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| | riverfronttimes.com | News | Bastante Gin and Tonic |
 | | Some sort of half-assed logic -- er, "tradition" -- dictates that a gin and tonic be enjoyed only in the summer months, that it should be closeted after Labor Day. |
 | | Said shrub is, of course, the juniper bush, the juicy buds of which are plucked by plump pixies and dropped wholesale into the magic berry bucket to be used in the creation of the piney, earthy extract known as gin. |
 | | Bartender Steve Green adds the tonic and two cucumber slices to the drink, which is served in an iced snifter, and which, once delivered, silences the skeptic with its subtlety, its depth, its unadulterated joy. |
| www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2004-01-21/drink.html (433 words) |
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