The Café Americain II...under new management

[rashid]

Welcome dear lady

It's always a great pleasure to meet one who knows her place in the world and finds contentment there. Please make yourself at home.

*turns and pinches Mabs butt, whispering "you ARE the royalty - now shape up and act like it "*

 

[queen-mab]

Jumps slightly as she feels the audacious fingers of Rashid making a most inappropriate contact with her hindquarters

I think...clearly...I have not been adequately briefed by HQ.

Why don't I just go find some water for these lovely roses....

 

[rashid]

See what happens

when everyone talks at once ........ I completely forgot to offer Artfuls dream a glass of wine ( or whatever other simple refreshment this simple establishment has to offer)

Mab, you must never take my wish for your personal enhancement as an attempt to "get rid of you" Why a person would think you paranoid.......

 

[queen-mab]

Smiles a little wryly as she returns with a chipped earthenware pot filled with water...the best she can find at the moment for the roses. It is handmade though, and of a very graceful shape. The blooms will hide the crack amply.

I have just received a missive from the former owner of this establishment. Perhaps that is why I feel a bit edgy. Forgive me for my reaction, Rashid. You have been very welcoming.

 

[rashid]

Ah well

does this mean I'm going to be alone in here? lol

 

[~Dream~]

"well,with your name and your stunning beauty.

dear lady,there is no wonder that people get confused into thinking you are a Queen,so sorry,of course,
Here,let me pour you some more wine,before you go racing off into the dessert,for it,s an incredibly ,hot and humid ride by camel.
Master,would you like some also ,my love?
Rashid?,any wine for you,Sir?

 

[queen-mab]

Looks slightly confused

My dear Rashid, unless you have kept your oxcart...I have no immediate mode of transport and so, necessarily, will have to stay at your side.

Artful's Dream...thank you for your courtesy, but I am going nowhere at the moment. My glass is still half full.

Smiling gently

 

[~Dream~]

sorry ,Rashid,I kind of get used to waiting

on others as it pleases me to do so..
I thank-you for your kind offer tho and no,I really don't believe you'll be left here alone at all ,although I know not of my Master's plans of yet.
Perhaps,we will be staying for a while? I'm hoping that the lady doesn't find it necessary to leave soon to meet her beloved bedouin ,for if he is any kind of man at all,He will wait for her.
We have brought plenty of camels for the trip ,but they do need to be rested.

 

[queen-mab]

Blushing darkly

No...actually...the Bedouin is not a lover, Artful's Dream. He is...more like family.

Mab arranges the roses, breathing in their rich, pure perfume with sensual pleasure

I am glad you and your Master will be staying on for awhile too. I have only begun to get to know you.

 

[rashid]

lol - I can only offer

a simple hotel room but you're welcome to share. The oxcart is unfortunately suffering a broken axle - it's a rough world out there -

Dream lady.........
another glass of zin would be most welcome - I'm sorry if some of the conversation between Mab and I is a bit obscure but we have a history of sorts......... You just had to be there........

 

[queen-mab]

Lifts her eyebrows and arranges flowers assiduously for a few moments

This Café is a place full of history. I am told that much of it was unpleasant, but for me, there was a lot of joy here. I used to come here sometimes, alone, to remember happier times. I know there are people who feel that no one should ever be allowed to come here again, but I feel that is unfair. If some of us wish to treat this place with respect...enjoy some polite conversation and some harmless flights of fancy...why should other people wish to spoil it?

 

[artful]

Perhaps there are many who wish to gaze at The Phoenix arising out of the ashes. My wish is to honor life, and see what comes from honest efforts to do something good.

 

[rashid]

DArlin

I don't know about you but If I decide to post here I will do so - permission is not required. The past is the past. It's only purpose is to educate in the present for expression in the future. As you know, I don't subscribe to anyone telling me what I can and cannot do. The place was abandoned and I choose to bring it back - no one elses business - grins - No one HAS to hang out here - it's a choice - That said, I'm dropping the subject

 

[ariosto]

Your right, the place was started in joy and good faith and ended in carnage and recrimination... For those of us that were here in it's last days the memories are bitter. Lies were told and people villified. The shattering of this place was the genesis of both the Rooftop and the late Pearl and its clone.

I see it back on the boards with a strange mix of emotions. Like a Father whose dead child has risen from the grave.

I thought Niamhs last post here was eloquent and beautiful so I joined her here one last time.

I never thought Rashid would bring it back to life.
I would appreciate it, since it was my creation if you would please let it go. I am not the only one who saw its revival with less than joy.
What is stopping you from starting a new Club Rashid...why pick the bones of this one?

