On This Day…

76 years ago on this very day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt mixed the first legal martini in White House in 13 years… when Utah (can you believe Utah!) became the 36th State to repeal the 18th Amendment.

FDR preferred a Gibson Martini with a higher percentage of Vermouth than is our present custom of bone dry.

I also honor this occasion by enjoying a well made Tanqueray martini… up with olives, please. In fact, I have celebrated this event on days other than December 5…

The way I see it… I have to make up for members of my family who think that the Volstead Act is still in force. If it was good enough for FDR, then it should be good enough for Paul and Lynn.

But I am not here to snipe at my Brother and Sister who I love very much. I just see it as my duty to represent our family in celebrating this auspicious day… I also celebrate it on Feast Days, on days the Yankees win, on days the Yankees lose, before an election (and just after) and at other times as the occasion and season warrant.

This is an exaggeration… but not by much.

Cheers to us all…

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