Dear Sidecar,

I'll never forget how we first met a couple of years ago, our eyes locking over a menu at The Dove. Stephanie said that you were checking me out - she probably told you the same - and soon you were in my mouth, and never far from my mind afterward.

I've loved you for so long and so many times but, tonight, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for delighting my taste, lubricating my mind, and time-and-time-again getting my friends drunk. We would be less without you.

Thank you for your most perfect form: 1 oz triple sec, 1 oz brandy, 3/4 oz lemon juice, rimmed with sugar. Don't ever change.

Drinking to remember what never happened and forget what did,
Ilia.