of Cocktails". H. L. Mencken once called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet"; E. B. White called it "the elixir of quietude." Nikita Khrushchev supposedly called it "America's lethal weapon". It is also the proverbial drink of the old "three-martini lunch" of business executives, now largely abandoned as part of companies' "fitness for duty" programs.

While variations are legion, a standard modern martini is made by combining approximately two and a half ounces of gin and one half ounce of dry vermouth with ice. Because vermouth mixes easily and uniformly with its solvent (gin or vodka), a Martini should always be mixed in a stirring glass. Reputable bartending schools insist that a cocktail shaker tends to dull the taste of the vermouth. However, it is relatively common to see a bartender mix a Martini with a shaker due in part to the influence of the James Bond action movie series. The ingredients are mixed then strained and served "straight up" (without ice) in a chilled cocktail glass, and garnished with either an olive or a twist (a strip of lemon peel, usually squeezed or twisted to express volatile citric oils onto the surface of the drink). Capers or cocktail onions are sometimes used as substitute garnishes. An onion-garnished martini is properly known as a Gibson as it was created by Charles Dana Gibson, a "Life" illustrator famous for his "Gibson Girl" illustrations.

While the standard martini may call for a 5:1 ratio of distilled spirits to wine, many aficionados may reduce the proportion of vermouth drastically. This gave rise to stories such as martinis being made by just passing the cork of the vermouth above the glass, along with similar conceits about how little vermouth, i.e., how "dry," one's martinis are (see history below).

Another common but controversial variation is the vodka martini, which is prepared in exactly the same way as a standard martini, with vodka being substituted for gin as the base spirit. In the 1990s, the vodka martini supplanted the traditional gin-based martini in popularity. Today, when bar and restaurant customers order "a martini," they frequently have in mind a drink made with vodka. Martini purists decry this development: while few object to the drink itself, they strenuously object to it being called "a martini." The martini, they insist, is a gin-based cocktail; this variation should be designated as such, with the name "vodka martini" (it may also be called a "vodkatini" or a "kangaroo").

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Welcome to Martini's at Midnight!

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Welcome To Martinis At Midnight
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My belief is that there are two consistent things in most people’s lives. The first being a love for some kind of alcoholic beverage, it is the most common
vice in the world and definitely the most socially acceptable.

The second being relationships, whether you are in one, or wishing you had one, or just got out of the relationship from hell, they are one of the most discussed things in our lives.

My favorite vice is of course, the Martini, screw beer or wine. My mother always said if you’re going to drink; don’t drink a lot, just make it count. A Martini is very much like a relationship: mix a few things together, shake it, or stir it up and you never know what you are going to get! This column is my insight into how Martinis and relationships make us laugh, cry and hopefully, understand life a little better.

Join me on a weekly journey into the world of life, love and Martini. I promise you that apart from getting access to some of the world's most outrageous Martini recipes, you will be thoroughly entertained!

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