Friday, January 05, 2007

In preparation

for the potluck he would buy a bag of cubed ice and mixers -- 7-UP, Tonic, Club Soda, Coca-Cola, Orange Juice. He would also remember at the last minute lemons and limes. He wondered what pairings, what conversations, would result from the mixings -- what squeezings, what wonderful concoctions ...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Splendid...a cornucorpia of aromas...it could only be described by a ski bum as the "special mixture."

JOHN BURGESS said...

What happens just across town would incite the prolatariat!

Anonymous said...

Uptown, downtown a French origin revival--oui? Today's proletariat's raison d'etre is "American Idol," just cancel their cable tv to incite force majeure. C'est la vie.