Absinthe: VALENTINE'S DAY
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Two Parts Thoughtfulness, One Part Improvisation ~~~ He loved her very much. So very, very, much! He wanted this Valentine's day to be special, So he went all out! He had a bottle of her favorite liquor, a French absinthe, imported in time for it to arrive for the occasion. On his way home, he stopped at the local florist. He had planned to have a bouquet made with her favorite flower, white anemones. But to his dismay, he found that the florist had sold all her flowers and had only a few sterns of feathery ferns left for decoration! Oh, no, what was he going to do now? Her love for the white flowers had made the presenting of an armful of them a tradition on special occasions such as this. In a moment of inspiration, he had the answer: He asked the florist to make a bouquet using the flask of liquor instead of flowers and what she produced was magnificent well beyond his expectations. He added a handwritten card, and proceeded home. When he arrived, his wife was beautiful in her most elegant gown, and it was apparent that she had spent much of the day preparing a romantic candlelight dinner for the two of them. He presented her with his gift, and she opened the card to read, "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder." With a tear in her eye, she whispered to him lovingly, "Yes, and with fronds like these, who needs anemones?" |