The Café Americain II...under new management

[ariosto]

Café Americain...The NEW OOC CLub!

In it's second incarnation the OOCClub remakes itself into the image of Rick's Café Americain in the IMMORTAL Casablanca. If you havn't seen this movie your life is hollow and vacant but you will have the next best experience by joining us right here as we relive, the fun, the laughter, the intrigues and the tragedies of the colorful clientele of this fabled nightspot.

Ariosto is still your host and MtnAngel still plays the piano..."Play it again Angel."
The concept remains the same. The Café is a place for role players to meet outside of their characters. To mix and mingle, discuss matters of concern, suggest new topics, propose contests and generaly to have fun with our 'costumes' left at the door.

In addition to the exotic North African decor the Café now boasts a gaming room, complete with roulette, baccarat, and other games of chance.
In this room anything goes.

Ari asks you to remember that there is another Club available for silly chat,(he can be found there too). Have fun here by all means but don't be silly unless you are terrificaly good looking.

Oh, one other thing...
We can still see Mount Saint Helens smoking in the distance. I moved it.

WELCOME EVERYONE!
The first drink is free!

 

[ariosto]

Positions available

The Café Americain has immediate openings for:
Bar Tender and Manager...(Sexy Chele has a marker on this...Chele you hear me?)

Swing Bar Tender and Bouncer

Cocktail Waitress (two needed)

Cigarette Girl (yeah I know, it isn't healthy but neither is driving a car)

Scanty attire required.
Pay is awful but you meet the neatest people.

 

[SexyChele]

Wonderful, Ari! Very impressed with this decor over the last one. Yes, the Middle Eastern/North African/1940's look and feel is MUCH more classy!

Bartender and manager? Yes, I can be your girl for that - would be happy to, in fact.


But, Ari? A little piece of movie trivia - the most misquoted movie line in all of history is "Play it again, Sam". Never said once in the entire movie, yet everyone attributes it as so. Instead, the line was "Play it, Sam". I know, a bit of useless trivia to some - but you just might win a Jeopardy category one night with this one!

 

[faith]

love the new place...

beautiful....just plain beautiful...congrates on your new place!!!!




thought i'd apply for a job....maid sent me

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Cigars, cigarettes, Tiparillos?

For a mere quarter, two bits, 25¢ you can get some of the best advice in town right here. Remember, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... Or isn't it?

Can we talk?

 

[MtnAngelWV]

Technically, I think the line was...
"Play it, Sam." and Sam tells Rick something along of the lines that he shouldn't play it.
"You played it fo her, you can play it for me..." I think this is the part where people assume it is Play it again, Sam.... It is the most misquoted line of films.

The atmosphere is lovely, Ariosto!! As long as the riff raff stays absent I shall sing my heart out here! I love the attire of the 1940's...very elegant!!

 

[ariosto]

Welcome to our new Bar Tendrix and front end manager, Miss Sexy Chele...
GOD, babe, three Martini's QUICK. Have you any idea how long it's been!

And the Marvelous Maid herself, whose fishnet hose seem to climb and climb forever on those spikey heels, is our brand new Cigarette Girl...
Gimme a pack of them little blue ones over there Sugar, here's a fin, keep the change.

Angel, evening is coming on so slip into something outrageous for the after dinner crowd...Merci buckets.

 

[SexyChele]

Quickly serves up 3 martinis and places them before Ariosto, and returns to the bar to the strains of "As Time Goes By":

You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by



Hey, Ari - how 'bout makin' that the theme song of the Club? Always brings a tear to my eyes...

 

[ariosto]

Now That's when a song was a song! Of course it's our new theme song and maybe our fist contest should be to write new stanzas for it?!
Whaddya think?

Chele, I don't think there's any rum in a martini. Look in the big book by the cash register...that's right.

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Gimme a pack of them little blue ones...

"Sure thing, Ariosto!" I say as I hand him a pack of Gauloises. Looking down at the five spot, knowing the cigarettes cost 10¢ and doing some quick calculating... I figure the boss just gave me a $4.90 tip.

Now THAT will get me to Paris by the time I'm... Well it'll get me there, I think to myself as I weave my way through the gathering throng. "Cigars! Cigarettes! Tiperillos!"

The competition to write new verses sounds like a lot of fun! Mondegreens in the Making!

 

[SexyChele]

*looking skeptically at Ariosto, shaking my head*

I think you've been gone too long from any Club, Ari. You know very well, I've been a bartender before and there is no rum in those martinis. I glance around the as yet mostly empty room.

