From distilleries to drinking establishments, Philadelphia's contemporary speakeasies celebrate an era of disguised deviance, where the lights were dim, the crowd was sexy and a stiff drink reigned supreme.
So the five of us joined a raucous audience of women and a few patient, saintly men, drinking stiff Cosmopolitans and catching up on one another's lives after months and years of not being together.
When asked what it meant by pollsters, most struggled, then fell back on such banalities as "the stiff upper lip" and "drinking tea".
Lawmakers in Wisconsin, acknowledging that some residents are drinking too much, last month passed stiffer penalties for drunken driving.
"These guys are coming in just for that deal, and they're not buying the soda, they're stiffing the waiter on the tip, they're drinking water and they're leaving," he said.
As stiff winds blew off the Schuylkill River, fans stood outside, drinking around fire pits glowing in the darkness while they waited for barbecue.
After each bite, try drinking a swig of your favorite soft drink, or, if you're old enough, a stiff cocktail.
Other, stiffer biodegradable plastics, like polylactic acid, are formed into drinking cups, food trays, containers, and planter boxes.
A combination of low prices, pushed down by stiff competition, and rising levels of disposable income has had the expected effect on drinking habits.
Scientists knew that the beetles collected fog by facing into a stiff morning breeze and tilting their bodies forward, but didn't understand how this trapped drinking water.
