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Re: bottle
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01/02/06 01:29 PM
01/02/06 01:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2002
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The Italian Stallionette
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Hi SC, Now that you mentioned it, I do remember seeing the water. However, I was almost certain there was wine as well, so I checked. Maybe it's not very popular, I don't know, but evidently S. Pellegrino is a chef, and also makes wine. web page
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Re: bottle
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01/25/06 02:38 PM
01/25/06 02:38 PM
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Joined: Oct 2001
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Turnbull
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Pellegrino is the latest money-maker for higher-end restaurants. With drunk driving enforcement getting tougher in most places, people are generally ordering fewer alcoholic beverages with meals. So now, you go into a restaurant, sit down, and the waiter asks you if you'd like to start with "something to drink." You just say, "water." Waiter says, "Mineral water?" If you're not thinking ahead (or if you want to impress your tablemates with your combined abstinence and erudition), you say, "Sure." Waiter returns with a bottle of Pellgrino. When you get the check, you find that you're been charged $8 or more for what is essentially a bottle of seltzer.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: bottle
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01/25/06 05:39 PM
01/25/06 05:39 PM
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Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 17,300 New York
Sicilian Babe
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I know that here in the US, it's become the latest restaurant gimmick, as if only a commoner would drink the tap water. That said, whenever I drink mineral water, I feel like I'm in Italy again. Since I can't drink the tap water in Italy, I always drink mineral water (senza gas or con gas is the way they ask if you would like it bubbly or not), so I'm rather fond of drinking it. But your right, TB, I'd rather buy a couple of bottles at $1 each, and drink it at home!
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