tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89793096544889686752024-03-05T22:22:49.743-08:00The Cave Wine StorageThe Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-87848579231999799462018-09-27T17:10:00.001-07:002018-09-27T17:10:52.830-07:00Incubating the Time Away.Someone came in the other day and we were talking about Cave things, Cave secrets, maybe. Which exist. And she said, you should write a book. This has been suggested before, and considered. Though there ARE some pretty good Cave secrets, in the 10 years your Resident Troglodyte had been amassing them none are SO salacious, and so aplenty, to warrant a book. Maybe a pamphlet. A zine could work.<br />
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The <a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2009/01/">second blog post</a> was January 31, 2009. The first one, posted the prior day, was merely us <i>announcing</i> ourselves: our address and a few key words by way of surrounding neighborhoods. We still store wine for someone who lives in Hong Kong, but the guy in Holland moved to Florida. The people in Mexico are new. We have in the house Indiana, Texas, Arizona, Minnesota, and a different Florida. The guy who lives in Puerto Rico finally got his wine all there.<br />
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Yes, the blogging has waned. After 10 years we've all settled into it. While life still happens here, the inspiration of it has normalized. Also, a lot about The Cave was about<i> becoming</i>. Anyone here circa 2006 walked into this.<br />
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Now it is this.<br />
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The building was renovated, the troglodyte was renovated, yes, lots of becoming going on here over the years. Right now, we simply ARE.<br />
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This is new, though. 10 years of empties, the place was starting to look like I might have a problem. Bottles piled and scattered and dusty, the bulk of them most generous donations to the cause. These are the bottles that ruined me. I finally got around to building a place for them, and also for the all the beer empties that were sitting on the top of the hall rack, so deep in the dark you couldn't see them. Unlike the wine, most of these were emptied by their owners. The gnome was a contribution, too, via The Izzy. Our Guardian Gnome. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">P.S. I don't actually care what old wine tastes like, just look how beautiful those bottles are.</span><br />
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Yes, The Cave continues to settle into itself in ways that both are and are not the same; the wine here is not the only thing that continues to incubate gracefully. Cheers. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-78238734146286211082018-03-22T17:24:00.000-07:002018-03-22T17:40:04.487-07:00Wine cold brewed coffee.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZFSJZzN3x37A2iTJZn71HaNEgzGz8KxYgvrGTbZ1i30EJMFyh0d4ELIUK7mqsbM5ENcKEWr12P78o9lbZn_RhkTunrOuZhs0aNa0ztnAFCAAVo4AI9s2XP1J1ImXp9T0_jLdw1pEhEUc/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1321" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZFSJZzN3x37A2iTJZn71HaNEgzGz8KxYgvrGTbZ1i30EJMFyh0d4ELIUK7mqsbM5ENcKEWr12P78o9lbZn_RhkTunrOuZhs0aNa0ztnAFCAAVo4AI9s2XP1J1ImXp9T0_jLdw1pEhEUc/s200/1.jpg" width="165" /></a> This was handed to me before the weekend. If you think thought it might make it through the weekend, you were mistaken.<br />
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There is little forthcoming info on this stuff, so here's what it is: Alloy Wine Works Tin City Americano Wine x Coffee. The back of the label reads, "Red wine grapes co-fermented with coffee beans."<br />
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After doing a bunch of stuff on my day off, I headed out for a Trader Joe's run, a walk of about 20 minutes one way. But first, I tried about half a glass of this stuff. Let me tell you this: this is some weird, dense, alcoholic-black licorice-black cherry-cranberry juice-kind of stuff, sweet-like. Also about 15 minutes into my walk it suddenly became a good idea to try a cold brew with wine and coffee. Science experiment!<br />
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The current coffee is Yukon from Starbucks. Sort of medium, I opted the milder Merlot so it wouldn't overpower the coffee. Also my smallest jar so I wouldn't cry when I realized I just wasted a bunch of good coffee on this whole idea. <br />
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Actual color was a dense brownish red.<br />
But the real question was, Wait, it's 7:30 AM. When does one drink this? It's too early for wine, but at night it's too late for coffee. After some deliberation, I decided it was exactly the right time to taste this. I mean - in the interest of science - to note the results. Which I did. Note.<br />
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Findings: despite the wine, actually not at all bad. Much more subtle and straightforward than the candy crush of the Tin City Americano. With good wine it would be better. Also, someone suggested white wine. They thought something neutral like a Chardonnay, but I'm thinking a Riesling could be amazing.<br />
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(*...though come to think of it, we did do the <a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2013/06/kalimotxo.html">Great Kalimotxo Experiment</a> way back then. The cola profile could have suggested wine's compatibility with coffee. Bad on me for not sooner realizing this.)<br />
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(Day four, this has settled into a very delicious thing. Because wine is shelf not-stable, it doesn't make sense to brew any larger a batch unless it is widely shared or you drink a LOT of both wine and coffee all day long. So if you never open wine becauce you can't finish a bottle, enjoy some and cold brew the rest.) The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-30081054394406540042018-03-01T16:57:00.000-08:002018-03-01T16:57:02.148-08:00Wine Porn of the DayOr: What's on my desk is way better than what's on your desk.<br />
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<br />The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-67090450980705424992018-01-12T17:15:00.001-08:002018-01-12T17:15:24.585-08:00Eras and Ends.The Cave opened in 1982. 1982, coincidentally, is considered one of the better vintages of Bordeaux. 1982, coincidentally, is the year Robert Parker showed up to tell everyone that. (Some think it was only an OK year until Mr. Parker convinced us otherwise.) If you bought a bottle of Chateau Lafite upon release - like a lot of people here did to begin their collections - <a href="http://www.winespectator.com/blogs/show/id/46561">you paid around $40.</a> Today, a 1982 Chateau Lafite sells for $3,000. (Inflation alone, it would be about $100 today.) A 2015 bottle will now set you back, <a href="http://www.klwines.com/Products/r?d=0&r=0&p=0&o=-1&t=chateau%20lafite">depending on the bottle</a>, from $600 - $1,700. Bordeaux is no longer the stuff of beginning wine collectors. <br />
