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Councilmembers:
Tim Burgess: "Sip on Fifth Avenue or Betty on Queen Anne for a gin and tonic with a lime and four green olives. I know it's strange, but the olives are the final touch of excellence."
Nick Licata: "I'm one of the few people who can honestly say he made it through all four years of college and didn't touch a drop of liquor. But I do occasionally drink, and what I drink depends on the crowd. If it's a serious crowd, it's a scotch and soda. If I'm having fun, a muddy white Russian. That's Bailey's, Kahlua, and cream. I'll go to Morton's downtown. Or McCormick & Schmick's. I didn't start drinking until after grad school, when I was in my mid-20s. Even up until five years ago I only had a drink a month. Now I have a drink a week. If I was an economist I'd make a chart and say by 75 I'll be drinking every other hour."
Sally Clark: "No matter where I am, if I'm driving, I'm ordering a club soda or a ginger ale. If I'm not driving, then . . . If I'm downtown, the Polar Bar is close to City Hall and has that nice hotel lobby/polar explorers lounge vibe. Maybe a rye Manhattan. You can check out which city staff are toasting the end of the day and which are trying to bury a hatchet. In a nice return to yesteryear, you can do the same at Vito's these days, too."
Jean Godden: "A classic martini at Oliver's."
Richard Conlin: "I would go to the Madrona Ale House and choose from among their wide selection, which includes Fremont products. How's that for a tactful answer?" [Sara Nelson, Conlin's legislative assistant, is married to the owner of Fremont Brewing Company.]
Sally Bagshaw: "If I am in public, I'll have a nice Diet Pepsi or Arnold Palmer. If I'm sitting on my couch with my beloved nearby, I will have a sauvignon blanc from New Zealand. I'm waiting for the Washington wineries to create a sav-blanc that is as citrusy as those from NZ!"
Bruce Harrell responded via an e-mail from legislative assistant Vinh Tang:
Hi Caleb,
Can you let me know how many Councilmembers have replied with an answer? I have a meeting with Councilmember Harrell today and I will ask Councilmember Harrell about your question. Thank you.
Then, the next day, another e-mail from Tang:
Hi Caleb,
My meeting with Councilmember Harrell was delayed to this afternoon. Can you update me on how many responses you have received and which Councilmembers are replying. Thank you.
And finally, later that afternoon:
BluWater Bistro in Leschi
Beer: Miller High Life
Mayor Mike McGinn: "Thank you for the invitation. We will not be participating." —spokesperson Aaron Pickus
Tim Eyman: Eyman was introduced to his favorite drink—a shot of Don Julio—at the Mukilteo Azteca by a bartender who sent one over on the house. Late last year, a few weeks after his loss on Initiative 1125—his proposal to have Washington become the first state where the legislature determined tolls on highways—Eyman's agave love was sealed at Scott's Bar & Grill in Edmonds. Eyman claims he had so many of Scott's "three-gulp" shots that he was cut off. Said his wife: "I wish more of your initiatives failed, you're a lot more fun when they do." Amen, Mrs. Eyman. Amen.
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Steve Severin, owner of Neumos: "Basil Hayden's with ginger. Moe Bar or 611 Supreme."
Chris Ballew, lead singer of Presidents of the United States of America: "I love to get the Red Rickey [house-infused vodka, cucumber, lime, ginger syrup, soda] at Feedback Lounge. I feel like it is good for my soul and nervous system and brain and body at the same time!"
Brent Amaker, lead singer of Brent Amaker & the Rodeo; West Seattle's unofficial mayor: "My favorite spot these days is Pizzeria 22. They have a killer bar with quality drinks (not to mention kick-ass pizza and wood-fired almonds to snack on). For me, it's a vodka martini, dry, with olives. Unless I'm eating pizza. Then it's vino."
Josh Rosenfeld, co-founder, Barsuk Records: "I might not be the guy you're looking for this time—my favorite place to drink is on my couch or at my dining-room table, because if I'm doing either of those then it means I'm caught up on my sleep and I'm not working . . . So usually (to answer your question) when I'm a position to be ordering a drink, I order tap water, no ice."
Ludovic Morlot, music director, Seattle Symphony: The French-born conductor is "still at the stage when I am discovering places in Seattle, so no favorite yet . . . get back to me in a year from now!" What we do know is that he loves single-malt Scotch whisky (anything from a "nice old Glenlivet to a Castle Leod"), prefers beer after a concert, and "used to go around the table and finish the guests' half-empty cups [of Champagne] while they were getting into their cars" during dinner parties when he was a kid.
