http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/ It is a log of travels, experiences and research, all related to absinthe, brought to you by individuals of various interests and levels of expertise. Springing from Petermarc's posts on the world-famous La Fee Verte Forum, the Emerald Quest evolved into a sort of scrapbook of memories and curiosities. It hopes to one day become a knowledgebase of hard to find information for the absinthe-ignorant masses. E.Q. is not and never will be a general information website. For basic information about absinthe, please visit La Fee Verte.

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Alex (VeraWench)]]> 2005-06-28T22:11:58+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2005/06/updates.html Finally, an update! With the 2005 Absinthe festivals in full swing, we have our first report from Boveresse. Enjoy :-)... VeraWench VeraWench 2005-06-28T22:11:58+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2005/06/boveresse_2005.html Rendezvous with Peter and Ted at Gare de Lyon. Breakfast at station café. Ted orders a chocolate pastry. Waiter brings him a cup of hot chocolate by mistake instead. Ted asks for his pastry. Waiter shrugs and indicates that even... Oxygenee Oxygenee 2005-06-28T22:05:15+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2004/10/test2.html The Emerald Quest will from now on function as a blog. Bear with me while I configure this damn Movable Type interface and get my small group of travelers author accounts.... VeraWench VeraWench 2004-10-03T22:07:38+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2004/10/pontarlier_visi.html Vera's Note: Oxygenne is the proprietor of The Virtual Absinthe Museum - The World of Absinthe & Absinthe Antiques (formerly Oxygénée's Absinthiana). I was recently able to spend an absinthe-soaked few days in France, mainly in the company of that... Oxygenee Oxygenee 2004-10-01T23:07:24+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2004/10/the_man_from_ch.html Had a little field trip to chert to visit julian segarra with germanandy...this is the middle of nowhere in spain...but the nicest family one could ever imagine, or hope to visit when no one speaks the language...but here are a... Pierreverte Pierreverte 2004-10-01T03:11:47+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2004/10/the_phantom_of_1.html Auvers-sur-Oise is a small town located about 1 hour by train north of Paris. We went there on Sunday the 18th of November. In France, everything is quiet on Sunday. At the "gare du nord" train station, the ticket clerk... Wolfgang Wolfgang 2004-10-01T02:15:55+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2004/09/a_happy_blur_ve.html Wake up at 5AM on Friday morning, print out directions, check email , pack a few turkey salad sandwiches and hit the road. Blasting the latest punky cheese from Placebo, I roar happily down I-10 in a caffeine-fueled frenzy, singing... VeraWench VeraWench 2004-09-02T02:38:52+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2001/09/the_kid_from_be.html We were all saddened and upset by the the news in New York. My brother (a bond trader who had known several from Canter-Fitzgerald on top of the Trade Center) was pissed. He was evacuated from the exchange building in... Pierreverte Pierreverte 2001-09-15T15:44:52+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2001/07/house_of_versin.html I had arranged to meet Phil at a restaurant overlooking Mount St Victoire in the small village of Venelles, ten miles north of Aix-en-Provence. I was driving from Antibes and Phil was arriving from Marseilles where he had been... Ian Ian 2001-07-04T18:14:53+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/absinthe/archives/2001/04/pain_perdu_or_d.html Friday afternoon, March 2nd I roll into town from the West Bank around noon and check into my room on Bourbon St. The place (a restored 19th century Creole house) has an inner courtyard paved with red brick and cooled... Artemis Artemis 2001-04-04T17:24:41+00:00