{"id":2162,"date":"2008-07-30T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2008-10-04T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T16:51:37","slug":"and-still-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/and-still-champ","title":{"rendered":"And still champ!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been so busy lately, I haven’t checked the goings-on at The New York Sun<\/a>. I wonder what’s in today’s Arts+ section?<\/p>\n

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  1. A review of David Lebedoff’s new book on George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A review of Cyril Connolly’s “Enemies of Promise”<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A review of the best gins for G&Ts<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. A sidebar on niche tonic-waters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I feel like Cliff Clavin<\/a> on Jeopardy!, when the categories were “Civil Servants, Stamps from Around the World, Mothers and Sons, Beer, Bar Trivia, and Celibacy.”<\/p>\n

    Glad to see the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth is still earning its keep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve been so busy lately, I haven’t checked the goings-on at The New York Sun. I wonder what’s in today’s Arts+ section? A review of David Lebedoff’s new book on George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh A review of Cyril Connolly’s “Enemies of Promise” A review of the best gins for G&Ts A sidebar on niche … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “And still champ!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,17],"tags":[245,244,154,128],"class_list":["post-2162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-gin","category-politics-explicit","tag-cyril-connolly","tag-evelyn-waugh","tag-george-orwell","tag-new-york-sun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-yS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6250,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/books-ahead","url_meta":{"origin":2162,"position":0},"title":"Books ahead","author":"Gil","date":"January 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday evening, Amy was over at a neighbor's, so I spent some time downstairs in the library, looking at my books and pulling ones that I hope to read in the year ahead. 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