THE PICNIC
Date: 2/9/2017,
Categories:
First Time
Mature
Taboo
Author: brianbigdogsmith
... face, batted her beautiful, blue eyes at me and said, "Buy me a drink?" "Buy you a DRINK?" I exclaimed, as my nose detected the alluring scent of the light cologne she was wearing. "My God, Ellie! Looking like that, I'd buy you the whole, God damn BAR!" Ellen laughed as Jim loudly cleared his throat on the other side of me. "Oh," I said, "Ellen this is Jim and Jim this is my s****r Ellen." "s****r?" he said loudly, as he reached across me to shake her offered hand. "She's breathtaking! I see the resemblance." Then, in my ear, he added, "Too bad, my friend. For a second I thought you'd hit the jackpot." "What did he say?" Ellen asked. "Oh," Jim stated, picking up his Scotch and standing, "here comes that man from General Motors I'm supposed to meet. Have to go. Nice meeting you both," he added as he shook my hand, gave my s****r one last look up-and-down and walked off toward a lost-looking, gray haired man in a dark suit. "Mr. Murtry," the bartender announced as he took my empty bottle from the coaster in front of me, "your table in the dining room is ready." "Thank you," I said, standing and offering my arm to Ellen. I e****ted her to the dining room where the maitre d' took us to a corner table covered in both a wine-red and then a white tablecloth and elegantly set with heavy flatware, gold-rimmed plates, stemmed tumblers and wine glasses and a red rose in a ...
... bud vase. Helping Ellen to be seated, the maitre d' then snapped his fingers for the tuxedoed waiter, bowed curtly at us and said, "Enjoy your dinner," before he walked away. "This is so lovely," Ellen said across from me as she looked around the resplendent room. "Isn't it," I agreed, as the white-uniformed busboy came, brought us hard rolls and cold butter pats and poured icy water into our goblets from a silver carafe. Then the waiter sauntered to our table and asked, in a bit of a British accent, "Would you enjoy a cocktail?" "Yes," Ellen said. "Order me something, will you Danny?" "Well," I said to the waiter, "I want a martini... made with two parts Absolut vodka and one part French vermouth. I want the bartender to shake it hard with ice and the juice of a generous wedge of lemon, until the ice is all cracked, and then pour it (ice and all) into a martini glass with a twist." "That sounds good," Ellen stated. "That's what I want too." "Very good," the waiter stated as he handed us oversized menus and walked staunchly away. "Are you sure you want a martini?" I asked her. "Well," she said, "that one sounded so special." "Oh," I laughed, "an acquaintance of mine, named Henry, gave me the recipe. It's called an Emerson because he got it from this other guy, he knows, who's a kind of a hack writer on the Internet. It might be a bit much for you." ...