{"id":671,"date":"2009-08-05T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2009\/08\/by-the-way-after-these-two-drinks-youre-really-cute.html"},"modified":"2009-08-05T14:18:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T14:18:45","slug":"by-the-way-after-these-two-drinks-youre-really-cute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=671","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;By the way, after these two drinks, you&#8217;re really cute.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On last night&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Colbert Report,&#8221; Stephen brought on <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.webtender.com\/wiki\/David_Wondrich\">David Wondrich<\/a>, curator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/drinks\/\"><i>Esquire<\/i>&#8216;s Drinks database<\/a> and the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Imbibe-Absinthe-Cocktail-Professor-Featuring\/dp\/0399532870\" title=\"Imbibe! 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