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'''The McMurtrie Building, Rolt Heights [88,12]''' | '''The McMurtrie Building, Rolt Heights [88,12]''' | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''I'''sabel "Bizzy" Bowers of Malibu, California, USA, is the proprietor of '''Book Bizarre''' in the beautiful McMurtrie Building [88,12] in Rolt Heights. She was visiting cousins in Malton when the outbreak began, trapping her as it did so many others. | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''I'''sabel "Bizzy" Bowers of Malibu, California, USA, is the proprietor of '''Book Bizarre''' in the beautiful McMurtrie Building [88,12] in Rolt Heights. She was visiting cousins in Malton when the outbreak began, trapping her as it did so many others. | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''B'''ook Bizarre, for those of you new to the district, is an independent bookstore specializing in murder mysteries and supernatural fiction. The bookstore occupies all four floors of the historic McMurtrie Building. | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''B'''ook Bizarre, for those of you new to the district, is an independent bookstore specializing in murder mysteries and supernatural fiction. The bookstore occupies all four floors of the historic McMurtrie Building. | ||
While nowhere near as large as million-volume Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon, USA, Book Bizarre nonetheless is estimated to contain a hundred thousand books. Part of the second floor is home to the coffee shop, <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''Unhallowed Grounds''', offering a wide selection of gourmet coffees, teas and fresh pastries. Bizzy invites you to come in, relax and enjoy their warm hospitality. Because of the balconies extending from the second level, on fair days patrons may take their refreshments outdoors and read their books to the soothing moans of the shambling zed crowds shuffling along the streets below. Music's in the air and it isn't just jazz quartets and swing from The Mighty Wurlitzer, the jukebox still pristine even after all the travail. | While nowhere near as large as million-volume Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon, USA, Book Bizarre nonetheless is estimated to contain a hundred thousand books. Part of the second floor is home to the coffee shop, <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''Unhallowed Grounds''', offering a wide selection of gourmet coffees, teas and fresh pastries. Bizzy invites you to come in, relax and enjoy their warm hospitality. Because of the balconies extending from the second level, on fair days patrons may take their refreshments outdoors and read their books to the soothing moans of the shambling zed crowds shuffling along the streets below. Music's in the air and it isn't just jazz quartets and swing from The Mighty Wurlitzer, the jukebox still pristine even after all the travail.<br><br> | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''he black currant jam is from bushes established in the roof garden across the street. Originally, Bizzy started it to produce salad ingredients. That was a number of years ago and it's now grown quite lush. Seedlings and cuttings were planted in large pots, old wash basins and re-purposed cast-iron bathtubs. These tubs and sinks were salvaged at great personal risk by Bizzy and her cohorts from burned-out buildings around the town. (Ask Bizzy, and she'll arrange a tour for you.) The roof is where she keeps the few chickens that provide the eggs for her cakes. Then of course, there's the famous summertime view from the north balcony of the roses blooming in the warmth of the sun. | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''he black currant jam is from bushes established in the roof garden across the street. Originally, Bizzy started it to produce salad ingredients. That was a number of years ago and it's now grown quite lush. Seedlings and cuttings were planted in large pots, old wash basins and re-purposed cast-iron bathtubs. These tubs and sinks were salvaged at great personal risk by Bizzy and her cohorts from burned-out buildings around the town. (Ask Bizzy, and she'll arrange a tour for you.) The roof is where she keeps the few chickens that provide the eggs for her cakes. Then of course, there's the famous summertime view from the north balcony of the roses blooming in the warmth of the sun. | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">''' | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''B'''urns' Night Suppers have become a tradition in the United Kingdom. These are hosted on January 25th, the birthday of one of the most famous Scotsman, the great poet, Robert Burns'''*'''. He is most well-known for writing "Auld Lang Syne". (If his birthday falls on a work-day, the supper is usually moved to the following Saturday night so that the attendees can relax and enjoy their whiskey with the meal.)<br> | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">The haggis'''**''' is a minced casserole very much like corned beef hash, but usually made from mutton, spiced and baked inside a sheep's stomach. (Venison haggis is a delightful dish!) Playing a bagpipe tune, a piper leads the procession from the kitchen to the dining room. Rabbie Burns loved the dish and wrote "Address to a Haggis"'''***'''. The poem is recited by the host or a professional actor before the casing is cut open with great ceremony. The haggis is spooned out and served with tatties (mashed potatoes) and "neeps". Neeps is the Scottish word for swede turnips (that's rutabagas for Americans) mashed with lots of butter.'''