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Memory Harker
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11-01-2005 15:47
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Chance Abattoir
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11-01-2005 15:52
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Jake Reitveld
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11-01-2005 15:54
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder!
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Mulch Ennui
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11-01-2005 15:59
WHO WANTS SOME ?
You all know what to get me for Christmas http://www.absinthe.bz/store/absinthe-king-gold.html _____________________
I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
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11-01-2005 16:06
 Laissez les bon temps rouler! _____________________
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Juro Kothari
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11-01-2005 16:32
MMmmmm! I wish I had tried some when I was in Paris. Damn.
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Chip Midnight
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11-01-2005 16:41
You can get it mail order from Europe, or you can buy it in Europe and bring it into the US. You just can't sell it in the States.
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11-01-2005 16:44
You can get it mail order from Europe, or you can buy it in Europe and bring it into the US. You just can't sell it in the States. the link i posted above sells it directly its too bad it is so expensive. If I end up tiering down, ill use my budgeted excess to sample me some _____________________
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Chip Midnight
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11-01-2005 16:55
Ooh, will have to check it out. I had some for the first time a few months ago. At least I vaguely recall trying it. That night is a bit of a blur.
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Claire Richelieu
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Fasinating Article
11-01-2005 16:57
Thank you for sharing
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Icon Serpentine
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11-01-2005 18:46
I love absinthe. It's nice and legal here in Canada. good shite.
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Seth Kanahoe
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11-01-2005 19:08
Copolla made it the drink of vampyres. Fitting.
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Euterpe Roo
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11-01-2005 20:19
Copolla made it the drink of vampyres. Fitting. He also made red the color of vampyres.  Little did F.F. know--Sofia is now the drink of vampyres. http://www.sofiamini.com/site.php _____________________
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Freya Becquerel
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11-02-2005 08:30
I get mine from http://www.spiritscorner.com/
Very sensible pricing and always safely shipped. One of the few senders of email newsletters I actually read - they find some very interesting stuff |
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Juro Kothari
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11-02-2005 12:03
This site sells the Nouvelle-Orléans absinthe mentioned in the Wired article for £75.53 (about $134USD). That was including shipping to the U.S. and handling fees.
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Gabe Lippmann
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11-02-2005 12:05
I need some NOW!
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Ellie Edo
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11-02-2005 12:27
I was introduced to Absinthe a couple of years ago by the barman in the Hotel Europa, Prague.
I urge every one of you who has the slightest chance of getting there to visit this hotel. It is an unrefurbished survival from the wave of Art Nouveau hotels across the world just prewar. It is so original you can't believe it, except that the shabbiness is the proof. But the woodwork, the glass, the mirrors transport you to an amazing somewhere else, without a single fake item in sight. A visual feast almost beyond description. I've seen the mile of Art Nouveau hotels along Miami's South Beach but this is in a different league. How it survived I cannot understand. I think the owning family became decrepit and set in its ways, and someone lived, and fended the next generation of modernisers off, far longer than was otherwise decent. How it really happened I do not know. But it is half empty, and I have a terrible fear some moron may decide to "do it up" and make money now Prague is beginning to boom. may even be too late already. Not just the public spaces. The room, the bed, the bathroom fittings, everything absolutely untouched and stylistically astonishing. Nothing but absolutely superb quality of original execution could have prevented it all crumbling away. Mind you it is a teensy weensy bit crumbled. Don't expect 5* 2005. Extreme, astonishing visual beauty must matter to you  |
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Selador Cellardoor
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11-02-2005 12:43
J'aime la fee verte.
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11-02-2005 13:50
J'aime la fee verte. Mais elle est impitoyable. _____________________
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11-02-2005 15:44
Mais elle est impitoyable. Jean Lafitte ist meine lieblings Pirat. _____________________
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11-03-2005 03:56
MMmmmm! I wish I had tried some when I was in Paris. Damn. Juro, You wouldn't have been able to get it in Paris - it's illegal in France. _____________________
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11-03-2005 03:58
Its EVIL!
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11-03-2005 04:17
Another thing to add to the "let's legalize this" list .
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Eggy Lippmann
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11-03-2005 06:05
I was introduced to Absinthe a couple of years ago by the barman in the Hotel Europa, Prague. I urge every one of you who has the slightest chance of getting there to visit this hotel. It is an unrefurbished survival from the wave of Art Nouveau hotels across the world just prewar. It is so original you can't believe it, except that the shabbiness is the proof. But the woodwork, the glass, the mirrors transport you to an amazing somewhere else, without a single fake item in sight. A visual feast almost beyond description. I've seen the mile of Art Nouveau hotels along Miami's South Beach but this is in a different league. How it survived I cannot understand. I think the owning family became decrepit and set in its ways, and someone lived, and fended the next generation of modernisers off, far longer than was otherwise decent. How it really happened I do not know. But it is half empty, and I have a terrible fear some moron may decide to "do it up" and make money now Prague is beginning to boom. may even be too late already. Not just the public spaces. The room, the bed, the bathroom fittings, everything absolutely untouched and stylistically astonishing. Nothing but absolutely superb quality of original execution could have prevented it all crumbling away. Mind you it is a teensy weensy bit crumbled. Don't expect 5* 2005. Extreme, astonishing visual beauty must matter to you You can see pictures and prices at: http://www.evropahotel.cz/ _____________________
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Roland Hauptmann
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11-03-2005 07:08
Neurotoxins FTW!
A friend of mine made his own absinthe back in college... he drank it, and then the entire next day he was puking his brains out. It actually etched the plastic glass that he had it in. Things that etch plastic are not good for you. |