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The Era: I called Vern near the holiday and was getting no answer. Vern, if you are just joining us, was your master of ceremonies before I, and it is directly because of him you all are now suffering me. After a few calls I emailed his daughter and prepared for sad news and waited. HA! THERE IS NO SAD NEWS. Vern was under the weather and in the hospital a few days but is now back to his old self and I finally talked to him earlier today. He sounds good enough, it was good to hear his voice, and as usual he bade me to tell everyone he says Hi.<br />
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The End: The singular privilege of being your resident troglodyte is my job description: I am the keeper of stories. There are many layers of story here. The building is a story, The Cave is a story, every bottle here is a story - someone's - and there are the stories that simply happen. Some I post and others I don't or won't, <i>because</i>. One of The Cave's better stories moved to Washington recently and came in this week to close out his lockers. Sadness. So now I am at liberty to tell this story.<br />
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All the friends came in to help Steve move his lockers. It only took about two hours. This was some very funny two hours, let me tell you. Old guys who've been friends for a long time are funny. At one point I went outside and this was the top of the AC out there. I was like, wow, when did that even happen? How did I miss THAT? <br />
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And then they were gone. Like every good story, the emptiness of The End. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-12004022267726105652017-09-27T18:09:00.000-07:002017-09-27T18:10:56.231-07:00The archeological dig of the old Hotel Glendale, Part 2. <a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-archeological-dig-of-old-hotel.html">Part 1</a>. <br />
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HAHA, just when we all thought this blog was, in itself, HISTORY.<br />
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Here's what's in The Cave Time Capsule. I know, it looks like a bunch of garbage. Sorry, no. Let's take a closer look. <br />
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The first of two bottles of wine. "Especially selected for your pleasure from Gil Jones' private stock."<br />
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Gil Jones, along with Mr. Day and the Broadway-Glendale Company, built the Cave. GIL BUILT THE CAVE! I drank this with him one day. Gil still cellars here. All this is about as legendary as it gets.<br />
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An original invitation to the Grand Opening of The Cave, December 15, 1982.<br />
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A pack of cigarettes in memory of Joe Burns, the first troglodyte. Also a smoker. I had his business card but it's disappeared. These I found in the storage room behind a shelf when I first came to work here and was doing the Big Clean. It was this, or the broom with his name on it. The broom didn't fit. People still tell me Joe stories. <br />
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The photo of Vern in his overalls, holding his pipe. Vern Homer, your second emcee. Writer of poems, singer of songs, lover of seas. Without him I'd not be here.I still call Vern twice yearly. <br />
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The rotary dial from the original Cave landline.<br />
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A couple of post-its to represent the third troglodyte, years 1-8. <br />
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Small gifts from customers, a khachkar brought back for me from Armenia, and an origami heart made from a $1 bill.<br />
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This Thomas Hardy Ale bottle medallion, because it was delicious, and to represent the beer people. And sharing delicious things.<br />
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The paper bits I tucked into this envelope. The Cave address is on it but also because it's my favorite example of desperation: "Please get my very late payment IMMEDIATELY before you sell (drink) all my wine like you just emailed me you were about to do."<br />
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Sunday evening I picked up the boards we've all been trying to wheel very heavy cases of wine over - for a very long time - to dig the hole for the time capsule. Maybe it will survive, maybe it will get infested or other elements will have their way with it. Either way it is a very satisfying errand, this story that is us that gets to stay on in some manner. <br />
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Because with all that has passed The Cave remains. Story continues. So we bury our offering to the wine gods to say thank you for everything, for our fortune that we have this story, and for every bottle that opens up from here to become new stories. The wedding, the graduation, the birthday, the family get-together, the dinner with friends, the quiet evening with Netflix and popcorn, the girls night, the first date, the fiftieth year, the horrible day at work, the great day at work, the screaming kids, because it's raining, because it's delicious, because it's Friday, because it's only MONDAY?!?, because because because: Cheers. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-1094873332697709762017-09-27T16:08:00.005-07:002017-09-27T18:11:56.562-07:00The archeological dig of the old Hotel Glendale, Part 1. Spoiler alert: no dinosaurs, no bodies, no treasure. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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For manymanymany months, The Clan of the Cave has suffered the loss of convenient parking. OK, it was always a bit dicey with the steep, narrow driveway and the rarity of parking cooperation from neighbors, AKA, the good ol' days.<br />
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Yep, it's been a mess down here for a very long time. <br />
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Almost everyone has taken our lapse in generous stride, and over the months many cases of wine have been rolled up and down that driveway into the secondary, free parking in the lot above. It's not horrible really. Call me from up there, I bring you a hand cart, I happily roll your wine up and down and up again. It gives us all a chance to catch up on the state of the nation. I even have a pile of courtesy quarters for the meters.<br />
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The first appearance of a bit of history, since removed, was this hunk of cement sticking out from the trench.They went down a ways to get it out of there.<br />
