(from-name) Kim Stahler
( Gin.)

Sapphire is my favorite. When I first tried it, I was so dopey, I thought the gin might be blue, but I've come a long way. Now all my friends love it too. My best martini starts with freezing a crystal glass in the freezer for several hours I always have glasses at the ready, just in case. I use one drop of Noilly Prat vermouth so I can still technically call it a martini and shake my mix (until my hand freezes to the shaker) for extreme coldness. Small, pimento-free, Spanish olives are the norm, though a twist will do when watching calories. I even have a pale blue glass and a blue glass olive pick to enhance the Sapphire effect. Anyone know where can I get Bombay merchandise, glasses, shirts, and such? Heard of you on the liquor newsgroup.

Kim Stahler/The Stained Apron For angry food servers: wso.net/apron

From: "Skidmore, Eleanor"
Subject: Bombay stuff
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:43:33 -0400

I also have a set of 4 blue glasses and coordinating picks and shaker from the Pottery Barn - a birthday gift from my dad and brother. I keep a different pair in the freezer, though, because they take the cold better than the blue ones.

Anyway, about the Bombay stuff. For (at least) the past two Christmases, Bombay has marketed a bottle/glass package, where you get a bottle of gin and a cool martini glass. Last years' was fairly simple and elegant; the year before was that ugly (IMHO) totem pole glass seen in some of the magazine ads.

I'll be looking for next year's holiday offering.

Eleanor Skidmore