It was my 25th birthday and I was, unusually, residing at The Carlyle Hotel in New York City, in a small suite with a grand piano. The year was 1979. I was later informed that it was a Sunday night. The hotel was quiet, so I was generously given an upgrade. The following lunchtime I availed myself of The Carlyle’s Bemelmans Bar, where the late legendary bartender Tommy Rowles leaned in and served me my first-ever dry martini. When in Rome…
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