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For the first two years of the Hotel, the radio station here was KGFH. It was in 1930 that KIEV took over the basement, for the next thirty years. You can read more about that <a href="http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2008-07-25/news/gnp-yamada25_1_william-beaton-kiev-ron-beaton">here</a>. For years the sign remained on the back of the basement door and then the door disappeared one day, the sign with it. Bummer.<br />
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Up the stairs some more digging gave up a few other bits and shards - a super heavy old glass fragment, a piece of tile, the top of a milk bottle, and a beautiful jar that remained intact. The jar went the way of the digger - well-deserved. The fragments came to The Cave.<br />
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These could well be leftovers from when the Hotel was originally built. Based on the debris out there now, the future will maybe find lots of plastic water and soda bottles and an old pizza box. But it's the other thing they will unearth that will be the real find.<br />
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When booking things, I opted to come home a day earlier than necessary. I thought, well, no one will know where I am for a day and that's kind of fun. Turned out to be a good plan, I got out just before the blizzard. <br />
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It was given to me a few years ago, yes, GIVEN TO ME. He was sober and everything, beats me. I wanted to open it last winter, and then open it this winter, and then open it with a couple of other people, but the events of the week decided it: open it NOW. <br />
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(sorry, guys. Another wine, another time.) <br />
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I woke up at 6 a.m., bummer, and made it worse by running a quick errand so wasn't able to begin breakfast until 8. Precisely. The plan was to have a glass of wine an hour to see how it unfolded, because there was also the possibility of it going south FAST. <br />
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Also, A Woody Allen marathon was running. Perfect morning!<br />
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Dense black in color, bright around the edges, I was amazed at the clean cork and didn't realize until I asked if it had been re-corked, which it had, in 1991. Just as the gold "Wine Guard" label stated. Which I didn't read.<br />
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8:00 a.m. Grapey, metallic, watery.<br />
9:00. Deepened body, lots of herbal things - tarragon? And rust.<br />
10:00. Mmmmmm, interesting. It's all one. No usual leather/tobacco overwhelm, no, gentle everything - fruit, age.<br />
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It was about this time I was realizing being in 20-degree temps for a week and then an airplane, my nasal passages and palate weren't intact, and I regretted not being able to fully, roundly, absorb this wine. Which didn't stop me.<br />
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11:00 Holy Sh*t. Everything. Body, fruit, herbal, subtle vegetal, cohesive, and a little bit rusty.<br />
12:00 Fruit and love. Mature vs. aged. Magnificant.<br />
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Then I took a nap for three hours.<br />
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Awesome end to a great week. I am a fortunate troglodyte. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-14794342734210883462017-01-19T17:58:00.000-08:002017-01-19T17:58:01.145-08:003 odd bits of the week. Out and about, recently I saw this. It took me a second. (The frame helped.) Then I took a picture of it, and then I accidentally deleted it. Here it is meticulously re-created for your perusal:<br />
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I'm not sure that was the exact license plate frame, but it was one I found on the internet. Also, clearly not the official State of California license plate font. Fonts are a big deal amongst the font lovers, and there are many forums on license plates and their fonts. Like the classic <a href="https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/forum/case/918953/">CA black plates</a> use "<a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ephemera/penitentiary-gothic/fill/">Penitentary Gothic Fill</a>." I don't know if that was its original name, or a post-plate tongue-in-cheek font design. A lot of people talk about <a href="http://www.papl8s.com/PAPL8S.com.jpg">Pennsylvania's</a> font. <a href="http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/">Many people</a> are very devoted to license plates. Others to wine. This person is devoted to both.<br />
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This happened this past weekend, so I am told. I wasn't there. Bert and Ernie's Barley Wine by way of <a href="https://eskesbrewpub.com/">Eske's</a> Brew Pub and Eatery. I take it that's Ernie on the right there, maybe the brewer (?) <a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3791/83470/">It was brewed only once</a>. We were joking about how the label looks like it was made with an x-acto knife and xerox machine.<br />
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<br />The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-52954456714189774562017-01-07T16:46:00.000-08:002017-01-07T16:46:14.437-08:00Highlight Coffee. Every time I walk past<a href="https://www.facebook.com/highlightcoffee/"> Highlight Coffee</a> and see all the tables full - which is often- I'm so happy for owner Frank. The space is simple and pristine, the coffee beautifully served...this is a real experience in impeccable aesthetics. But the real money shot is at night, walking past this historical building, a beautiful soft, white light emanating from its iconic corner. The whole building glows because of it. The building is fortunate to have this. <br />
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On Christmas day, when he finally gets a day off, Frank instead had free coffee and pastries set up in the lobby for all the residents. Even when some jerk dumped the canister of milk all over things, only a few minutes later it was again clean and beautifully presented.<br />
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The old Hotel Glendale is moving up in the world, and Frank @ Highlight Coffee is the class act.<br />
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<br />The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-24366442460835880132016-12-24T18:39:00.000-08:002016-12-24T18:39:39.161-08:00Cheers!It's the first night of Hanukkah. It's also Christmas Eve. We all get to celebrate our joys together this year. Much nicer than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgivukkah">Turkunukkah</a> or whatever that was. (Not to be confused with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken">Turducken</a>.)<br />
