{"id":1698,"date":"2016-10-05T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2016-10-05T11:15:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:15:31","slug":"random-martini-quote-of-the-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"Random Martini Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1056\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?attachment_id=1056\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?fit=1192%2C907\" data-orig-size=\"1192,907\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Backyard Martinis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Martinis on the Porch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?fit=300%2C228\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?fit=940%2C715\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1056\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=300%2C228\" alt=\"Backyard Martinis\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=300%2C228 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=150%2C114 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=1024%2C779 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=190%2C145 190w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=60%2C46 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?resize=400%2C304 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Martinis-on-the-Porch.jpg?w=1192 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There is no sugar in a martini; no egg whites, no black and white rums, no shaved almonds, no fruit juice, no chocolate, and no spices&#8230;. It is a clear, clean, cold, pure, honest drink &#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\nDonald G. Smith, Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another great quote that has previously appeared in this Blog.\u00a0\u00a0 I think this is especially true with the current trend (fad) of &#8216;candy&#8217; martinis.\u00a0 You can read my comments on the subject in previous posts.\u00a0 Or you can click the following links &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=42\">The Martini, Part Two<\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1221\">Egg Nog Martini??? Really?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1384\">St. Patrick\u2019s Day next week!<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMartini Quotes\u201d page is, I believe, currently the best collection of Martini quotes anywhere! \u00a0 If you haven\u2019t checked it out recently you should!\u00a0\u00a0 Click the link: <a href=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?page_id=365\">Martini Quotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you like these posts and want to be notified by email when they come in, please subscribe to the blog\u2026. over on the left column.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#x1f609;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is no sugar in a martini; no egg whites, no black and white rums, no shaved almonds, no fruit juice, no chocolate, and no spices&#8230;. It is a clear, clean, cold, pure, honest drink &#8230;&#8221; Donald G. Smith, Wall &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1698\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[10,57],"tags":[62,59,33,58],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1348,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1348","url_meta":{"origin":1698,"position":0},"title":"Random Martini Quote of the Day","author":"wlmoon58","date":"February 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"There is no sugar in a martini; no egg whites, no black and white rums, no shaved almonds, no fruit juice, no chocolate, and no spices.... It is a clear, clean, cold, pure, honest drink ...\" Donald G. 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