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Why don't we do it on Saturday (12/22)? They're open 12-7. We can go there and go get some food (maybe Everette & Jones?) and go to Carlos' party afterward.
St. George Spirits, the makers of Hangar One, are introducing the first legal U.S. absinthe to the market now. According to the SF Gate, "Earlier this year, a lone Washington, D.C., lawyer took on the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau in an attempt to lift the ban. After some legal wrangling, the agency agreed - with some limits."
The article doesn't say what those limits are, so it might not actually contain the active ingredient, wormwood, but I'm guessing that it does in smaller amounts then the strong stuff.
Anyway, they're introducing it in the Alameda Hangar One tasting room in December. I think this calls for a group trip to sample that bizness, along with all that good vodka.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/05/MNQJTO9FM.DTL
I am off work starting Thursday, December 20th. Can you get that day off?
I'd be happy to go on a hanger one vodka tour.
Last time I tried to quit (tried about 6 times now), I actually bought the same book that Steve is talking about...and it worked for about 6.5 days...then I freaked out and decided that it would be a good idea to buy some Bugler rolling tobacco...my logic was that if it took me a minute or two to roll a cigarette, I would smoke less over the course of the day, or even better, get too pissed to continue smoking because of the effort invovled. Well, it's been about 2 years now and I can roll a cigarette in about 8 seconds, one handed. Nothing to be proud of. Then there's the gum, sure it works but it's way more expensive and you'll find yourself addicted to that shit REAL fast. The patch did absolutely nothing for me.
And for the non-smokers (not ex-smokers), saying shit like "it's all in your head"...that's absolute fucking bullshit. It's a very physical addiction.
here is what dave wrote me:
"so I asked around here and no one is really sure what is up yet. I
guess Rolling stone is claiming that it is not an ad. Camel paid
money, but not for anything specific, they just payed for part of the
cost of the mag (I'm sure it prob = the cost of the ad but as
someone here just said, "if anyone knows how to get arround things
I'm sure it is the tobacco companies.")
Anyway I'll keep asking and we'll see if there is anything to be
done. In a way I imagine that it could hinge on the lawsuits that
some states have filed (saying that since it was a cartoon it
voilates the law) if those succeed then maybe the whole thing can be
seen as an ad and the use of the band names would then be illegal.
If I hear more I'll let you know."
The whole section is a Camel thing, correct? All I've seen is the scans, and the scans lead me to believe it's
a Camel section. Not unlike when a pharmaceutical company has a section in a magazine and fills it with info about health, etc. (sometimes they are obligated to by law in order to get advertisement.)
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