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The night before Christmas is my favorite night here. It's mostly quiet and you think you should go home, but then someone shows up at the last minute and you realize that's why you're here and why it's worth it to stay. We've been open normal hours Christmas Eve at least since I've been here. It was a decision made because there's so much running around and procrastination and traffic and chaos there should be one place, one errand, that is civil and not about time or deadlines.<br />
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The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-56649779319467044242016-12-14T17:40:00.003-08:002016-12-14T17:40:36.246-08:00HoHoHo, You're Killing Me, Santa.I happen to know the Santa on Hollywood Boulevard, in the lot there next to one of the Scientology buildings, likes wine. He stores it here. The Larry is a pretty good Santa, too. The triad of "Ho's" is spot on. PS. The above title? All <a href="https://youtu.be/N06nVCFoock">The Larry</a>. Cheers. <br />
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The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-74702332328606811112016-11-19T17:27:00.000-08:002016-11-19T17:27:40.979-08:00UGH: The Deanster. I swore I'd never again write about <a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2012/11/killing-bottle-of-kermit-lynchs-kuentz.html">The Deanster</a>, certain at least I if not everyone else had read ENOUGH ALREADY about this guy. When he came last month I held true and silent. But then Dean did something that I thought was really cool. So here we are.<br />
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When Dean comes into town, he spends a lot of time at The Cave. We tie a cute little kerchief around his neck and refer to him as The Cave <a href="http://dogtime.com/lifestyle/dog-activities/2250-college-dog-mascots">mascot</a>. He does this because in Indiana he doesn't get to share wine things with too many people. Here, he can. People walk in, discussions occur, it makes Dean happy.<br />
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This week, a lovely intersection occurred. Dean and another Cave gentleman got into a very long conversation about wine things. I didn't really see what came of that, but I<i> did</i> see Dean writing on a cork and I got very curious about that. He was writing the gentleman's name, and the date. He keeps the cork; he keeps who he shared the moment with, and with which wine.<br />
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And I DIG that idea.<br />
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So today I interviewed Dean about it. <br />
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<b>How long have you been doing the cork thing?</b><br />
Shit...30-plus years. A long time.<br />
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<b>Is it an original idea, or is this some kind of wine tradition?</b><br />
No, I just started doing it. I don't know if anyone else does. I'm sure they do. They collect corks. They usually write on the bottles. I see that alot. They keep the bottle. But corks are smaller.<br />
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<b>How many corks do you have?</b><br />
Maybe 100. I don't know where they are, how's that.<br />
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<b>Then why do you do it?</b><br />
Because it reminds me, whenever I see those things, who I was with. It's 100 % at a restaurant. I have the date and who I was with.<br />
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(At this point, after some deep confusion on my part, it was finally established some of the <i>older </i>corks are MIA, but recent corks still exist and are revisited.)<br />
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<b>Do you do it if the <i>wine</i> is special or the</b> <b><i>person</i> is special?</b><br />
When the occasion is special. You're not going to keep Two-buck Chuck.<br />
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<b>You've never kept a cork from wine you and I shared.</b> <br />
It's your wine usually. I won't take a cork if it's somebody else's wine.<br />
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Also, Dean's guitar made it's Cave debut. <br />
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<br />The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-40630025049963143912016-09-04T17:22:00.000-07:002016-09-04T17:22:52.159-07:00Qurrent Qave Quaffs.It turns out between plonk and DRC there is at least one other tier of wine and name for it. It was The Deanster who recently introduced me to the term <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quaffing_wine">quaffing</a> wines, your basic daily dinner wine that isn't <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk_(wine)">plonk</a>. <br />
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These are the qurrent Qave quaffs. Look, I'm just going to say it: the holidays are coming and a certain amount of not horrible wine needs to be on hand for delivery guys and other vendors who've kept us in wine at the ideal temperature all year long. Some I'll see in October and November, and then not until next year, so the quaff is here NOW.<br />
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Also, sometimes you just want something decent to open while the rest of your stuff is incubating. The quaffs are each around $10. The two on the left are from Topline here in beautiful Glendale, California, and The Cicada is from K&L Hollywood. <br />
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The Bugey Gamay is the one most unlike the others. It's fun and fruity and different and a little strange. The Kermit Lynch Cotes du Rhone is safe and likable with some nice, delicate, simple layers. The Cicada, which I opened last weekend and got four more bottles of and already only have three now, was the most sophisticated and surprising: This for $10! Wow, that's pretty good! Like that. Even the winery refers to it as a pleasant <a href="https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1215217">"quaff."</a><br />
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I figured since I am spending a lot of energy hoping we keep getting reasonable weather, I should offer compromise by opening something white. Because everyone knows white after Labor Day is tres gauche! And I've managed to squeak through summer minus doing so. (Success!)<br />
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But according to research, aka, <a href="http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1639077">Cellar Tracker</a>, it seemed like this (a generous donation to The Cave) needed to be opened.<br />
