I'm taking St Patrick's Day off of drinking. Not that I've been drinking much anyway, but it seems all Americans think they're of Irish descendency this day ;-) What's more, we had a free bar at this new place that opened downstairs last night, so I got a double rum and Red Bull, and the American idea of a double rum is to FILL THE ENTIRE GLASS with rum then splash some Red Bull in the top. Yes, this is a country where Red Bull is more expensive than spirit, so they'd rather overdo the rum than the RB.
What's more, they don't water down spirits in the US like they do in the UK. Some years ago I had 4 double vodkas in the UK, and didn't feel a thing. I wasn't even a quarter into my rum last night before I knew it was serious stuff. So, if you're an alky, the US is the place to go for those strong drinks. Sadly I found the rum to be rather vile, but got through three quarters of the neat stuff.
I went down to Orange County a couple of nights ago with Chris. It's great down there. You know when you've left LA because the lanes on the freeway get about three times wider, and the smog disappears. It was so open. No cheaper than LA though, this is where the jet set with their powerboats live. The office block we turned up at had BMW Z3s, Ferraris, and Aston Martins parked outside, and small shares in the office block were selling for $850k each.
Posted by peter at March 18, 2004 06:21 AM