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"Shaken, not stirred" is a catchphrase attributed to # 007, the British Secret Service agent James Bond, one he used when ordering his martini. The phrase would appear in many of the Bond films, but was not spoken by Bond himself (played by Sean Connery) until Goldfinger (1964). And, according to my source, Wikipedia, in the film You Only Live Twice (1967), the drink was wrongly offered as "stirred, not shaken.” As the martini is my favorite cocktail, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to use that phrase to great effect. The excellent classic martini above was imbibed at a neighborhood "French", one I've yet to share with you.

French Restaurants '17-18Barbara DonskyJanuary 31, 2016Baccarat Crystal, Chevalier, Hotel Baccarat NYC, James Bond, Shaken not Stirred, The Bar at Hotel Baccarat, WORTH A TRIP Comments

Chevalier and MoMA: The Art of Dreaming

On the early side for lunch at Chevalier, I cross to MoMA intent upon revisiting ahandful of long-standing friends, including one staggering beauty -- "The Dream "by the French painter Henri Rousseau (1844-1910). This would be Rousseau’s last painting, the one he exhibited at the Salon des Independents in the spring of 1910, only months before his death in September of that year.

Art in New YorkBarbara DonskyJanuary 10, 2016Baccarat, Chevalier, Dinner with Andre, Henri Rousseau, The Dream, UBER Comment