Month: September 2012
Friday Cocktail
Try something new and different this Friday, a Pink Pussycat. It’s the cat’s meow! Okay, this cocktail—though it seems like it would be—isn’t a classic cocktail. It’s a far more recent creation, and as such, a quick online search will uncover a myriad of recipes. So which is the correct one? That’s really hard to say, and… Read More ›
10,000 Hits!
In the wee hours of the morning, The Poisoned Martini achieved a milestone … 10,000 hits! What garnered that coveted 10,000th hit? This post about the musical Into the Woods. Since I first wrote about this favorite of mine on January 4, 2011, it’s been visited 215 times, making it the 3rd most viewed post on… Read More ›
Purr-fect Murders
Read along with The Poisoned Martini … Mysteries and cats are a purr-fect pairing. In these tales, cats are watching. Are they witnesses to murder, sleuths on the case, or clues to the crime? Find out in these feline felonies. As before with previous discussion series, “A Taste of Murder” in 2011, “Unusual Sleuths” and “Unearthing Murder”… Read More ›
Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses
If you are reading along with The Poisoned Martini, then perhaps this month you read a Georges Simenon mystery featuring the laconic Maigret, the French commissaire known for his cigars and love of a good stiff drink. As a book discussion choice, it may be hard to come by enough copies of the same Maigret… Read More ›
Friday Cocktail
Will the real Screwdriver please step forward… This Friday, mix up one of the easiest to make cocktails, the Screwdriver. Additionally, add in a certain splash of color and try the more out of this world Sonic Screwdriver. Said to date back to the late 1940s, the Screwdriver should be considered a classic cocktail. Supposedly… Read More ›
An Interview with the Co-Author of The Agatha Christie Companion 3
PART THREE The Poisoned Martini ‘s first author interview continues. Be sure to read Part One and Part Two. Then read on for the third and final part of my interview with Len Lovallo, co-author of The Agatha Christie Companion. *** The PM: With the recent release of such books as Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks and Agatha… Read More ›
An Interview with the Co-Author of the Agatha Christie Companion 2
PART TWO The Poisoned Martini ‘s first author interview continues. Click here to read Part One. Then read on for the second part of my interview with Len Lovallo, co-author of The Agatha Christie Companion. *** The PM: What did you find to be the most fascinating, perhaps unexpected, detail(s) that you learned during the… Read More ›
An Interview with the Co-author of The Agatha Christie Companion
PART ONE For the first time, I’ve had the opportunity to interview an author and share the experience with readers here on The Poisoned Martini. In this first interview, The Poisoned Martini is fortunate to have the privilege of speaking with Len Lovallo, co-author of The Agatha Christie Companion: The Complete Guide to Agatha Christie’s Life And Works…. Read More ›
Sunset Boulevard
From the opening scene of a dead man face down in a pool to a star’s tragic descent down the stairs into madness, Sunset Boulevard is a Hollywood classic that ranks near the top of the 100 best films of all time. Joe Gillis (William Holden) is a down-on-his-luck Hollywood writer in need of a… Read More ›
Towards Zero
Perhaps one of the best modern adaptations of an Agatha Christie story is the 2007 French film, L’Heure Zero (Zero Hour), adapted from the novel, Towards Zero. Here, Superintendent Battle become Det. Bataille and he is present in the prologue when a group of lawyers listen to M. Trévoz, a former solictor, explain his theory of… Read More ›
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