Have We Ruined Martinis?

These days, everywhere I go tries hard to sell me on their martini. One place swears they make the coldest in town; another has a variety of vermouths that they ask me to select from. Meanwhile martinis have gotten dirtier than ever. (Oh, yours is "filthy." Ha ha.) It used to be so simple to order a martini. Now I have to put thought into it. Isn't the purpose of a martini, as with meditation, to give one's thoughts a break?

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