Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Should you worry when your daughter becomes a gin connoisseur?

Friday, September 05, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/articles/novelist-megan-abbott-on-langleys-no-8-gin-1409934811

Todd Mason said...: Not till the gin blossoms form. (Or a certain sinister currency comes into discussions of "gin games" around her...); 3:56 PM
Gerard said...: It's a neat piece.; 4:52 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes.
It'll have a disastrous effect on her spelling. Get her to become a connoisseur instead.; 7:03 PM
Rick Robinson said...: It's probably just research for a book. I'm sure she doesn't imbibe it herself.; 8:05 PM
Anders E said...: I want her to go all aquavit and then write something about Scandinavia.; 10:13 PM
Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) said...: Important to keep your amateur status one would have thought ...; 7:07 AM
Anonymous said...: Nope. Not when it's Megan.; 7:39 AM
George said...: Megan is really branching out! As for me, I think gin tastes like furniture polish. Now rum...; 8:31 AM
Charles Gramlich said...: In this case, probably not.; 11:27 AM
Gerard said...: Serendipity says: The Great English Gin Bender.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/09/05/the_gin_craze_war_tyranny_class_and_the_dark_history_of_england_s_love_affair.html; 2:00 PM