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[ChrisN]

I have a theory about the name "Nick and Nora" glasses--and obviously nothing like proof. Yes the shape mimics the ones in the films, but there may be another reason too. If you read the book and watch all the films--and I heartily recommend that everyone do both--Nick and Nora drink an enormous number of cocktails, especially martinis. I don't mean over the course of the book, any given film, or the series; I mean per sitting. In one memorable scene, Nora finds Nick in a bar and asks how many martinis he's had. He's on his sixth; she immediately tells the waiter to bring her the same number, all at once. Based on the size of cocktail glasses in restaurants these days, Nick and Nora would probably have died on the first date. Similar numbers of martinis are drunk in the Mr. and Mrs. North novels.

Hence my theory: the glasses are so named because they allow one to replicate the Nick-and-Nora experience by having four to six cocktails instead of the two to three that would be more typical (of some of us) now.

For what it's worth.

[KatieLoeb]

I think that's an entirely plausible explanation. Good thinking.

[Chris Amirault]

Thought I'd bump this up with a few great finds at estate sales today:



Punch/glog glasses, two crystal cocktail glasses, and eight mint julep cups that, remarkably, were engraved with big "A"s on them. French Pearls in the two cocktail glasses to celebrate.