that doesn’t sound right

interview with writer eve babitz:

What would you and Sally do for fun?

We used to love to go to a place on Pico and get these drinks. They were called Vicious Virgins. We’d get black-out drunk on them and then Sally would drive us home. The only things Sally liked were speed and cigarettes.

And Vicious Virgins.

Right. And Vicious Virgins.

I’m curious. What’s in a Vicious Virgin?

Three kinds of rum, and then they’d float a gardenia on top. We’d put the gardenias in our hair and be totally blotto. They sell something like Vicious Virgins at Trader Joe’s now. It’s the only place you can get them.

Trader Joe’s? That doesn’t sound right.

I know. But it is! [Editor’s note: It’s not.]