http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/21098/the-world-famous-tin-house-martini.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Wed, 22 May 2013 18:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/21098/the-world-famous-tin-house-martini.html#comment-27410 The Martini Glass | Tin House Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:01:14 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=21098#comment-27410 [...] Tin House has strong feelings about our house drink the martini, and anyone who attended our first writer’s workshop may recall the sloshy vigor with which we doled them out before getting a hold of ourselves in year two. Still, that year ushered me into a brief flirtation with the life of the martini, but it was really all about the glass. It’s such a dangerous little thing, so easy to spill, so elegant in its Art Deco way. It has none of the belled curvature of a delicate wine glass, nothing to suggest that this drink is a gentle lull, which is only fitting. A martini glass is both beautiful and unwieldy, slick but not sleek. It looks wonderfully cool to be holding one, but also requires some attention to prevent a bloody mishap. I imagine it is much like a pet ocelot in that way. [...] [...] Tin House has strong feelings about our house drink the martini, and anyone who attended our first writer’s workshop may recall the sloshy vigor with which we doled them out before getting a hold of ourselves in year two. Still, that year ushered me into a brief flirtation with the life of the martini, but it was really all about the glass. It’s such a dangerous little thing, so easy to spill, so elegant in its Art Deco way. It has none of the belled curvature of a delicate wine glass, nothing to suggest that this drink is a gentle lull, which is only fitting. A martini glass is both beautiful and unwieldy, slick but not sleek. It looks wonderfully cool to be holding one, but also requires some attention to prevent a bloody mishap. I imagine it is much like a pet ocelot in that way. [...]

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