Down & Dirty Dry Martini

3 oz. fine vodka
1/2 - 1 oz. olive juice (liquid from your favorite high end olives)
optional splash of Lillet Blanc if you are feeling Bond-ish

2 garlic stuffed manzanilla olives
2 feta (or blue cheese) stuffed manzanilla olives

Combine all ingredients except olives in shaker with cracked ice; shake until blended. Strain into chilled glass.

Skewer 4 olives, alternating garlic with cheese stuffed, & set at a jaunty angle in your glass.

The Hendricks

2 oz Hendricks Gin
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 & 1/2 oz sour mix

Assemble the ingredients in a shaker with cracked ice; shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a thin slice of cucumber.