Comments for Impressions of a Shop Boy http://gwbgt.wordpress.com Lost in the Land of Letterpress Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Making a Long Story Long by Shop Boy http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/making-a-long-story-long/#comment-702 Shop Boy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:22:02 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1756#comment-702 Hi, Charles. Thanks for reading! The No. 3 can do anything it sets its mind to. As for the Green Light, it's simple but deadly: Equal parts Bombay Sapphire, Cointreau and freshly squeezed lime juice The story: Mary's book club was reading Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" and decided that it would be fun to "tip" something in the Baltimore market. Mary and Shop Boy were, ahem, experimenting and had come up with a very worthy cocktail, a bastardized version of an old drink called The White Lady (with lemon juice). We decided to try to tip it. But we needed a backstory, and a name. The Green Lady didn't quite work. But what about The Green Light? Yeah, yeah. So there's this frustrated screenwriter out in Hollywood who finally gets a project "green-lighted" and asks his favorite barkeep to invent a drink to mark the occasion. We'd go to bars and begin ordering it, explaining to the stumped bartender how it is made. Then we'd have our friends go in and order it from time to time, and see if it caught on. Bingo. Soon, we were walking into the Brass Elephant (R.I.P., sniff!) to see a line of strangers sipping Green Lights. And it only expanded when someone someone knew got a little item about it placed in an in-flight magazine on flights to Baltimore. I could use one about now. Hi, Charles.

Thanks for reading!

The No. 3 can do anything it sets its mind to.

As for the Green Light, it’s simple but deadly:

Equal parts Bombay Sapphire, Cointreau and freshly squeezed lime juice

The story: Mary’s book club was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point” and decided that it would be fun to “tip” something in the Baltimore market. Mary and Shop Boy were, ahem, experimenting and had come up with a very worthy cocktail, a bastardized version of an old drink called The White Lady (with lemon juice).

We decided to try to tip it. But we needed a backstory, and a name. The Green Lady didn’t quite work. But what about The Green Light? Yeah, yeah. So there’s this frustrated screenwriter out in Hollywood who finally gets a project “green-lighted” and asks his favorite barkeep to invent a drink to mark the occasion.

We’d go to bars and begin ordering it, explaining to the stumped bartender how it is made. Then we’d have our friends go in and order it from time to time, and see if it caught on.

Bingo. Soon, we were walking into the Brass Elephant (R.I.P., sniff!) to see a line of strangers sipping Green Lights. And it only expanded when someone someone knew got a little item about it placed in an in-flight magazine on flights to Baltimore.

I could use one about now.

]]> Comment on Letterpress List No. 78: Bucket Brigade by Lou http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/letterpress-list-no-78-bucket-brigade/#comment-627 Lou Thu, 28 May 2009 07:47:30 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1510#comment-627 You've made my day! Love the song choices too. Alas, the child is now overdue, so I have plenty of time to collect the songs from the list that I don't already have. It has to make an appearance soon though, we have projects lined up to print next month and I'll need to extra set of hands :) ~ Lou You’ve made my day! Love the song choices too.
Alas, the child is now overdue, so I have plenty of time to collect the songs from the list that I don’t already have. It has to make an appearance soon though, we have projects lined up to print next month and I’ll need to extra set of hands :)
~ Lou

]]> Comment on Letterpress List No. 78: Bucket Brigade by pimashburn http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/letterpress-list-no-78-bucket-brigade/#comment-622 pimashburn Mon, 25 May 2009 15:53:55 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1510#comment-622 Wicked. That's just wicked. Wicked sweet. Wicked. That’s just wicked. Wicked sweet.

]]> Comment on The Next Chapter by Brent Done http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-next-chapter/#comment-591 Brent Done Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:14:56 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1444#comment-591 Tell me it isn't so Shop Boy! I love your insight and wry comments on life...just my style.... Brent Sycamore Creek Press Tell me it isn’t so Shop Boy! I love your insight and wry comments on life…just my style….

Brent
Sycamore Creek Press

]]> Comment on Not My Birthday by Michael Tim http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/not-my-birthday/#comment-526 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:21:33 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1338#comment-526 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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]]> Comment on Not My Birthday by Norine http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/not-my-birthday/#comment-524 Norine Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:16:41 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1338#comment-524 In my heart right now, I am baking you a devil’s food cake, white icing with coconut. And wishing it would taste like your Mom's. In my heart right now, I am baking you a devil’s food cake, white icing with coconut. And wishing it would taste like your Mom’s.

]]> Comment on Letterpress List No. 71: Downhill from Here by Lou http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/downhill-from-here/#comment-497 Lou Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:40:33 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1028#comment-497 That'll teach you for being so polite. Although the world really does need a lot more people like that. As for things going wrong while being moved, have you come across this sad sight?: http://www.briarpress.org/15398 What a nightmare. That’ll teach you for being so polite. Although the world really does need a lot more people like that.

As for things going wrong while being moved, have you come across this sad sight?: http://www.briarpress.org/15398

What a nightmare.

]]> Comment on Quiet on the Set by ampersand duck http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/quiet-on-the-set/#comment-496 ampersand duck Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:40:27 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1242#comment-496 I had a good old snort at that one too! And you gotta love a man who can enter in the middle of the night and fix your electric press without even waking you up [double snort]. I had a good old snort at that one too! And you gotta love a man who can enter in the middle of the night and fix your electric press without even waking you up [double snort].

]]> Comment on Letterpress List No. 64: The Grass Is Greener by Debbie @ Boxcar Press http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/letterpress-list-no-64-the-grass-is-greener/#comment-473 Debbie @ Boxcar Press Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:08:50 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-473 Oh we are such fans of your blog! This one really made us laugh. Keep up the great writing (& printing!). Oh we are such fans of your blog! This one really made us laugh. Keep up the great writing (& printing!).

]]> Comment on Letterpress List No. 64: The Grass Is Greener by smitty http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/letterpress-list-no-64-the-grass-is-greener/#comment-472 smitty Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:38:14 +0000 http://gwbgt.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-472 It's a Hampden success story! Who says Industry can't coexist alongside twee gift shops? By the way, this is one of my favorite lists yet. It’s a Hampden success story! Who says Industry can’t coexist alongside twee gift shops?

By the way, this is one of my favorite lists yet.

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