We had cocktail parties and I'd stay up until 5 in the morning.
We Georgians are really into food and drink. We would never have finger food at a party or a wedding - celebrations are always one long meal, on one long table, with endless toasts.
There is something urbane, stylish, and worldly about owning a cocktail shaker.
If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food.
I want great food and wine, and friends to enjoy it all.
Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.
Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.
If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.
Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: 'Open Bar.'
