Hello everyone, you're listening to the Earful Tower podcast. Why am I whispering? Well,

because today we're going to be sharing a lot of secrets. This is an episode about hidden bars in

Paris. This is a sort of a dive back into an episode that I've done before but as you're going to hear the bar scene has

changed a lot lots of new exciting places have opened and uh forest Collins the cocktail

queen is here to spill the beans on the best of the best of the speak eas Now, a few things to get into before we start first.

Put away the pen, put away the pencil, don't take notes. I've written down all the addresses,

all the names, all the website links. It's all there on the website, the earfultower.com. So you don't need to go searching for these

places. It's there for you. The other note, if you want to find more from our guest, Forrest Collins is her

name and 52 Martinis is her game. She has a website. She has social media. She has a podcast as well.

52-52 martinis. And she's a friend of the show. We'll talk

about that during the episode. The other thing I want to address is that today, December 6th,

2021 marks five years since the Earful Tower podcast started. And what better way to celebrate than visiting 10 speak easy bars,

even if only via conversation?

There'll be another episode soon to mark five years and two million downloads.

But today, we're going to focus on having a celebratory drink instead.

Who better to do with than Forrest Collins?

Let's get into the episode.

Forrest Collins, how you doing?

I'm good.

How are you?

It's been a long time since we sat down on a microphone.

I know, and I'm really happy to be here.

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