Eva's Wine Cellar

we can burn this nice pile of wood o'er here that's leftover from the bar . and then throw some chairs in. and maybe ellpus if he doesn't smegging bugger off (i learned both of those terms on a2k!)...

DAGMARAKA! Stop that at once!
That type of conduct will not be tolerated here. You must have this place
confused with some common barroom. This is a quiet, civilized place for
thoughtful people and it will STAY that way...or my name is not EVA!!!

<motions to bouncer> Brutus, take the ax away from the lady with the
burning hair before she destroys anything else.



"Yes, ma'am." <disarms Dag and lifts her off the ground...Dag passes out>
"Ya want I should dump her out back, Miss Eva?"

No, Brutus. Take her upstairs to my suite and put her to bed. I think she
just needs to sleep it off. But leave her purse here.

<finds Dag's credit card, swipes card and totals receipt for $10,000 to replace
broken fixtures and glassware>

Now let's get this place back to normal.

Ah, ehBeth! French Onion Soup! Just the thing. I love it, too. I'll ask Sophie if she can put extra cheese on ours.



We still haven't been able to reach our friends in the hurricane's path. Still getting "all circuits busy" recordings when we call their cell phones.

It's officially autumn now.
Has been for about twenty minutes.
I don't feel any different.

but I do KNOW that garlic cheese bread is fair game now that it's autumn


garlic cheese bread
caesar salad
french onion soup

definitely not a first date meal

a comfort meal

bring it on

Has dag destroyed another bar?

For the love of Mike!!! When when she stop? When will the madness end?

Mercifully, it has ended, Gus.

What can I get for you? Thirsty or hungry?

The television over there is showing continuous hurricane coverage. We're all a little nervous, some of us more than others. But good company and a full stomach always help at times like these.

<still fretting about friends south of Houston>

<Ellpus stirs from his drunken coma, gets himself to his feet and looks around to see where the bloody hell he is.......he spies the gorgeous Eva who is serving some french smelling soup to an old farmer and someone who looks very much like a Canadian.....straightens jacket, tie, hair and legs..looks at the three staring faces and attempts a small, formal bow in their direction, despite his crashing head.>............

Good evening.....it seems as if there has been some kind of party. Wish that I had been sober enough to enjoy it, really.

<feels a draught and looks down.....quickly zips up his fly>.....

I shall now bid you all farewell, as I have a rather pressing engagement in Victoria.

<exits through side door into an alleyway.....strange, bedraggled yet mystical looking female with a beard observed, slumped over empty beer crates.....a line of knotted bedsheets run up the wall and disappear through an upstairs bedroom window...............he quickens his pace and disappears round the nearest corner>

i was just trying to help, eva. it's the canajun who wanted a fire. all her fault.

<HIC>

sorry, superG, didn't see you under that pile of rubbish.

<throws day-old baquettes out back door, spies Dag and Gautam lying next to dumpster>

<shakes head> Honestly! I thought I was paying good enough rent to avoid this sort of thing!

As soon as the two of you clean yourselves up, you may come back in. You look like you could use a hot cup of coffee. Or two. Maybe three.

Come on.

tee hee hee

you have hoodlums in your bar


tee hee hee

OUTSIDE, Shewolf! And I'll thank you to remember this is a WINE CELLAR, not a bar!

(Ahem) Have you met Brutus?

<Gustav walks by and pushes Kari Krolick into the bar>

and gus follows her in...about two minutes later...

No, gus doesn't follow her in. Gus is on the way to meet cicerone imposter. The two of them are planning a trip to the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota.

It will be the highlight of CI's extensive traveling career.

gus, We have a Corn Palace right here in our town. It's prolly one of the oldest produce markets around here - not three miles from where we live.

Lookee what I found:

APPLICATION STREAMLINING

Application processing timelines for major and minor projects vary. Assuming a complete application, a minor application takes approximately 33 days from filing to public hearing with the Administrative Hearing Officer. During this period, staff: Meets with the applicant; visits the site; consults with Division Management on issues; negotiates needed changes to the project; prepares the published public notice; prepares the mailed public notice; posts the site; prepares the staff report; and, presents the item at the public hearing.

A major planning application takes approximately 45 days from filing to public hearing with the Planning Commission. The longer timeline relates to the need to prepare the Initial Study and (Mitigated) Negative Declaration, and the 20 day public notice/review required by the Negative Declaration.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

Chapter 19.98.040 establishes notification requirements for the various applications processed by the City. All public hearing applications require a notice published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and by posting of the notice at a conspicuous location on each frontage of the property subject to the application. In addition, minor applications require mailed notification of adjacent property owners while major applications require such notice to owners within three hundred feet of the property under consideration.

The differing mailed notification requirements between minor and major applications are an important consideration as staff has found that mailed notice is a desirable form of notification in announcing pending action within the local community. Shifting applications from major to minor will reduce local community notification potentially resulting in reduced community participation. The actual impact to neighborhood participation will vary from application to application. A highly controversial application, whether major or minor, will likely receive similar local review once the "word gets out".

CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION CLASS 32 REQUIREMENTS

Class 32 exemption is intended for in-fill development and requires that the following standards be met:

The project is consistent with the applicable general plan and all applicable general plan policies as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations.
The proposed development occurs within city limits on a specific site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses.
The project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species.
Approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality.
The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services.
With the exception of the "Corn Palace" property, all remaining vacant property within the City would potentially meet the standards required for application of a Class 32 exemption. In addition, most redevelopment sites within the City would likely come-in under five acres and, likewise, could utilize a Class 32 exemption.

There's a fine corn palace elsewhere today, indeed, near Los Angeles..

back in a bit.

Re corn, I like this link -

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2005/09/26/news/news01.txt