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Welcome to Dedicated. I'm your host Doug Brunt. Today we're talking with Fiona Davis.

Fiona is the best-selling author of seven novels of historical fiction, including The Lions of Fifth

Avenue, and her latest The Spectacular. I first came to know about Fiona, the same way I come

to know about many great authors,

which is through my mom and her book club, who were all raving about her. So Fiona, it's an honor to

have you in here today. Thanks for coming in. Oh, thank you to your mom. That's fantastic. Well,

I'm also excited about the cocktail choice today because it's a classic and yet I have never had one.

Really?

Yes.

Never had a sidecar.

Yeah.

You know, I love the idea that it's from, you know, I think it was invented after World War I or something.

And, you know, one of the things that's great about New York is there's this, there's

these great bars. Like, do you know, do not disturb in the West Village? Is that like one of those speakeasy provision bars? Yeah, it's in a brownstone and you go down the stairs and it opens up and it's this beautiful bar and like the ceiling is painted a glossy red. And you just feel like you've stepped back in time. And so a drink like this feels like it's right for that kind of environment.

And for me, painted a glossy red. And you just feel like you've stepped back in time. And so a drink like this feels like it's right for that kind of environment.

And for me, that's a way of kind of slipping back in time.

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