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Sunday, December 14, 2025



Linen. It Sucks.

Wanna go from looking like a million bucks to looking like you actually owe money? In just 45 seconds flat? Wear linen.

No matter how great the deal, or how great that model might look wearing it, be strong and resist the temptation of linen. As the time-lapse photography below shows, it sucks.



:00 Looking magnificent. But are those storm clouds in the background?

:00

:15 Fifteen seconds later, simply by breathing, it begins.

:15

:30 Slight bending of knee causes catastrophic wrinkling.

:30

:45 What the fuck just happened?

:45

POURCAST

BETA

Polar Vortex

  • 3 oz American rye whiskey
  • 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica)
  • 1/8 ounce Fernet Branca
  • 2 dashes Regans' Orange Bitters
  • 1/8 ounce yellow Chartreuse

Shake the whiskey, vermouth, Fernet Branca, and orange bitters. Swirl the yellow Chartreuse in a chilled martini glass and slowly pour in the arctic cold cocktail. Finish with an orange peel.


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