<link href="../Styles/9780062130273_ShakenNotStirred.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:def1567c-19e7-4fa6-8250-09c67dbc0f02" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="SH"><span class="bold"><a href="../Text/9780062130273_Contents.xhtml#silk"><span class="blue">THE SILK ROAD</span></a></span></p> <p class="SH2">SPICED MARTINIS</p> <p class="TX">Every time we sip a cinnamon-laced Martini, we remember when we were kids combing the issues of <span class="ital">National Geographic.</span> Those dreams of exotic destinations dance through our heads once again. Did you ever want to retrace the Spice Route that snaked northward from the Ivory Coast to the Casbah? Did you ever want to traverse the Silk Road, trading tea from the Far East in exchange for European almonds and other delights? Did you ever want to brave the American frontier like Jack London’s get-rich-or-die-trying characters who sought their fortunes in Alaskan gold instead of cinnamon or pepper?</p> <p class="ORT">* * *</p> <p class="QUOTE-TEXTNCT">The secret to longevity? Never travel to any place you haven’t been before, never stay up past 8 p.m., always go to bed alone, and never drink another Martini. Follow these simple rules and you still may not live forever, but it’ll sure seem like forever.</p> <p class="ORB">* * *</p> </body> </html>