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Wandering Total Wines & More (and hoping to spy a Monkey47 Sloe Gin), I was surprised to see several Procera Blue Dots on the shelf.

Do I pull the trigger for a C-note? Why not; it’s been on the “must try” list long enough. And while I was hoping for revelatory, alas the heavens did not open up and there was no celestial angel choir.

A bit hotter than I expected, it is forward with anise notes and has the pink peppercorn finish I was told to expect. If I concentrate, I can detect some faint citrus.

I think a third of the expense is in the showy bottle. It will probably be relegated to martinis as this was not the sipping gin I was hoping for.

Inherited from my father-in-law. 70” tall.
Suzanne Adèle Recordon / Suzanne Recordon-Randin

Swiss, Lausanne, 1881–1962
Large Art Nouveau decorative underwater panel, likely gouache or watercolor on paper, signed “S. Recordon,” inscribed “IIe Année,” probably c. 1899–1903.

For World Goth Day, this picture of me, circa 1980, shows what a trendsetter I was in my high school (LOL). But if you look closely, my “tie-tac” was a button of the early Numan black line portrait. That’s how long I’ve been a fan.