My wife usually makes my martinis. She's away on business until Friday. Would it be cheating to

[ohiosmith]

make my own? Or should I wait for her to return?

[hlthe2b]

1. Have a beer or wine for a change....

and toast her.

[ohiosmith]

3. I drank all the wine last night. Too lazy to go out for beer. What to do? What to do?

[hlthe2b]

9. I have a store that delivers.... (!)

No, I've not yet tried them out... but noted for future reference.

Gin or Vodka?

[ohiosmith]

12. Can I get a volume discount?

[hlthe2b]

21. Actually, yes.... I keep getting adverts in the mailbox...

If I were the mail "man", I'd be sorely tempted to take a little break!

[siligut]

2. How do you like your martinis?

Me? Gin, dirty and on the rocks with a green olive. Mmmmmmm.

[ohiosmith]

4. Hendricks up with cucumber, or Grey Goose up with no garnish, or Russian Standard up with bleu

cheese stuffed olives.

[siligut]

5. Bleu cheese stuffed olives sound wonderful.

I will have to try one. You have good taste and you can make that Grey Goose martini real easy all by yourself

[ohiosmith]

7. They are great. A nice twist is a Red Square martini: Russian Standard w/splash of sweet vermouth

and bleu cheese olives.

I'll tell my wife you gave me permish to make my own.

[siligut]

11. I feel like the dog in that video, the one where he laments that the cat got the treat.

Now I want a martini. I will wait until Valentines day, there is a great restaurant, called the New Orleans that we plan to visit and they make a terrific cajun martini.

[ohiosmith]

13. Great video. Tell me about the Cajun martini. How is it made?

[siligut]

19. Like I said, I like gin

I have mine over ice, but they pour a little pickled jalapeno juice in and give you a jalepeno stuffed olive, so good. And the food is the best. They give you corn fritters and a salad to start off. The dressing is their own and it is just very tasty. Then they have the best ever veggie jambalaya. And their red beans and rice is the stuff you dream of. I wonder if nolabear has tried The New Orleans, I would like to know what she thinks.

[ohiosmith]

22. Sounds great. Where is the restaurant?

[siligut]

23. Pioneer square, down by Safeco field, Seattle.

It is in an old red brick building and have pictures of jazz and blues greats posted on the walls. They also have good music, blues and jazz, right in the dining area. There is a huge mural in the bar and one of the guys in the mural can be found, in the flesh, having a drink at that very bar.

[ohiosmith]

27. Cool. I get to Seattle every year or so. I'll have to check it out.

[trof]

10. Try jalapeno stuffed olive. Or garlic stuffed.

Yum.

[ohiosmith]

14. Sounds goooood!

[siligut]

15. Oh, you are so right

The restaurant, where I am going to have my martini, uses jalapeno stuffed olives in their cajun martini

[Populist_Prole]

6. No no! Get some experience making one. It's an art.

Plus you can experiment, and if it's not to your liking, your wife's will be that much more enjoyable.

[ohiosmith]

8. Should I star experimenting now?

[Populist_Prole]

25. By all means

Try it with gin instead of vodka. Try pearl onions instead of olives. I picked up a cool ( and I think accurate ) way of adding just the right vermouth: By spraying it...misting it across the top of the martini. 2 good pumps of the little spray bottle. ( You don't add the vermouth before you shake/stir it do you? )

[OffWithTheirHeads]

16. You know what they say about Martinis

One is not enough.
Two is too many.
Three is not enough.

Learn to make your own you chauvinist pig

The upside is you get to drink em till you get it right!

Jalapeno stuffed olives are the bomb!

[ohiosmith]

17. "Chauvinist pig"! Is that you dear?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

26. Yes! And you can start doing your own laundry too you,you,you

Gadabout!

[MiddleFingerMom]

18. Go out and find a big hairy bartender named Kowalski or Hammerhead or something and have HIM...

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Confess to your wife when she returns that you've been cheating on her and THEN explain
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Look even sadder and tell her you don't think you'll be able to give him up.
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Tell her you want an open relationship.
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An open BAR relationship.
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[ohiosmith]

20. What happens when I get out of the ICU?

[Moondog]

24. Wait. They'll taste a lot better

if she makes them.

Get into a bottle of scotch in the meantime. Glass. Ice. Whiskey. Easy.

[ohiosmith]

28. Now that's a plan.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

29. If the wifes away 'till friday, go all out and open a bar/casino/concert venue in the basement! n/t

[ohiosmith]

30. We don't have basements in Vegas.