The Mao Tao
M Bar Lounge
1143 New Hampshire Avenue. NW
An ounce and a half of Grey Goose vodka,
An ounce and a half of Malibu rum
Pineapple juice
Drizzle of grenadine
…and garnished with a cherry
Brian’s take: The Mao Tao artini at M Street Bar is delicious. The people like the Mao Tao, because it is the people’s artini. It is red and golden and good. Go to M Street Bar. Join the Party.
On a scale of 1 to 5 olive branches: 2
Trotsky’s take: “Life is not an easy matter…. You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
“The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.”
– Leon Trotsky
On a scale of 1 to 5 cultural revolutions: 3
