Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Great Limoncello Incident of 2009


As Schwartz, DW and I made our way to the Bellagio to meet up with Scott and Rudy I briefly feared they were shopping — I mean, Olives might have been some designer store in which Rudy could find the latest fashions — but, I thought, it's the Saturday of Man Weekend; that cannot be.

I was quite relieved to find that Olives is, in fact, a nice restaurant/bar nestled among the Bellagio's high-end shops. Scott and Rudy were having Peroni's Nastro Azzuro and had ordered Junípero on the rocks.

A bit later Scott turned around and was excited to see Schwartz ordering a round of drinks — an unusual occurance, to be sure; but his excitement was short-lived when it was determined that Schwartz's round was actually ... Limoncello, that sweet-and-sour cocktail beloved by women from Santee to Siena.

By a 4-1 vote it was quickly decided that Schwartz's drink-selecting privileges were revoked for a period of at least one year.

1 comment:

SLO Living said...

I was talking with Scott last night telling him I could still not get rid of that terrible lemonade drink when Scott corrected me... lemonade actually is a good tasting drink. Did anyone ever thank Schwartz for the round of drinks?

That was tasty gin and olives.