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National 08.17.2010

Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Ditch that vodka tonic for something more unusual

When we think of the “Green Fairy,” we immediately imagine Al Gore in his bi-curious days. (And for legal reasons, we mean bi-partisan, of course.) But most of the world hears the term and immediately thinks of Absinthe, the mysterious mind-altering liquor that’s the stuff of legend.

For decades, artists supposedly drank the beverage before creating some of their best works. Van Gogh’s whole ear-removal hissy tantrum was apparently because of Absinthe. More recently, Kylie Minogue fluttered on-screen as a literal green fairy (voiced by Ozzy Osbourne, no less) during an Absinthe hallucination in Moulin Rouge.

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