I’m just back from one of those rare dinners where the food, the service, and the company were all in perfect synergy.

I had a very long day so at the end of the work day, I poured myself a Vesper. I use the traditional champagne glass as dictated in the text of Ian Flemming’s Casino Royale. My glass is just a little less than 6oz. It’s probably close to what Mr. Flemming wrote for James Bond. [...]

… rustling in the leaves was a small creature, not more than 4 inches in length. On a forceful day, it might be found standing on its hind legs and even then it would be little more than half a foot high. Still, it was the ruler of the forest from which it [...]