The most inviting lunchtime dishes were no longer available and our requests for wine and beer were greeted with disdain.
Their request for wine was declined.
In the lull, Ann thought to offer beverages — soda, tea, water — but what Dick's father requested was wine.
When we requested a wine list, our waitress said, "We have chardonnay, merlot.... " No brands, no prices.
This attitude was particularly in evidence in the mess: Brudenell had forbidden the serving of porter, the beverage of choice among the professional officers, and when at a formal mess dinner a visitor had requested moselle wine, which was served in a "black bottle" similar to that of porter, he decided that the "Indian" Captain John Reynolds, who had ordered it for the guest, was defying him.
And I request specific wines and Champagne and, keeping in mind the Wonder Bread incident, the variety of bread as well as where the bread should be bought.
Can I consume this apple?" It is standard for singers to make requests, especially for wine stand-ins.
Then Whole Foods's license request for a wine shop near its store in the Bowery was denied because of community opposition.
They with their awkwardness, blunders and politeness, she with her hesitancy and her bizarre request for white wine (the publican has a bottle somewhere in the back).
Poulin says requests for specific wines, chartered boats, detailed menus and party planning are very standard, but they have also had (and fulfilled) much more, such as transporting a particular breed of duck to populate the gardens of a home when a guest was missing the waterfowl back home; and building a full synagogue on the grounds of a home for another guest.
