In, vanilla bead old fashioned. Muddle a 1" sq of orange peel (pith removed), a 2" piece of vanilla bean (slit open) and three dashes of bitters. Add 1 tbsp simple syrup, 1/2 cup bourbon, ice, and a marachino cherry. Then, be amazed at how the vanilla notes in bourbon and an actual vanilla bean play off one another.
Also, now on my third glass of merlot.