On book tour there are always small pockets of time when you find yourself wandering around your host city, popping in and out of little shops. When I'm in Seattle I always try to make my way to Melrose Market, for some of the wonderful oysters (and geoducks, and spot prawns) at Taylor's Shellfish. But before I sit down to feast on seafood, I go upstairs to the quirky little shop called Butter Home. They always have interesting objects.
This time it was this cocktail game.
It's a small jar containing a set of tiny cubes. Five are the colorful ingredient dice on top. Then there are these black and white dice: they tell you what mixers to add, how to prepare the drink, and which glass to use.
It's all very silly. But I can imagine that it would really shake up a slow party.