{"id":11286,"date":"2018-03-12T13:36:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11286"},"modified":"2018-03-12T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:08:08","slug":"episode-260-jesse-sheidlower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-260-jesse-sheidlower","title":{"rendered":"Episode 260 – Jesse Sheidlower"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 260:
\nJesse Sheidlower<\/a><\/p>\n

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“You don’t need to reinterpret drinks that have been perfect for 80 years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Time for a books & booze break! Lexicographer\/bartender Jesse Sheidlower<\/a> returns to the show (here’s our first ep.<\/a>) to talk about bartending at The Threesome Tollbooth<\/a>, a very intimate cocktail experience in Brooklyn (as in, there’s only space for two patrons and a bartender). We get into the origin of the Tollbooth and why it’s neither a “speakeasy” nor immersive theater, the confession-booth aspect of the space and the sanctity of the bartender-patron relationship, the reasons classic cocktails become classic and why barely anyone’s ever had a real daiquiri, and how you can get New Yorkers to stop looking at their phones. Plus, we talk about Jesse’s new built-in bookshelves (which are a sight to behold)! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go check out The Threesome Tollbooth<\/a>!<\/p>\n