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“I felt cold and dry, like a Martini.”

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This book delves into the emotional and psychological impact of a failed marriage, examining the dynamics between a couple as they navigate the challenges of separation and the lasting effects on their lives. more

Author

Ursula Parrott

Ursula Parrott was an English writer born on March 26, 1900. Her works primarily focused on social realism, exploring the status and challenges of women in early 20th-century British society. more

“I took a breath. Pictured the bed waiting for me upstairs. Then retreated to the lobby bar alone and ordered an ice-cold gin martini, a small signal to myself that my work was done. I held the glass, its inverted construction an insult to gravity and the order of things. Just like our Movement, from the outside the balance of power seems all wrong. But hold a martini glass in your hand and you know instinctively that it is just right.”

Life Alcohol Martinis

Book:Confessions of a Velour-Shirted Man

Source: Confessions of a Velour-Shirted Man

“We had dry martinis; great wing-shaped glasses of perfumed fire, tangy as the early morning air.”

Poetry Bars Alcoholic Descriptive Prose Martinis

Book:The Dud Avocado

Source: The Dud Avocado

“So he stopped at the first of them, a frigid hothouse whose front tipped forward over the street in defiance of gravity, taste, and ordinance; inside, the tender daytime flowers could be seen huddling in family groups beneath a constant, unseen sun, and behind them was the hermetic door to the dark Cactus Room where the shy nocturnal plants, genus cereus, could bloom in privacy at any hour. Vivien, once out of the car, appeared less constrained. She did not have that stiffness so many have on first entering bars, that air of waiting stubbornly for alcohol to loosen them, which so often presages their manner when it comes' time for bed. She was already excited when the martinis came.”

Bar Martinis Alcohoil

Book:Wall to Wall

Source: Wall to Wall