Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Two shots to get the party started. Now a Seville; gin, sherry, lemon juice, and orange juice.

I’m guessing it gets its name from the orange juice. Renaissance Europe got most of its oranges from Seville, Spain. And this is the source of one of the sweetest (literally) puns in any of Shakespeare’s plays.

Forgive me; I don’t have the text in front of me. But in Much Ado About Nothing, one of the characters says of Count Claudio of the lady Hero: “He looks upon her with countenance most civil”.

Beatrice responds: “Seville as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion.”

I think I got that right. I apologize, but it was completely from memory.

I will be here every Friday for the foreseeable future. I don’t know who all will need an escape, but I will…

I love you all…