The simple cocktail is above all the drink of nostalgia – for a time before we felt judged, hopeless and tired
On a recent trip to Las Vegas, where the Rat Pack’s boozy sophistication has long since been supplanted by bachelorettes sloshing three-foot-tall souvenir mugs in the shape of saxophones, I enjoyed a “marthatini” at Martha Stewart’s new restaurant, shaken tableside for maximal drama. At a kitschy diner, I watched a woman order a dirty vodka martini with extra olives, then request a shot of Hennessy in it. The color was sewage-like; she downed it with an admirable lack of wincing.
We needn’t worry we’re putting the patriarchy on a pedestal – only the guiltless cloud of olive juice.The contemporary male striver, with his muted aspirations for success and insecurities over a dwindling role in society, can find a touch of mince to show he’s hip, yet not so much as to emasculate. Nonbinary youth can see themselves in its historic associations both male and female and betray no obvious affiliation.
Instagram and Wayfair have jumbled our vision of the past into one great Pinterest board, placing ersatz Noguchi coffee tables next to Great Gatsby-themed engagement parties. Boutique hotels traffic in the same anachronistic collage, splurging on the deco chandelier then skimping on the imitation Breuer caned chairs. But there is always a martini on the menu.
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