Martini Madness

We went to an event that had the words "martini" and "madness" in its description/title. It was a fundraiser for the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. It was a given that the mystery lady and I would go given our passion for proper martinis. We usually don't stray from our Beefeater Gin Martinis.The foo foo or designer concoctions are just too campy.

I stuck to my guns save for the fact that you could not find a bottle of Beefeaters in the house. The locally made Gin from the nice folks at Clearheart Distillery was the heartof many of the potions. My formula was the same at each tasting station.....Gin with a lemon twist. Actually one of the martinis featured was titled "Straight from the (Clear) Heart-tini"

The mystery lady was more outgoing and tried some of the others. At one time I caught her with one in each hand. Of course I would expect no less from her. Some of the names of these were....Green Benzini, Tek-tini, Citrus Smile (From Gehring Orthodontics) [note one of the pics with me and Mrs. Gehring....looks like I had reached my limit], Scottaroo-tini, Blue Screen of Death...and the list goes on....for a total of 19 different recipes.

There was some fancy finger food and there was an offering of Beer and Wine which did not get as much play as the martinis and there was even bottled water.....I think WC Fields just made another revolution in his grave.

We were treated to some great tunes and a live and silent auction. There was a bona fide princess amongst us......but thats the subject of another blog.

At the end of the evening two of the blokes present tried out the express elevator to the ground floor. I think this is just before it broke.

A good time way had by all....Thank God for martinis.