If they put calorie counts on drinks, there's a good chance I'd start avoiding food.

Wine, beer and spirits — and drinks made from them — are exempt from the FDA’s menu labeling proposal, even though a mud slide or margarita could easily send a meal’s calorie count off the rails. When I first inquire about the Gorilla, she tells me I won’t even taste the small shots of banana liqueur and creme de cacao in the drink. She’s so giddy about the creamy cocktail, she almost makes me excited to be sucking down an alcoholic shake at an Egyptian-theme chain restaurant inside a Rockville mall just steps from a nearly depleted Borders outlet where practically everything’s for sale short of the employees’ personal footwear. I try to mirror the bartender’s enthusiasm and ask about the other ingredients in the Flying Gorilla.