mint julep# LeisureTime - 读书听歌看电影
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周六听NPR的节目 a way with words, 其中一个段子讲含有月份缩写（比如feb, apr）
的单词。女主持就讲到julep，其词源是阿拉伯语的玫瑰水。julep是一种用威士忌调
的酒, 我第一次喝到是在austin出差的时候， 在downtown的一个饭馆里。吧台里的女
bartender很能侃，给我介绍了单子上所有的cocktail， 俺是土人阿，就点了最简单的
mint julep， burbon+糖浆+新鲜薄荷叶。 当时晚风习习，俺吃一口南方菜，就一口小
酒，跟值班经理聊一下austin的各种音乐场所，感觉各种人生烦恼顿时烟消云散。抬头
一看，小布什也咧着个大嘴和他老婆在墙上对俺笑着呢----彪悍的人生淳朴到不需要
解释。
Julep是一种南方的酒，下面这段话给出了它最早的文字记载。显然的，这是一种早上
喝的饮料。
'Squire Sutherland had a son who rode every fall to look at a plantation on
James River, which was under the care of an overseer. Young master could not
go without somebody on another horse to carry his saddle-bags, and I was
made his groom.
This young chap, Sir, (here Dick winked his left eye,), was a trimmer. The
first thing he did on getting out of bed was to call for a Julep; *
*A dram of spirituous liquor that has mint steeped in it, taken by
Virginians of a morning. "
--- John Davis (1803), Travels of four years and a half in the United States
of America: during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802
回来跟老公讲，其实能搬去austin住也不错阿。它现在能排在纽约，旧金山之后成为我
最喜欢的美国城市第三名。 Austin downtown有个特别不起眼的白色小楼，在高楼大厦
间独占了一个block。 这是欧亨利故居，现在成了博物馆。 我在关门前进去转了一圈
，两个小房间，只花了5分钟。除了书之外，所有摆设都是复制的。博物馆里只有一个
兼职的工作人员，是个德克萨斯州立大学的英语系研究生。她当时正坐在门厅里织毛衣
，毛线团就在书包里。 我们站在一米宽的过道里聊天，聊o henry的牢狱生涯，他在东
亚的巨大影响和他在美国相对的默默无闻的地位，也聊了点她学校和奥斯丁。 出门的
时候我买了一本spam的菜谱，这个女学生就掏出钥匙，打开一个铁盒找零给我，然后记
录在一个巴掌大的账本上。 俺那个晚上去了地下室里的elephant room, 跟bartender
聊芝加哥, 跟唱jazz的女孩聊austin，跟乐手们聊生计。晚上走出来在马路上，感到这
个城市里生命跳跃的节奏，心里全是满足和喜悦。
最后贴一首歌，Whiskey, by trampled by turtles
Whiskey, won't you come and take my troubles
'Cause I can't seem to do it on my own.
In the morning there is hours and infinity
The starlit evening's come to take me home.
I ain't got a dollar in my pocket
And I just stepped on my last cigarette
But there's a bar downtown that'll give me credit
A home away from home, away I went.
Tomorrow there's a train to Carolina
Tomorrow that's where I'm gonna go
Feel the warm sunshine on my shoulders
And live my days a free and easy soul.
My home is with the hills and trees around me
My ceiling holds the moon and stars above
So I'll never be a lonely man a'walking
I'll never live one day without love.
So whiskey, won't you come and take my troubles
'Cause I can't seem to do it on my own.
In the morning there is hours and infinity
The starlit evening's come to take me home
The starlit evening's come to take me home.
的单词。女主持就讲到julep，其词源是阿拉伯语的玫瑰水。julep是一种用威士忌调
的酒, 我第一次喝到是在austin出差的时候， 在downtown的一个饭馆里。吧台里的女
bartender很能侃，给我介绍了单子上所有的cocktail， 俺是土人阿，就点了最简单的
mint julep， burbon+糖浆+新鲜薄荷叶。 当时晚风习习，俺吃一口南方菜，就一口小
酒，跟值班经理聊一下austin的各种音乐场所，感觉各种人生烦恼顿时烟消云散。抬头
一看，小布什也咧着个大嘴和他老婆在墙上对俺笑着呢----彪悍的人生淳朴到不需要
解释。
Julep是一种南方的酒，下面这段话给出了它最早的文字记载。显然的，这是一种早上
喝的饮料。
'Squire Sutherland had a son who rode every fall to look at a plantation on
James River, which was under the care of an overseer. Young master could not
go without somebody on another horse to carry his saddle-bags, and I was
made his groom.
This young chap, Sir, (here Dick winked his left eye,), was a trimmer. The
first thing he did on getting out of bed was to call for a Julep; *
*A dram of spirituous liquor that has mint steeped in it, taken by
Virginians of a morning. "
--- John Davis (1803), Travels of four years and a half in the United States
of America: during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802
回来跟老公讲，其实能搬去austin住也不错阿。它现在能排在纽约，旧金山之后成为我
最喜欢的美国城市第三名。 Austin downtown有个特别不起眼的白色小楼，在高楼大厦
间独占了一个block。 这是欧亨利故居，现在成了博物馆。 我在关门前进去转了一圈
，两个小房间，只花了5分钟。除了书之外，所有摆设都是复制的。博物馆里只有一个
兼职的工作人员，是个德克萨斯州立大学的英语系研究生。她当时正坐在门厅里织毛衣
，毛线团就在书包里。 我们站在一米宽的过道里聊天，聊o henry的牢狱生涯，他在东
亚的巨大影响和他在美国相对的默默无闻的地位，也聊了点她学校和奥斯丁。 出门的
时候我买了一本spam的菜谱，这个女学生就掏出钥匙，打开一个铁盒找零给我，然后记
录在一个巴掌大的账本上。 俺那个晚上去了地下室里的elephant room, 跟bartender
聊芝加哥, 跟唱jazz的女孩聊austin，跟乐手们聊生计。晚上走出来在马路上，感到这
个城市里生命跳跃的节奏，心里全是满足和喜悦。
最后贴一首歌，Whiskey, by trampled by turtles
Whiskey, won't you come and take my troubles
'Cause I can't seem to do it on my own.
In the morning there is hours and infinity
The starlit evening's come to take me home.
I ain't got a dollar in my pocket
And I just stepped on my last cigarette
But there's a bar downtown that'll give me credit
A home away from home, away I went.
Tomorrow there's a train to Carolina
Tomorrow that's where I'm gonna go
Feel the warm sunshine on my shoulders
And live my days a free and easy soul.
My home is with the hills and trees around me
My ceiling holds the moon and stars above
So I'll never be a lonely man a'walking
I'll never live one day without love.
So whiskey, won't you come and take my troubles
'Cause I can't seem to do it on my own.
In the morning there is hours and infinity
The starlit evening's come to take me home
The starlit evening's come to take me home.