****''' | |||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''he shop is conveniently located four blocks from the '''[[The Burchell Arms|Burchell Arms [89,17]]]'''. The quickest revives may be had at '''[[Cemetery 88,13|cemetery [88,13]]]'''. After you're revived, while away your afternoon in Book Bizarre next door, then slip your '''Yaktrax''' | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''he shop is conveniently located four blocks from the '''[[The Burchell Arms|Burchell Arms [89,17]]]'''. The quickest revives may be had at '''[[Cemetery 88,13|cemetery [88,13]]]'''. After you're revived, while away your afternoon in Book Bizarre next door, then slip your '''Yaktrax''' over your boots for traction on the ice and run the four blocks to the '''Burchell Arms'''. Their ale is the stuff of legend! All of the holiday parties at Book Bizarre are catered by the Burchell Arms Regulars. These stalwarts have never yet let the community down. Bizzy's buffet table is always a splendid spread that fills half of Unhallowed Grounds. (Where ''do'' those deer keep coming from?)<br> | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''P'''yewacket, the shop's cat, enjoys the snow. He's always ready to explore | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''P'''yewacket, the shop's cat, enjoys the snow. He's always ready to explore something new. | ||
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<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''here are whispers around the neighborhood, not even rumours really, that Bizzy must be a witch because in spite of all the attacks, the interior of the book shop is still lovely. Bizzy just smiles and shakes her head, | <span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large">'''T'''here are whispers around the neighborhood, not even rumours really, that Bizzy must be a witch because in spite of all the attacks, the interior of the book shop is still lovely. Bizzy just smiles and shakes her head, | ||
then laughs that if she were actually in league with the forces of darkness she'd be doing a lot better than an odd store on the edge of a ruined city. We aren't so sure. "People make their own luck. It's | then laughs that if she were actually in league with the forces of darkness she'd be doing a lot better than an odd store on the edge of a ruined city. We aren't so sure. "People make their own luck. It's old saying but it's | ||
true," Bizzy assures us with a wink and encouragement to finish our coffee cake. She thanks us for coming by to interview her and bustles off, exuding an air of invincibility, to polish some brass or whip up a new batch of | true," Bizzy assures us with a wink and encouragement to finish our coffee cake. She thanks us for coming by to interview her and bustles off, exuding an air of invincibility, to polish some brass or whip up a new batch of | ||
blueberry scones in her fabulous shop. | |||
<br><br><span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large"><br><br><br><span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large"><font size="5"> '''There's lots to do in Rolt Heights'''</font>™ <br><br><br><font size="6">'''Don't miss our | [[Image:Delicious Oatmeal Biscuits-unsplash.jpg|450px|left]]{{ThumbRight|Scottish thistle.jpg|140px|'''Scottish thistle'''}} | ||
<br><br><span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large"><br><br><br><span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:large"><font size="5"> '''There's lots to do in Rolt Heights'''</font>™ <br><br><br><font size="6">'''Don't miss our Rabbie Burns' January 25th birthday special!'''</font><br><br><br><font size="6.5">'''This week's special - Oatmeal Biscuits and fruit with your choice of any beverage!'''</font> | |||
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'''*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |||
[[User:Catherine Cushing#Isabel "Bizzy" Bowers|<span style="font-family:Goudy Old Style;color:#008080;font-size:small">'''Isabel "Bizzy" Bowers'''</span>]] [[User talk:Catherine Cushing|<span style="color:#F74A4A;font-size:small;font-family:Goudy Old Style">(talk)</span>]]<br><br> | |||
''*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns] | |||
'''**''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_supper] | |||
'''***'''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/burns-night-haggis-address-poem-2019-robert-burns-scotland-poet-a8732301.html] | |||
'''****'''[https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/01/24/robert-burns-address-to-a-haggis/] |
Revision as of 19:39, 16 January 2020
The McMurtrie Building, Rolt Heights [88,12]
Isabel "Bizzy" Bowers of Malibu, California, USA, is the proprietor of Book Bizarre in the beautiful McMurtrie Building [88,12] in Rolt Heights. She was visiting cousins in Malton when the outbreak began, trapping her as it did so many others.
The black currant jam is from bushes established in the roof garden across the street. Originally, Bizzy started it to produce salad ingredients. That was a number of years ago and it's now grown quite lush. Seedlings and cuttings were planted in large pots, old wash basins and re-purposed cast-iron bathtubs. These tubs and sinks were salvaged at great personal risk by Bizzy and her cohorts from burned-out buildings around the town. (Ask Bizzy, and she'll arrange a tour for you.) The roof is where she keeps the few chickens that provide the eggs for her cakes. Then of course, there's the famous summertime view from the north balcony of the roses blooming in the warmth of the sun.
The shop is conveniently located four blocks from the Burchell Arms [89,17]. The quickest revives may be had at cemetery [88,13]. After you're revived, while away your afternoon in Book Bizarre next door, then slip your Yaktrax over your boots for traction on the ice and run the four blocks to the Burchell Arms. Their ale is the stuff of legend! All of the holiday parties at Book Bizarre are catered by the Burchell Arms Regulars. These stalwarts have never yet let the community down. Bizzy's buffet table is always a splendid spread that fills half of Unhallowed Grounds. (Where do those deer keep coming from?)
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