Winos of the world unite!

[hotwine]

Foodie, I might have done the same thing back then, had booze been available; but our CG had declared its mere possession a violation of Art. 99 of the UCMJ, Misbehavior Before the Enemy. So the few occasions I came near the stuff as a young Army Lt remain memorable, such as Bordeaux & escargot at La Forgot's in Nha Trang, Dec '67; the case of Henessey 5-star miniatures (144) that I requisitioned from a GSA catalog as "medicinal brandy"; and sharing with a friend a bootlegged fifth of Chivas out of a rusty canteen cup, behind the hootch at base camp in northern I Corps sometime in the summer of '68. And of course, R&R in Hawaii. Canlis' was open then, and we hit that place twice during those five days for truly superb food and wine.