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Venable’s twist on the cosmo
I went to a reception Wednesday celebrating Venable‘s new digs on Pratt Street. (They’re very nice. And there’s a bocce court on the roof, just like at the Washington office.) When I walked through the door, the nice lady who greeted me immediately offered me sparkling water or a “Venabletini.”
Intrigued, I asked what was in a Venabletini, and she confided that it’s basically a cosmopolitan.
But of course, the reporters’ credo being, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out,” I had to dig a little deeper. At my request, Venable spokesman Chuck Wilkins sent over the exact recipe today. It’s 1 oz. vodka, 1/2 oz. triple sec, 1/2 oz. lime juice and 1/2 oz. cranberry juice, garnished with lemon peel. So yes, it’s more or less a cosmopolitan, with maybe a little more lime juice, depending on which cosmopolitan recipe you follow.
You heard it here first, folks. Next time you’re out at the bar, try and order a Venabletini. If one person does it, the bartender will just think you’re sick. If three people do it, she’ll think it’s an organization. But if 50 people do it, she may think it’s a movement. (My sincere apologies here to Arlo Guthrie, who never did anything to me to deserve this.)
CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer