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I don't know why I don't like white wine, it's pretty tasty stuff and of course this didn't disappoint. It tasted a lot like pears the first night though <a href="http://www.kenswineguide.com/wine_review/Navarro-2011-Cuvee-Traditional-Dry-Gewurztraminer">no one else writing about it</a> agrees. Still, it was really good and everyone who tried it was excited to do so, so it's probably<i> </i>better than that. <br />
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While writing this, A. brought in 35-year-old Corsican red wine vinegar, one of which he was good enough to pop open for a try. The first go was strong and tart and bitter, and left a raw path down to the gullet. My eyes watered. By second taste, though, it had already evened out and was softer with more finesse. Super interesting! <br />
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Coffee, wine, vinegar. What a vast and curious realm of flavors there are! All the many hunters, how fortunate I am to experience the various fruits of their labors. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-49675597470530234142016-08-20T15:50:00.000-07:002016-08-20T15:50:39.229-07:00Coffee from Hawaii. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihgEux1jYwOH4iNuUcSzBPRim-CoVRezPyykdXEsfUkE_MQ-Paavhighudmjnoq0DzlbsL0kXenv_nFd4lAqzbuvwpSIwAPNC1N5gegKThyphenhyphenc2HBQFM6f_TD_6okmD2Z6sLPxbgeKvEDfO/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihgEux1jYwOH4iNuUcSzBPRim-CoVRezPyykdXEsfUkE_MQ-Paavhighudmjnoq0DzlbsL0kXenv_nFd4lAqzbuvwpSIwAPNC1N5gegKThyphenhyphenc2HBQFM6f_TD_6okmD2Z6sLPxbgeKvEDfO/s320/001.JPG" width="240" /></a>Vahe went to Hawaii and paid $50 for this. !. <br />
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Even crazier was his willingness to part with some of it on my behalf, something I was ambivalent about. Coffee from Hawaii, like, say, Jamaica Blue Mountain - which can run upwards of <a href="http://www.sanmarcocoffee.com/jamaican-blue-mountain-coffee-1-lb.html?gclid=CI2IwuaB0c4CFQGsaQodPAoH6A">$70/lb</a> - is often more pomp than circumstance. No one wants to taste bad $50 coffee and have to have that follow-up conversation just like no one wants to open a pricey bottle of wine to realize it's <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quaffing_wine">quaff </a>at best.<br />
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(That's an inside wink to The Deanster, who's fond of the term 'quaff.')<br />
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What I mean is, while Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee it is historically unremarkable, and I had ambivalent expectations.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooZ5RvrhnxzUhZB1TD6cumM82kuGzMKvKjAMfVGChu1_Tp-6F-MisJyHUEmoIcv02S-dgbVKnSFmjcwZpbjK_VhFfxsKgU-NfyVD9s50caZCSwIhZ3s9YZCyBXwH93rmgGKQ5X9mcgPDP/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooZ5RvrhnxzUhZB1TD6cumM82kuGzMKvKjAMfVGChu1_Tp-6F-MisJyHUEmoIcv02S-dgbVKnSFmjcwZpbjK_VhFfxsKgU-NfyVD9s50caZCSwIhZ3s9YZCyBXwH93rmgGKQ5X9mcgPDP/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a>This was one of the better cups of coffee I've ever had. It was memorable. It was beautifully balanced, smooth, easy. <a href="http://kauspecialtycoffee.com/coffee/ka-u-specialty-coffee-estate-medium-roast-whole-bean-151.html">The Kau website</a> describes it as having "the depth and rustic sweetness of maple syrup,
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Like wine tastes like wine to me, coffee tastes like coffee, and this was really just a <i>nice</i>, good cup of coffee.<br />
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Look! There was enough for a cold brew! <br />
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According to <a href="http://store.starbucks.com/customer-service/coffee-prep-faq.html">Starbucks</a>, one pound of coffee makes 64 5-ounce cups of coffee, an amount of coffee no one actually drinks. <br />
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A Starbucks short is 8-ounces, a tall is 12. So, let's call it at 32 10-ounce cups of coffee per pound. That's still only $1.57-per-cup. Coffee this good is certainly worth that. There's lots and lots of places you can get really horrible coffee for way more than that. <br />
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Really lovely stuff, thank you, Vahe. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-2456169928942167882016-08-14T17:46:00.000-07:002016-08-14T17:46:05.427-07:00We get the best mail.Because we have the coolest customers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-14304380477240610592016-08-04T15:03:00.002-07:002016-08-04T15:03:52.912-07:00Oh, right, that. I was rummaging through files yesterday and found this picture that would have been taken between the previous two blog posts. Oh, right; that was that day <i>every</i>one showed up the same time and then so did that other thing. I wonder what happened next.<br />
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The Deanster landed mid week. To celebrate we plied him with this really lovely, delicious Emilio Lustau East India Solera Sherry. The Deanster informed me it would last a long time once opened, and I suspected that might be a good thing as a long time might be Dean's tenure here. Good Call! <br />
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It was a good week with a few really nice intersections, and Dean got to talk about wine with people who know about wine. That would be pretty much anyone but me. <br />
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I'm still trying to figure out why the East India Sherry is from Spain.<br />
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Sherry aside, it's been since May that I've shared my deep love of wine I know nothing about, so let's catch up. Because the bottles piling up are starting to make me look a little zealous; I assure you, it's merely time passed. <br />
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This started the pile back in late May, and I'm old and I didn't take notes so here's what I know. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was really unusual and interesting and good. That's enough, isn't it? <br />
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The thing is, I finally organized my wine locker. Well, I rented out my locker - there was nothing left - so now I have a wine floor in the corner. Wine Without Borders. I researched open times and organized my spreadsheet by that. Now all I have to do is go down the list. <br />
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"Spreadsheet," like I have that much wine. About two and a half cases divided into the really nice stuff the very generous customers have donated to the cause and the plonk I buy. Obviously this is from Golden Pile A. It was ready to drink and I wanted to get some of the bigger reds in before it got too hot. Mission complete! It was big, huge, gigantic and delicious.<br />
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This I opened because I could find little about it. Also from Golden Pile A, seriously interesting! And good!<br />
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"Black Cherry wrapped in two bay leaves." <br />
