Potpourri

January, 2002

Extra Dry WitNoel Coward loved martinis. Maybe that's why so many characters in his plays drink them. Now newyorkfirst.com, a website that celebrates the good life, offers a six-ounce martini glass that's so elegant you'll put on a smoking jacket when the cocktail hour rolls around. Price: $24 a pair. The company has also cornered the market on first editions of Coward's 1937 autobiography Present Indicative, a book that is still entertaining after all these years. Price: $37. Drink up and read...