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<\/a><\/p>\nAs an interesting note, Evan introduced me to an awesome cognac; Le Reviseur.\u00a0 But that’s a different blog.<\/p>\n
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I have always hoped to add bar and restaurant reviews to this blog. \u00a0I didn’t intend to start so soon but a recent martini prompts me to start sooner than I expected. 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