Been there! Never used to even want to contemplate sushi--the fishiness! The horror! In the last year, I've branched out, and I just had a fabulous sushi dinner last night (of course, it helps that my boyfriend has singlehandedly put the kids of several local sushi chefs through college with his sushi habit, and has systematically introduced me to the spider roll and that thing with the roe and the little raw quail egg on top.

I've never come around to the gin and tonic, but I do occasionally get in the mood for a martini. The selfsame boyfriend, much like you, never really got gin and then suddenly found himself going "Where have you BEEN all my life!?"