I will for old times sake have one last drink here before I go.

Maybe I'm wrong maybe bringing new life here is a good thing.
God Knows I can be wrong but I wish you'd never done it.

 

[queen-mab]

Rashid...I was talking to those who I know are reading this and shaking their heads with disapproval.

And yes, we should drop the subject now.

 

[queen-mab]

No, wait. I cross-posted with Ariosto and wish to say something to him.

While I understand that you have your reasons for not wishing to be here anymore, David...I feel you should not let those who tried to hurt you win by holding onto your feelings of hurt and betrayal.

I will say publically that I love you and that I would never wish to hurt you.

What Artful says is right. We want to do something good, like planting wheat and roses on an old battlefield.

We mean no disrespect.

 

[artful]

Art

Rashid...I was talking to those who I know are reading this and shaking their heads with disapproval.

And yes, we should drop the subject now.

I have NO intention of living in the past,...or uncovering bones, that may lie hidden in a dark closet. If needed,...I will post out of this thread,...rather than participate in such a macabre manner.

But to see a ressurection, and BE a part of it,...is gratifying to my inner soul.

 

[rashid]

I repeat

The past is the past. It's only purpose is to educate in the present for expression in the future.

I consider this an outstanding opportunity for everyone who had negative experiences here to move forward and put the responsibility for all that where it belongs - not with the place but with the people who abused it.

The future belongs to those who sieze it.

Say Artful - tell me a little about yourself - I'm very pleased to share a glass of wine with you - you seem like a mature and sensitive man.

 

[queen-mab]

Finds, with a little gasp of disbelief, her lost stocking, still whole, still delectably, luxuriously, sinfully sensual silk. Sitting down she immediately begins to draw it on, removing one shoe and flexing her foot like a dancer. Only after she has put her shoe on again does she remember that she has only ONE half of the pair.

 

[rashid]

and ditto what Art and Mab said

Girl, the flowers are lovely. Why don't we all go out on the patio and enjoy the moon - it's always so peaceful there.

Gotta tell you guys I have plans - on sunday I've arranged for a string quartet to play swing on the terrace and I'm personnaly going to prepare eggs benedict with shaved black forest ham and hand crafted hollandaise, accompanied by fresh squeezed orange juice and champers. In the meanwhile we have a lot of cleaning to do - U up for it?

 

[queen-mab]

I am afraid to ask, Rashid, what "champers" are...but your ideas on the whole are sound, and I think we can get things arranged with a little strategic planning.

Artful's Dream? I don't suppose you have an extra silk stocking anywhere, do you?

 

[artful]

Say Artful - tell me a little about yourself - I'm very pleased to share a glass of wine with you - you seem like a mature and sensitive man.

Truly there is little worthy of recount,...but I do yearn,...and YES,...lust for the truths that many seek. I have known many,...and respect Ari and Queen Mab highly. My Dream is just that,...my Dream,...fortunately,...she has materialised by my side to accompany me on the latter part of my journey. I have been rewarded for things that I truly have yet to recognise,...but am pretty much a man of my word.(as much as I have strength to accomplish)

...and you Sir ?

 

[queen-mab]

Artful, Rashid, Artful's Dream...please forgive me. I have to take care of some things and will not be posting here anymore tonight. It is nearly seven a.m. here in Germany, so I am in some haste to go to bed

Rashid, kindly check your messages. I have written you a note with some parting thoughts.

Thank you again for the flowers, Artful's Dream. Goodnight to all

 

[artful]

G'Night my friend

Artful, Rashid, Artful's Dream...please forgive me. I have to take care of some things and will not be posting here anymore tonight. It is nearly seven a.m. here in Germany, so I am in some haste to go to bed

Rashid, kindly check your messages. I have written you a note with some parting thoughts.

Thank you again for the flowers, Artful's Dream. Goodnight to all

Sleep well !

 

[rashid]

Champers

the bubbly grape, that which makes your nose tickle. The perfect companion to a grand sunday brunch.

Artful - like you I have a lust for knowledge. I tend to call a spade a spade and don't much care where the chips fall. Reality is..........

I have been known to hold my tounge when unleashing it would cause unnecessary hurt, but mostly I speak my mind. I believe that one can't learn much with ones head buried in the sand. I make mistakes - lots of em - comes with the territory. I just prefer to only make em once ;-)

Wonderful for you to have found your dream early on - congratulations to you both......

Mab?????? if you'd like we could enshrine that stocking and get you sum new ones ..........

Sleep well ............