Every martini drinker has a story. Here are some.
Some people simply keep gin and glasses in the freezer and pour it in as needed, adding the olive.
Others get more inventive. The glasses, of course, should be of the finest crystal, as should the pitcher if you use one. And everything should be ice cold. On a boat on the Nile River in Egypt, with my good friend Ellen Rubert, I once ordered a martini. The waiters were confused, partly because martini overseas means the brand name of vermouth, so I finally asked them to just bring me a glass of gin.