The
Carat Martini
As
always insight comes to me in the latest hour of the evening.
This evening was very enlightening but also equally disturbing.
I am always enlightened when I am introduced to a new
martini, particularly one that glitters like gold and
sparkles like diamonds. We all know that women love diamonds
but what was disturbing was the realization that a lot
of the female population is obsessed with getting "the
ring". Now I am going out on a limb here, because
it is not like me to ditch my own sex, but I have to call
women on this crap!
More
importantly of course is the martini. This is a killer
martini, completely lovely in every way. The Carat is
a mind blowing blend of Amaretto and Raspberry Liqueur.
Wow! But wait then you add some vanilla vodka and a splash
of orange juice and lime cordial. The Wow now becomes
superb. This is a great concoction because it is sweet,
without being sickly and it is nice and strong but does
not taste like straight alcohol. I had this martini garnished
with an orange twist, a bit different then the orange
slice but as I took my first sip I thought about how life
is never straight it is always twisted. With that thought
my girlfriends sat down at the bar beside me and ordered
their first Carat martinis.
The
conversation was quickly dominated by the latest crisis,
which was actually an on-going crisis, but tonight it
was increasingly intense. The crisis was "is
he ever going to pop the question". It
amazes me how many hours I have discussed this issue with
many different women. Now I know women spend a lot of
time discussing stuff but this is a huge topic that comes
around and around again. I am positive that men never
spend this much time discussing anything, except maybe
golf, but they never spend this much time discussing marriage.
My girlfriend was having a melt down this evening because
she had just celebrated her 7th year anniversary and her
boyfriend had not proposed. She was back to the question
of how long does she wait for him to pop the question?
She had decided that she wanted to move on with their
lives and get married and have kids. As we all ordered
another Carat martini the discussion got very heated.
I think the heat
was fueled by the fact that a casual acquaintance had
stopped by to say "Hi" and flashed us her new
and very large diamond ring. I watched my girlfriends
face fill with envy and
“I
knew that it was going to be a multiple martini evening.”