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That's different. I like it.<br />
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Justin gave this to me and I was making salad one night. The bottle was on the counter and I was crumbling feta into the salad. I remembered that thing about how Champagne pairs best with salty foods, so I popped some feta and took a swig of this stuff, and really it just came ALIVE. I rarely drink wine with food, because the wine I like and the food I eat don't really go together. But WOW, how well everything works when it does. <br />
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<a href="http://www.charlestonbeerexchange.com/blog/?p=1331">This stuff </a>was as unusual as it was different. The first day or two, I wasn't convinced. Very dry, stiff. Then I left it for the weekend, cellar temperature and not at all tightly capped. While I was gone it just...settled into itself. It got delicate and floral notes showed up. <br />
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When The Deanster was here, we talked a lot about wine in how it has a different purpose for everyone. What you realize when listening to these guys is <i>how much they know</i>, all the little details about the growers, the vines, the weather that year, the pedigree of the wine maker, the history of hands touching the grapes, the mood of the bottler, the species of crickets in the vineyards, the elevation of each individual grape. It's devotion to this beautiful, live, ever evolving liquid in a bottle. And being privy to such conversations is really one of my favorite things about being here, even if I myself will never progress beyond, "That was really good." <br />
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The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-2579847013633459422016-07-23T17:48:00.000-07:002016-07-23T17:48:18.287-07:00The Cave Guestbook. It's easy, really. You come in, you sign in, you do your thing, you sign out, you leave. <br />
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The sign-in book existed when I came into this job. It was a yellow legal pad. It was divided into five columns: Date, Locker Number, Name, Time In, and Time Out. Nice old school way to keep track of things. Very helpful that one time a really honest guy reported a bottle of wine sitting in the middle of the aisle. All I had to do was look on the guest pad to see who'd been in that day, and VOILA! Mystery solved!<br />
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In 2010, the legal pad was replaced by a <a href="http://media.mead.com/is/image/Daytimer/09910_1?$Navigation$">Mead-like Composition book</a>, but with recycled paper. Ever Forward! Well, actually Ever Forward! would be something digital, but we like to keep a reverent bit of old school going. It took about 6 years: the current guest book recently saw its last, dog-eared page. <br />
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There were MANY times when, while drawing four lines with the ruler to make the five columns, I wanted to shake things up a bit, like draw the lines at a diagonal, or skip a line, or have no lines, or shake up the order of the columns. Hilarity would ensue! Okay, most likely not, so 200 times I ruled 5 straight lines in good order.<br />
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I may have abstained from guest book fun and games, but not everyone did. Below is one gentleman's entire list of aliases entered into our guest book, a one-time joke become a well-honed routine. He'd saddle up to the guest book after his withdrawal/deposit, sometimes in lengthy consideration, other times with swift inspiration. I was not allowed to look at it until after he left. It never disappointed. <br />
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Bozo Jones<br />
Lee Dickman IV<br />
Boo Dugan, in locker #JRTX3<br />
Peter Paul Blues, locker Q1<br />
Dutch Denmark<br />
Bob the Gambler<br />
Todd Ditts, Jr.<br />
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Rebel Lee Jones<br />
Jude Dickes<br />
Horus Cohen<br />
Billy Bob Titus, IV<br />
Buzz Supken<br />
Big Barnyard Stootz<br />
Buzz Smithereen<br />
Sam Sperling IV<br />
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Bud Templeton<br />
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Odd Smith<br />
Bobs Fischler<br />
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Ralph Tummy<br />
Boyd Stitts<br />
Wild Man Noozy<br />
Jack A'Holeski<br />
Carlitos Gardenberg IV<br />
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Now we have a new guest book. It's spiral bound, much cleaner in presentation. First entry in it? Justin. <br />
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...but give it time. The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8979309654488968675.post-92168314243339724692016-06-15T16:55:00.000-07:002016-06-15T16:55:22.347-07:00The mystery of the secret tunnel, and other Hot Glendale gossip from the locals.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWTZoS9UyVhQ1hzmDIvKuPoGTRqwQhaaeHx43yjGW_bpuodoMq_nwv2e-YvmvANCl_PWP78qqsZ6_sQv6Meeqj6uEMwevi32QLW8dPfwp7x6r8ap40DEDIm9DarIjSrX0EUYxUIgz7QfT/s1600/a2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWTZoS9UyVhQ1hzmDIvKuPoGTRqwQhaaeHx43yjGW_bpuodoMq_nwv2e-YvmvANCl_PWP78qqsZ6_sQv6Meeqj6uEMwevi32QLW8dPfwp7x6r8ap40DEDIm9DarIjSrX0EUYxUIgz7QfT/s640/a2.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br />
There is this thing called Facebook, and The Cave has a page on FB that has been broken for three months. I can post, but I can't access the feed. Ergo, the many interests we share - beer, wine, historical buildings, and all things local - have been inaccessible.<br />
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So instead I've been trolling other FB bits of interest, and this is from the group "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/211506122225083/">Growing up in Glendale in the 60's and 70's</a>." (There is also a group called Vintage Glendale which we will do another time.) I scrolled back through to the beginning of this group, and this post is about what bits of interest were found. But first, The Mystery of the Secret Tunnel, which has taken me three months to solve...or is it? Solved?<br />
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It begins with<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/211506122225083/search/?query=speakeasy"> this</a>, posted July 2013. <br />
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And it's true, <a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-mother-son-silver-room.html">The Silver Room</a> was here in the basement of the old hotel. But does that negate the original claim? The mystery is ON. Stop 1, The Tattoo Parlor. Why? Because The Cave was built in 1982, so if there were a secret tunnel down here, it's behind lockers. Also, the matter is easily resolved based on one thing: is there a basement in the building across the street. <br />
