No… It’s not national “Take your dog to work day” or some other asinine fake holiday… It’s National Absinthe Day. That’s right, the lethal “Green Fairy” that became the drink of the Belle Époque in Paris and was associated with many creative figures, including: Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, and my favorite Toulouse Lautrec, who’s legs shrank because of his over indulgence of the super strong booze! I used to have this antique water “Lady” dispenser that you used to mix the cocktail…
Broke it in an all night piss up!
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