Now we're talking!
My order is invariably "Stoli Martini up with one olive."
Yes, one--can't diminish the vodka to olive real estate proportion by including more than one, imho! And no stuffed olives, either (pimiento is okay)...
I find most places make it dry automatically, usually by pouring just a bit of vermouth in the glass, swirling it, and shaking it out of the glass before pouring the vodka in. At home, I use a "misto" to spray a fine mist of vermouth in the glass (geeky, yeah, but what the hell!) and use "Crater Lake" vodka from the Bend Distillery in Bend, Oregon.
They go down waaaaay too smoothly sometimes!
Great topic--it's 5 o'clock somewhere!