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That's Body Shop Tattoo, behind the tree and wedged between the pawn shop and Dave's. (Hey, not every corner in Glendale can be <a href="http://www.carusoaffiliated.com/">Caruso Affiliated</a>.)<br />
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I asked the guy, "Is there a basement in this building?" <br />
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"Did this used to be a barber shop?" <br />
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He suggested I try Dave's. Dave's was not the barber shop because Dave's is the oldest bar in Glendale. I went to Dave's. I asked the guy, "Is there a basement in this building?" Not to his knowledge. I asked if there might be one that has since been locked up, inaccessible. He suggested I try the owner who was on vacation. I left The Cave contact info. The woman sitting on the bar stool chimed in that the tunnel was actually a sewer pipe and it was filled in when they re-paved Broadway in the eighties. The possibly sotted plot thickens!<br />
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While waiting to hear from the owner of Dave's, I emailed some people who were affiliated with this building for many years, during the time period in question. Broadway-Glendale Co. bought the building in 1975. The basement was virtually untouched, the original restaurant, its horseshoe bar, intact. If there were a tunnel, it would be evident then. Was it? The answer was no, that there was no memory of a tunnel.<br />
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After a few weeks I went back to Dave's. "Not to his knowledge," the guy told me, though the owner has only been around a certain time and may not know. This time, I was given the number of the management company for the block. I called.<br />
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"Is there a basement in that building." I told the woman who got stuck with me and my query that I thought no one wanted to tell me because they thought I might be a terrorist. SHE told me: that there actually IS, not so much a basement as a small storage area. But not under the tattoo parlor - nee - barber shop. <br />
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So there was no secret tunnel running from the once barber shop, under Broadway, to The Hotel Glendale basement during prohibition or ever.<br />
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HOWEVER. There <i>are </i>other possibilities, very real ones, and the plot thickens. Stay with me here:<br />
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<b>1. There is a barber shop: </b><br />
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This is the current barber shop on the retail level of the old Hotel, Sevak Haircut Store. <br />
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this is...Sevak? No, Mike. Sevak is his son. When Mike took over the
space 27 years ago, he changed the name to Sevak which means there has been a barber shop in this space a really long time, if not forever. There seems to be a barber pole on the building in old photos, but it's not clear enough to be sure. Mike has been cutting
hair 55 years. He was born in Iran, then lived in Armenia, and then
Glendale. He's been to 80 countries, he tells me. He loves to travel.<br />
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<b>2. There is a stairway to the basement:</b> Once upon a time, the main stairwell of the lobby indeed continued down to the basement, a sweeping entrance into the restaurant and social room. That stairwell was closed off when not only The Cave was built, but when the rest of the basement was made into offices during the Broadway-Glendale Co. era. The defunct restaurant into which it swept - though I've never seen nor read about how it looked - may well indeed have had the red booths and black and white tile so vividly remembered.<br />
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BUT. The barber shop does not connect to the lobby.<br />
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<b><b>3. There <i>are</i> other stairs to the basement: </b></b><br />
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Some of the retail spaces on the Glendale Avenue side of the building <i>do</i>
have stairways that lead down to the basement for restroom access. NONE of the retail spaces on the Broadway side have them.<br />
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SO ... could there have once been a stairway from Sevak's that has since been removed to make space for other enterprises?<br />
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I scanned the original blueprints and was unable to identify stairs. Also, the barber shop has no "footprint" of a once existing stairway, though both that floor and the basement ceiling have been covered over. <br />
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SO ... the possibility exists, not of the tunnel, but that the barber shop in the Hotel Glendale once had a stairway the led down to the defunct restaurant/social room where remained red booths and black and white tiles floor. If that is not the case, it may be a confusion of memory with the main stairwell down to the basement. If THAT is not the case, it is the stuff of pure fun and fiction. Or maybe there was a tunnel that was paved over in the 'eighties, who knows.<br />
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The building on the left and on the top right are The Maryland Hotel, on the corner of Maryland and Wilson. The two remaining photos are of The Hotel Glendale.<br />
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Though the old Hotel has had its storied past, and there is across the street two pawn shops and a tattoo parlor and a bar, look what the new owners have done to it: <a href="http://glendaleflats.com/">Glendale Flats</a>. <br />
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Sadly, the basement door with the original KIEV radio signs has been recently removed.<br />
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Mmmm, Rhinegold beer, my favorite. It exquisitely pairs with Pall Malls. Glendale Flats is attracting many young urban professionals, or as they are now called, Millennials. There is here a really nice mix of culture, age, and languages.<br />
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My AC service tech and I have been together eight years and only discovered his last visit that we both think one of the rooms here entirely creepy and haunted.<br />
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Now that the bricks are exposed post-renovation, I'll also be thinking of the great grandfather and others whose hands laid them.<br />
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The service elevator was an afterthought. The Hotel was built without one, considered only one of the Hotel's many failures. If you stand on Glendale Ave. north of the building and look up, you'll see a line of windows covered over. They took out a swath of the building to add the elevator. I once lived in an apartment under the motor of that elevator and it was the bane of my existence. Now I know who to blame.<br />
