A circular bar in the center of the room served only martinis.

The novelty of it all - her being married already and living off campus and serving martinis besides - went to my head.

Bells go off, music suddenly blares, saucily dressed waitresses appear, to serve martinis and canapes.

First wave: Serve 4-to-1 martinis.

"I didn't want to serve cosmopolitans and martinis," he said.

Proving they were ahead of their time they served old-fashioned martinis which made a comeback amongst the Liggerati a couple of years later.

These days she is as likely to serve martinis and frozen margaritas as veggie burgers and chamomile tea.

She overcame her dread of escaping Venezuelan rats and served finger sandwiches, caviar and coffee to the crew of 10, and martinis to the journalists who showed up.

Ignoring a special bar dispensing ice cream sundaes, the CNN anchor Bernard Shaw headed for the one serving martinis instead.