"You will give me a bad reputation even before we've opened!"

 

[ariosto]

Well you're still the same old Chele
You still can ring my bell
On that I can depend
You can sass me back my sweetheart
But I'll get you in the end

SLAP!

"OWWWW!, hey baby don't take it to heart, I know you can mix a good 'tini'."

"That's not it!"

"No?"

"You're meter or whatever on that last line is all wrong."

Ariosto slinks away and starts to draw pictures on a napkin.

 

[ariosto]

"Faith, you are our new cocktail waitress and we are delighted to have you."

Ari bends her back and kisses her passionately.
"A small kiss of welcome darlin' Now slip out of those bunny ears you've got the wrong club."

 

[MtnAngelWV]

At Cafe Ameicain
Ariosto is the man
A martini in his hand
A brand new land...

Welcomes us with a toast
To gain the very most
Of witty repartee
Not for one day...


That's all the stanzas I can think of at the moment!!

 

[MtnAngelWV]

my new red dress...

want to make sure this is appropriate attire for the club...let me know if I am allowed to wear this new red dress, Boss!

 

[Tornado]

"I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship."

Had to say it because I'm new to the site and I love the movie.

 

[SexyChele]

Ok, from the bar comes the sound of a bell ringing - and then my submission:

Welcome to the Club
At Lit it is the hub
A place to sing or sigh
Just sit right down and have a drink
As time goes by

Our pens are at the ready
Our hands are firm and steady
We all are getting high
From stories we hope to post
As time goes by


Thank you, thank you...Now Tornado - what can I get you to drink?

 

[ariosto]

"My God Chele, do you see that dress that Angel is wearing?"
Ari tosses back another, almost choking on the olive.
"We have to come up with something ravishing for you to wear too!"

"I'm ravishing already honey, I don't need any clothes to prove it."
Her fingers go for the buttons on her bosom filled blouse...

"Chele stop it! This is not a topless bar!"

Good poems everybody, how about you Tornado, want to give it a try?

 

[MtnAngelWV]

<finishes singing all the new verses and slips in Unforgettable ...can't resist as it is my favorite>

*Side Note* Ari, I tried to answer YES to your PM but your box is full! Wish mine were full...lol (not my PM box either)


<slips over to the bar, orders a tequila, sans salt or lemon, tosses it back>

So glad you approve of my attire! And yes Chele is ALWAYS ravishing *wink, wink*

 

[faith]

we kiss our friends of old
and welcome tor-ran-do
and shed a little bunny tail
so glad to find you all so well
as time goes by...


*Groans* (you never said they had to be good)

heh, I want to be ravished ....ah ravishing too Ari!.

thanks for the job...

sways to the music

 

[Yoc]

Tired after a long day's postings

Before I turn in for the night, I decided to this new place Café Americain that everybody's been raving about.

Not bad I think to myself as I walk through the lobby into the main bar area.

At the bar, I wait for someone to serve me a double-vodka and redbull.

 

[faith]

service with a smile

Carrying tray with empty drink glasses on it, faith approaches the bar.

In her slow Southern drawl:
Hey Chele I need some refills here for Ari. Spotting a couple of new faces sitting at the bar...One look likes a Brit...

"Welcome to the club good looking...you look like a Vodka man "

I set 'em up he knocks 'em back...gives me a wink...a nice big tip then slowly saunters out with a smile on his face and a whistle on his lips...

 

[Basia]

I had been down this street time and time again, but this was a new club, it had to be explored.

Walking through the doors, the atmosphere was inviteing, the air was warm, yet cool at the same time. The smoke from the cigeretts and cigars poluted the air, and infested my lungs. In a place like this, one tends to ignore the little things like that..

Ah, a barstool, and with my name on it... And that is where the rump rests.

 

[ariosto]

Basia the laws of health and comfort are suspended in Casablanca and the rich smells and smoke filled atmosphere of our little bar are harmless to your lovely body and meant only to add romance and intrigue to your soul.
Sit down my dear and join me for a nightcap.

 

[Yoc]

Ah! This is the life! A good drink and a good book to read. What else do I need?

Nice barmaid! Very striking! I think to myself as I go off searching for a table.

After downing a few doubles already, I can feel the alcohol running through my system, relaxing me.

Ah! There's a table! spying one in a well lit corner.

Sitting down, I take out my book (The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells) and start to read, sipping my drink as I do so.