Yes, these are the kind of things that tax professionals discuss at 3:00 a.m. over a martini or two.
Six feet tall, 160 pounds, broad-shouldered and thin, like a martini glass.
The exhibition ends where many of the spy's adventures began: at the bar with a martini -- shaken, not stirred, obviously -- in classic Bond fashion.
The following things are prohibited from Thanksgiving touch football: spikes, eye black, sticky gloves, Jets jerseys, running with a martini glass and a lit cigar, Norv Turner.
If you do not have time for a meal, step in for a martini or Manhattan at the long bar and watch the parade of high society drop in for dinner.
Your opening sonata hits a high note with a martini welcome featuring signature drinks from the renowned OPUS Bar, recently voted Vancouver's most popular night spot by Zagat.
The sleek, sexy Blue Bar makes a mean martini, and for a healthier indulgence, the superb 22, 000-square-foot spa offers 16 harbor-view treatment rooms, an extensive hydrotherapy suite, and a menu that dips a toe into Chinese medicine.
Patricia Barber sings with a cool, insinuating delivery, as if she's whispering in your ear over a very dry martini in a smoky dive.
His trademark sound and laid-back swing--he said he wanted to sound like a dry martini--hinted at the influence of tenor saxophone master Lester Young , a tendency shared by many white saxophonists of the time.
All those fine young men and women at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and UBS might just as well take a three Martini or maybe three Ouzo lunch for the next couple of days.
FORBES: The Greek Salad of Pyrrhic Victory,The Battle Of Bunker Hill, And Woody Allen
How much would you love a hotel that serves your martini on a silver tray while a full-scale riot rages outside?
Two sips of a tart lemon balm martini brought back the blurred headlights of taxicabs on a rainy street and the shriek of a trombone in a ballroom.
It takes about ten seconds (even less) to get a nice chilled martini or Manhattan.
FORBES: Why the Science of 'Shaken, not Stirred' Isn't There Yet
"You have a beautiful gin martini ruined by some cheap olives, " Mr. Palazzi says.
In the old days the tried and true method was a three-martini lunch followed by an hour or two in the office before going out for happy hour cocktails.
Each day, I rode my bicycle around, exploring the area and returning toward sundown to the hotel, where I had the bartender make me a dry gin martini with olives.
If Miller was perplexed, he would order a specific type of martini and drink it slowly.
FORBES: Friends and Colleagues Pay Tribute to Baseball's Marvin Miller, a Giant of American Labor
Over at Gizmodo, Brent Rose does some much needed experimenting on whether a shaken or stirred martini is more potent.
FORBES: Why the Science of 'Shaken, not Stirred' Isn't There Yet
After all, although the three-martini lunch is a "Mad Men"-era relic, alcohol undoubtedly still plays a key role in many work functions.
So as I write, I am in an outdoor lounge on my third martini, smoking a water pipe in the Atlantis hotel in Dubai.
Smirnoff discovered their glorious past and re-energized their marketing team. (Smirnoff invented purified vodka in the old country and went on to introduce vodka to the U.S.A.: rumor has it they invented the martini.) Maxwell House coffee did the same to halt a decade-long sales decline.
FORBES: New JCP Company Goes Back To Origins To Find Its Future
She sat down and took a sip of her Melon Madness Martini and cocked her head at Alex.
Here is where the martini, named after a Minus5 bartender who was engaged three times in two years, is presented.
Cardinal Martini has certainly had a high profile, and has not been afraid to suggest that it is time for changes in the way the Church is run.
"What we have is a world class oil field sitting below a world class city, " said John Martini, manager of governmental affairs for Plains Exploration and Production Co.
His ideas have provoked some sharp responses, an indication of the tension within the Church between progressives like Cardinal Martini, who are prepared to discuss a range of contentious issues, and conservatives who are trying to prevent change.
应用推荐