sparkling sake.

i know i can order it online, but i'm a little lazy, so i've been trying to find it in local liquor stores.

most of the time, i get a blank stare when i ask for it. the closest i've come so far is at d'vines in columbia heights, where the guy told me that they were getting it in "soon" AND who managed to correct me on the fact that "apple delirium" is actually floris pomme.

aside from the fact that he is maybe the coolest person ever, i am actually not excited by this. why? i am already looking four steps ahead - that's why.

let me play out the worst-case scenario (i.e., The Rose Champagne Situation):

• i try said beverage and like it.

• i begin pretentiously trying to order it places so people can think to themselves, "wow, i have NO CLUE what she's talking about. what a freak. but ... SPARKLING sake ... doesn't that sound kind of awesome? like WAY better than champagne? OMG. she's so ... hip!"

• it is featured in, like, "InStyle" or "Martha Stewart Living" or whatever it is that people who live in Northern Virginia see as the bellwether of cool.

• it becomes so popular that Uno's adds a "frozen cherry blossom" made with sparkling sake to their "cocktails and freezers" menu.

• i never order it again and have to find some drink that's made with - i don't know - monkey piss in the hopes of staying differentiated.