{"id":1154,"date":"2016-02-13T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2016-02-13T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T22:57:50","slug":"world-cocktail-day-may-13-2016-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1154","title":{"rendered":"World Cocktail Day; May 13, 2016 is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"World-Cocktail-Day\"<\/a><\/p>\n

World Cocktail Day; May 13, 2016 is Coming in just 90 days.\u00a0 Are you ready?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

World Cocktail Day; May 13, 2016 is Coming in just 90 days.\u00a0 Are you ready? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[26],"tags":[4,94],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":335,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=335","url_meta":{"origin":1154,"position":0},"title":"May 13: Happy World Cocktail Day","author":"wlmoon58","date":"May 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Toady is World Cocktail Day! Why today?\u00a0 Accepted lore?\u00a0\u00a0 Almost: the date coincides with the earliest use of the term \"cocktail\" in the May 13, 1806 edition of the The Balance and Columbian Repository.\u00a0 Therein the article defined a cocktail as 'a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Holiday"","block_context":{"text":"Holiday","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?cat=26"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1485,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1485","url_meta":{"origin":1154,"position":1},"title":"Happy World Cocktail Day","author":"wlmoon58","date":"May 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy World Cocktail!\u00a0 My suggestion is to celebrate with a Martini, or three! 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What is it? How is it made? Before we can discuss the \u201cPerfect\u201d Martini, we must define a Martini. Merriam-Webster: An alcoholic drink made with gin and vermouth; also: a similar drink made with vodka instead of gin.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gin"","block_context":{"text":"Gin","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":533,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=533","url_meta":{"origin":1154,"position":4},"title":"Happy Father’s Day – June 21, the Summer Solstice","author":"wlmoon58","date":"June 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy it with your Perfect Martini, whatever that may be, or another favorite Cocktail. 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