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The Green Fairy

November 13th, 2007

Drink some today, if you can find some.

Oscar Wilde said:  “After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”

Albert Maignan painted it.

The Green Muse by Albert Maignan

Find out more in this New York Times article.

This site lists all that is currently available in the U.S. and has some photos of the liquor bottles.

Hey you Washington State residents – I checked the W.S.L.C.B. site for availability and it looks like the only one available is Absente

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