Olen Steinhauer, Montenegro, 2005
Robin Hunt
I left off before with a cliffhanger: Me and my agent entering the Shoreham Hotel, penthouse level, door #6. What lay behind that door? Something cool, no doubt. Doubt not: It was cool. A slick moderned-up suite with windows everywhere, a flatscreen television showing off cover images of The Tourist, waiters with curious snacks, and a bartender serving up “The Tourist”–a cocktail they rustled up for the event, which includes:
Skyy Cherry vodka
White cranberry juice
Red cranberry juice
–and two sliced strawberries for garnish
Okay, looking at it now it looks a pretty sissy drink. Sam Tanenhaus said it tasted like a Shirley Temple. But the magic is all in the proportions, which is a state secret.
Olen Steinhauer in Contemporary Nomad