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I messaged Sherry Phelps Holt in hopes of getting more stories from her about the Hotel during her tenure, but I've not heard back.<br />
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Wine storage ... exciting stuff! Seemingly a blog predominate of low-lights, The Cave is really an old library filled with dusty tomes and personal stories. Sometimes I am fortunate enough to glimpse a few, share in them, and on a good day celebrate alongside. I once realized, wrote, "I am the keeper of the stories." Yep.<br />
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Here are some recent Cave stories.<br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/10/wine-sunday.html">Wine Sunday</a>. <br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/10/winos-past.html">Winos Past</a>.<br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/09/sipping-summer.html">Sipping Summer. </a><br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-deanster-cometh.html">The Deanster Cometh</a> . <br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-hotel-glendale-in-valleyvalley.html">The Hotel Glendale in Valleyvalley California</a>.<br />
<a href="http://thecavewinestorage.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-24-case-locker-fully-realized.html">The 24-case locker fully realized</a>.<br />
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Not that much, actually. Sometimes life requires you to show up. Fortunately, I found my way through this cast of characters. Not all at one sitting. And lots of it was exactly great. <br />
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While at Whole Foods recently, I was looking to see if there were a juice box version of wine. Well, I was looking to see one could enjoy <i>a</i> glass of wine the way one can enjoy <i>a</i> beer. <br />
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Look at Sake, single servings. BEAUTIFUL. Simple glass, classic lines, great design, great labels, artwork - everything about it beautiful.<br />
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Wine? UGH. Or UGHly. Most likely plasticware. Most likely less than par wine. One of those single serve sake's up there is almost $300, the others between $13 and $20. <br />
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This? A four-pack is around $10. The wine must be GREAT.<br />
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But I <i>would</i> pay $8 for one decent wine in a well-designed container. Maybe $10. <br />
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Over the course of one weekend, both of these went down. Of course the Yeti Imperial Stout is a big bit of deliciousness, but <a href="http://alchemistbeer.com/">Alchemist Brewery</a>'s Heady Topper was a revelation. Partial to stouts, this IPA (difficult to get, only available in Vermont, I'm well-connected, thank you David) was too darn GOOD. I don't know enough about beer or hops or anything, really, when you get down to it. But this stuff was good above and beyond the idea of beer. It transcended beerness. That's how good it was. <br />
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I picked this stuff up at Glendale's own <a href="http://www.toplinewine.com/home.html">Topline</a>, home of the world's worst website. Why do they have a website at all? Just GO there and when you walk in, Michael the Younger will put something in your hands with emphatic confidence that you will love it. I was really impressed by this while enjoying this because he's always been right. He knows my price range. If I've selected something on my own he'll send me to a better wine at the same price. He often says, If you want to spend a few dollars more try<i> this</i> one, it's<i> so</i> much better (which I've done, he's so emphatically convincing). I have no idea what this stuff is. Michael handed it to me, it was within my budget, and it was good.<br />
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Then one of those The Cave moments, maybe, I'm not sure, I didn't see anything.<br />
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That Thomas Hardy Ale? 1987! All these kids who've "discovered" microbrews? Some guy put this in his locker before they were born. BOOM!<br />
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It was, you know, really sublime. An ale that acquired depth and weight, like it was aged in an old bourbon barrel. Zero fizz. <br />
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The Old Crustacean, also zero fizz, also a barley wine, 1995 and brewed in Oregon, fell open for comparison sake. Science. <i>Completely</i> opposite the Thomas Hardy. Still bright and fruity. A really interesting study of one idea with two results.<br />
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Which brings us to this weekend. Around Wednesday, I declared, out loud, THERE WILL BE WINE THIS WEEKEND. Then Friday, the gentleman said to me, Are you up for and experiment? He went on to say there was a 60% chance this wine, a 2004, would be spent. I countered that I'm so ignorant to these sorts of things I wouldn't know the difference. <br />
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When I first started working here, the same gentleman pulled two identical bottles from his locker, one given to me. I thought it was terrible, over, undrinkable. He thought it was great. Sine then I've never trusted my understanding of any thing wine. Over the years I've two or three times had a wine that was similar, and been forced to confess my ignorance in sophistication and palate to the most generous donor. <br />
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So, what do I know about wine and these matter? (Nothing.) The first night this wine was good, alive and intact but there was a sweetness to it that was separate from everything else and also dominant. The second night this had integrated. We spent six, chill, slow hours together, and the wine just got better and better, gentler, more elegant as it went along. Gorgeous.<br />
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I'm sure I've mentioned this more than once, Max and I one day talking about the few things in life, the necessary things in life, that restore us to ourselves. It is a clearly defined moment, having spent a week with my family a few years ago, and thinking towards the end there, I really just <i>want</i> a good glass of wine. The necessary thing that can restore a sense of civility while navigating the sometimes rocky terrain.<br />
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Minus the one plonk, these were all donations to the cause. As always, what a curious and generous Cave I inhabit. Cheers.The Cave Public Wine Storage Lockershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189716743950045801noreply@blogger.com