{"id":2278,"date":"2018-01-27T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2018-01-27T16:21:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T00:21:01","slug":"3rd-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"3rd Anniversary!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December 24th completes the third full year of exciting Martini and Gin making and overall Martini amusement.\u00a0 It continues to be great fun writing and I hope you all enjoy my postings as much as I enjoy writing them.<\/p>\n

I would like to take a moment and thank my readers.\u00a0 Your comments and support have been very much appreciated and have helped keep me going on those occasions when I have been a bit less motivated to write.\u00a0 I really couldn\u2019t have done as much without you.\u00a0 As always, I solicit your restaurant and Martini reviews, they are ALWAYS welcome here.\u00a0 Especially Martini Reviews!<\/p>\n

Looking back over the year, I have to admit that I seem to have been less prolific than I had hoped.\u00a0 Especially with my goal of writing gin reviews.\u00a0 On the other hand I have gone through three iterations of Gin making!\u00a0 That has been a lot of fun.\u00a0 Episode four of\u00a0 my Gin making efforts is on it’s way very soon; coming soon to a blog near you.\u00a0\u00a0 (I Made Gin!!<\/a> ,\u00a0Homemade Gin, Round #2<\/a> , and Homemade Gin, Round 3<\/a>\u00a0 )<\/p>\n

Going into the next year I hope to pick up the pace on Gin reviews.\u00a0 And I do have a couple more Restaurant Reviews already in work and a few planned.\u00a0\u00a0 Please forward any restaurant suggestions and will do my very best to review them.<\/p>\n

As I did last year, I would also like to take a moment to pat myself on the back \u2026. the \u201cMartini Quotes\u201d page is, I believe, currently the best collection of Martini Quotes<\/a> anywhere and seems to get the most ‘views’! \u00a0 If you find a better one, please let me know and I’ll go steal everything I don’t have.\u00a0\u00a0 \"😉\"<\/p>\n

There is also a Martini Jokes<\/a> page which is constantly expanding.\u00a0 But additions and suggestions are always welcome!<\/p>\n

This blog has evolved over time and will continue to evolve.\u00a0 But I do plan on keeping the posts at least remotely related to Martinis.\u00a0\u00a0 As the tag line says:<\/p>\n

\u201cA blog for thoughts, ideas, comments, about the Perfect Martini:
\nHow to make, how to enjoy, where to enjoy.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"twitter\" If you also use twitter,\u00a0 you can find more Martini mayhem, along with a myriad of other \u201cfiner things in life\u201d, at<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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(If you previously read this and are wondering why you’re getting notification again, I’ve had a minor problem with my host.\u00a0 In the process of updating my site I lost this post which originally was posted on December 23, 2017.\u00a0 Which is also why I have changed the format of this blog.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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