Join Us Wednesday at Dolce Vita

It's time for another session of Drinking Liberally!

Yep, it's true. For a respite from the all that ails you, please join us Wednesday night, July 16, at Dolce Vita, in the sweet, happy heart of NoDa, for our third-Wednesday-of-the-month gathering. It'll be a night of toasts--some honest and forthright, some probably a bit more tongue-in-cheek.

For starters, we'll raise a glass to one of our all-time favorite Senators, good ol' chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, who, at 68, appears in the new Batman movie. Kudos, Senator!

Then there's the rest. Shout "Cheers!" and thump on the table for Obama, who prepares to venture abroad. For McCain, who stays Stateside. For Bush, who vetoes solidly bipartisan Medicare legislation. For Stewart and Colbert, who return from their break. For Jesse Ventura, who threatens a return of his own. (To Minnesota for a Senate run. Probably not, but maybe. Probably not, though.) For Jesse Helms, who has moved on--never to return. (Kudos, Senator!) For China, which gears up for the Olympics. For Zimbabwe, which holds its breath. For Afghanistan, which falters. For Iraq, which simmers. For The New Yorker, which offends. For the economy, which wobbles. And so on.

There's lots to talk about, so join us!

As always, you'll be warmly received and, before you know it, half-a-drink deep in a hair-raising, spine-tingling session of the usual slew of provocative political banter, current-events brouhaha, occasionally eyebrow-raising debate, and, of course, a healthy dose of life-affirming liberal carousing.

Where: Dolce Vita, at 3205 North Davidson St.
When: Wednesday July 16, beginning at around 7 o'clock--but come late if you want, or early
Who: Any and all who'd like to join the fun! (No haters, though.)
Why: Because it's YOU who makes the conversation happen!
Plus: Dolce Vita's "Wino Wednesday" means you enjoy half-price wine by the glass!