A day featuring my long time favorite drinks has arrive.
I was a Gin and Tonic man when I was that drinker seeking watering holes in and close to Naval Bases internationally.
I had been known to down quite a few screwdrivers before landing on Gin and Tonic and found it was a refreshing bitterness that matched much of my attitude at that time.
So today is National Gin and Tonic Day and I pay homage.
It is celebrated each April 9 in observance of that vintage drink featured so prominently in my past.
I'm quite sure that during that time I had consumed so much quinine that I was immune to malaria.
Indeed I never suffered from it though I was in areas of the world which found it flourishing.
I'm sure the Navy had intervened otherwise as well.