January 9, 2006

Bellini, Seattle Style

Drink called Bellini , classic cocktail, was invented at Harry's Bar in Venice, where it's made with a puree of fresh peaches and prosecco. Great atmosphere! Six or seven euros, can't recall, under ten bucks.

Suite 410, here in Seattle, adds a grace note: a spring of fresh thyme to give the peach aroma a little nudge as it wafts toward your nostrils. Brilliant touch! About nine bucks.

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Mixing Bellinis at Harry's Bar; Bellinis at Suite 410

Then you walk a couple of blocks to the urban megaplex and get a ticket for Casanova. Hearthrob Heath Ledger and siren Sienna Miller cavort along the Canal, plow through the Piazza, canoodle in the Palazzo. Good, clean fun...but would have preferred a bit less plot, a lot more Venice.

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Gondolas, Heath Ledger, Grand Canal

Posted by Ronald Holden at January 9, 2006 10:08 PM

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