![]() ![]() Perhaps it hits on a different, more existential aspect of the media industry to me: even for one of the most prestigious news outlets in the world, imagine writing about soda pop when some of your colleagues are getting shot at in war zones or bearing witness to a literal insurrection. Of course, it’s passing culture analysis, but I feel like there has to be some sort of official board or doctorate committee that makes such a bold claim. There was some New York Times article a week or two back declaring the “dirty” Shirley Temple 2022’s “ drink of the summer,” and I really don’t know what to make of writing like that. ![]() But since three of these options are not available at my Circle K, I make do with Sprite and a good dose of Mountain Dew Code Red.Įither way, I think an appealing aspect of these Franken-beverages is that you get all that flavor with very little caffeine, comparatively speaking, even with a Code Red back, because of the caffeine-free Sprite. Each sip of Shirley tasted like another step forward to a great future awaiting me somewhere, someday soon.Īnyways, that was 13 years ago, and now I’m blogging about sodas.Īs I mentioned in our first post together, the traditional Shirley Temple beverage was originally served in ginger ale or club soda, but more commonly Sprite today, with a splash of cherry grenadine syrup for flavor. I was editor of the school magazine, I was getting more attention from cute girls, and big things were awaiting me in college at Indiana University. Shirley Temples were common choices from me in those days where I was starting to feel like an adult for the first time, in Dad’s presence, and hoping to become my own adult before too long. My decision to order Shirley Temples, which felt like adult cocktails in a way, was, in a sense, our own way to sit “at a bar” together, even though I was only 18 when he passed away. ![]() I used to drink a lot of Shirley Temples as a late teenager when I went out to dinner with my Dad, who would always order a Budweiser in a bottle at our beloved “Round the Corner Pub” in New Palestine. A portrait of the artist as an aging millennial dipshit. ![]()
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