tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post6512350521299219727..comments2024-02-15T00:57:03.420-08:00Comments on - Privilege: High WASP Entertaining, What Do We Think About Alcohol?LPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-63915104096915475522009-07-18T09:12:54.209-07:002009-07-18T09:12:54.209-07:00Oo, I don't like that spelling of skål, remind...Oo, I don't like that spelling of skål, reminds me of that other vile/unhealthy Scandinavian habit commercialized here in the States.<br /><br />But anyway...I have long theorized that I might hold my liquor quite well because of my various northern European ancestors (one sector being Swedish)...pretty much all of them are thought of as drinkers. I can handle a lot more than I "ought" as a petite gal. (I hasten to add, I am a moderate drinker and don't have any taste for overdoing it.)<br /><br />And I knew what I'd find as the answer to your rhetorical question. The..."appreciation"...for drink I remember noting among the pink-shirted, whale-wearing, Pappagallo-purchasing segment well before legal drinking age. Really hadn't thought about the lack of snobbery regarding it though. Hey, I never had a problem with the wonderful 1982 & '83 E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône I used to drink back in the day when I could get it for...$2.50 a bottle! (That was after I was drinking age however.)<br /><br />Note to "The Mrs." because I am a language geek: I always found it interesting that the shoe styles "top-sider" (a Sperry model) and "dockside" (Sebago) got blended more often than not into the technically portmanteau "docksider" and used for either (and their imitators). <br /><br />(Why yes, some people DO still talk to me at parties, thanks for your concern! ;) )Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838137079793727908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-17428326280916849092009-07-15T20:44:42.933-07:002009-07-15T20:44:42.933-07:00What a fabulous post. I concur with brother. Seems...What a fabulous post. I concur with brother. Seems like he knows best, dealing with the crazies and all. But what do I know. My Dad drank scotch and sodas and did yard work in a lacoste and dock siders.The Mrs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05665800276194590859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-8510360237438935732009-07-13T08:34:14.888-07:002009-07-13T08:34:14.888-07:00Well then skoal.Well then skoal.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-61938286266989633702009-07-12T17:19:24.385-07:002009-07-12T17:19:24.385-07:00I prefer the Plymouth but really anything will do....I prefer the Plymouth but really anything will do.Muffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922563331499574218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-72348096869298638782009-07-11T07:46:10.419-07:002009-07-11T07:46:10.419-07:00Being a Scot & Finn, I've been know to enj...Being a Scot & Finn, I've been know to enjoy a gin & tonic w/lime, not so much the scotch, although the grandparents did every night.Torch Lake Prephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314033135541810929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-48858743654673822102009-07-11T07:01:08.163-07:002009-07-11T07:01:08.163-07:00Eye contact it is. I say if the dogs love you, the...Eye contact it is. I say if the dogs love you, they count. Yeah, I go for the manly stuff myself too. What is a French 75 I wonder?LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-55610211981037547822009-07-10T22:15:20.478-07:002009-07-10T22:15:20.478-07:00Cute post! I agree- eye contact is a must. Cheer...Cute post! I agree- eye contact is a must. Cheers!Preppy Pink Crocodilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396889798988617272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-28698588233008721622009-07-10T18:03:14.105-07:002009-07-10T18:03:14.105-07:00This was interesting and fun. We too, nod toward t...This was interesting and fun. We too, nod toward the heart. How apropos.Maureen at IslandRoarhttp://www.islandroar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-1866301086286230492009-07-10T16:12:46.238-07:002009-07-10T16:12:46.238-07:00Reading your post makes me want to open that bottl...Reading your post makes me want to open that bottle I've been saving for a special occasion...<br /><br />...a quiet house for change sounds like just the thing to be deemed 'special'! So cheers, my friend (holding glass to my heart, nodding my head, SIPPING my wine) YOU have a lovely weekend yourself.<br /><br />? Does having just the dogs here constitute drinking alone? Can they witness the toast thus making eye contact? Just a thought....f8hasithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195691823384775191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-72607502779950623672009-07-10T14:26:27.844-07:002009-07-10T14:26:27.844-07:00Eye contact means you're not drinking alone. ...Eye contact means you're not drinking alone. So that's good.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797313197298457017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-60312178342889462872009-07-10T14:11:02.448-07:002009-07-10T14:11:02.448-07:00I LOVE alcohol...champagne cocktails, (sugar cube,...I LOVE alcohol...champagne cocktails, (sugar cube, bitters, champ), manhattans, scotch and sodas, French 75's, all wine...the list goes on and on. Just none of those sweet girly drinks and nothing with accessories, ie, umbrellas, etc.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171054999389018364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-42716353201113345752009-07-10T14:08:04.747-07:002009-07-10T14:08:04.747-07:00I like your brother's theory. Both of my gran...I like your brother's theory. Both of my grandmothers are of Scots-Irish descent, and I love my single malt libations - I can hold a reasonably intelligent discussion about single malt scotch. Wine is another matter; I love the stuff, and prefer dry red wines, but that's about where my wine sophistication ends.<br /><br />I am also definitely a foodie by choice, even if I do post recipes for fried chicken. :)Janhttp://www.janssushibar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-22338135766216637662009-07-10T13:24:33.952-07:002009-07-10T13:24:33.952-07:00Eye contact when toasting is a must for me..., why...Eye contact when toasting is a must for me..., why toast otherwise, but most Americans don't. I'd say it's a European tradition.Mayahttp://www.an-ocean-beach-lovers-place.com/noreply@blogger.com