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Show o China Patte rns Wahso wrong about a lantern on Main Street? By Quentin Scott and Peter Barnes now «pale imitation of it’s advertised Dear Quentin, Before launching into my usual tirade’ against the tyrants of trivia and their. desire to control all aspects of our daily lives, I should explain that I am not a. happy man. As you know, a successful day cannot begin without a hearty breakfast, and by that I do not mean a bowl of sawdust.and chaff with non-fat milk. Last Sunday being Jeeves’ day off, I perused the kitchen in search of the butler’s pantry. Strangely, Olga and her famous sausages were nowhere to be found, and the simple decision was made to take a drive up to Stein’s for breakfast. 3 Without going into too many details l will say that my disappointment was profound. Predictably, the waitresses name ended in an “i,” and after ignoring me for forty minutes she appeared genuinely con-cerned over the fate of my missing — “Glitretind Breakfast.” Ten minutes later I finally received the remains of what once must have been a hearty meal, but was form. The staff grudgingly apologized and before disappearing for the last time explained that they were having trouble because their “computers were down.” Now call me old fashioned, but I have yet to be convinced of the gourmet benefits of the microwave oven, never mind the possibility of cooking on a computer. If I had seen any member of staff before leaving, I would have advised getting a more powerful unit if they intend to cook bacon and eggs on it. Alternatively, advertising a virtual breakfast would be more honest especially if it requires a processor rather than a chef. Sorry, you were asking ae where to spend the money. Build the ski br idge, close Park and Heber avenues to the south, buy the Bad Ass coffee shop parcel and create a public plaza incorporating the Kimball Art center, the former Watts resi- dence and all routes to the newly pedestrtanized Main Street. Of course, this would important vis-a-vis matters of global only work if we provided extra parking in Swede Alley, perhaps two or three levels with a public park on the upper surface and a few boutique retail units at strect level for those who cannot afford Main Street rents. Now, plans like this require imagination, energy, enthusiasm and knowledge in order to be implemented. Unfortunately, I believe a previous task force of petty obstructionists has already -sealed our fate, and it is not looking too importance. BeforeI lose my. train of thought in irrelevant xenophobic ee let me. get right to the point. The city staff on Sept. 5 recommended to the plan- — ning commission that the proprietor of the Wahso restaurant be forbidden from hanging Chinese lanterns outside his ethnic establishment, using the excuse that they were not appropriate within the Horrific District. My goodness, Peter, 1 almost dropped my opium hopeful. Still, at least the skateboarders will be happy. pipe! On my last visitation to the Talking of petty obstruc tionists, it has Museum on Main Street, I distinctly been brought to my. attention that one ofremember scrolling through the our most successful local businessmen and supporter of local causes has been denied a _archives that listed the ethnic origin of all the inhabitants of the town before permit by the HDC to install a decorative the great fire and found that 38 percent Chinese lantern outside his new Asian were Chinese. Like the HDC, I have restaurant, Presumably it doesn’t suit their - since made a determined effort to keep narrow view of a frontier town overlaid with a Victorian mining aesthetic. Perhaps. this fact under my hat, lest the racial minorities in this town get any delunow they can concentrate on getting the sions.of having participated in the origEgyptian Theatre closed too. inal growth and prosperity of Park City—and, indeed, United Park City Yours, hungry and irritated Mines. I have repeatedly petitioned the Peter city to have China Bridge renamed London Bridge, but I fear the cat is out of the bag. Furthermore, I called Tommy Youngblood in a desperate plea _ Dear Peter, to have Martin Luther King Day removed as a public holiday on the Three cheers for the Historic District grounds that it was not historic Commission! Their myopic view of hisenough. For some reason he has not toric revisionist theory is finally paying _ off. I thank the Lord for giving the city — answered my calls since then. But it is refreshing that the Planning council the foresight to appoint a Commission is apparently on my side board whose confusion concerning ~ matters with which they are supposed ~ in their desire to eradicate any. vestige to be familiar equates to the French for- — of Asian culture from this White AngloSaxon Province (WASP). I look forward eign office’s delusion that they are to the day when Szechwan’s HEART DISEASE (). EMPHYSEMA }).. - 49 Beers ‘ 30 Restrooms [1 Hours of fun lObands : $6 advance ticket price 3 roaming musical groups 16th ena 0: us for a day of great music, great food, and great brews from Utah, Wyoming and Colorado’s finest microbrewers. Headlining the show will be award winning blues guitarist Chris Duarte. 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FOOD COURT: Cajun, BBQ, Pizza, and American cuisine. In that, presented with the stark economic — realities of keeping the Park City Clinic open 24 hours a day, our doctors are now back-pedaling as frantically as a’ bunch of vacationers ona rental boat -— - that has taken a wrong turning down. Plus out of state — 2 full stages2 big screen TV’s tT commemorative mug (per person) THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ~ license is ‘revoked, the Chinese student exchange program is halted and that Steve Chin: is sent back to wherever he came from. somewhat uncovered any time between tiffin and breakfast. Without 24-hour coverage, I assume they will now be able to lower their rates—and if not, | feel the local population should be asking why not. If the doctors cannot answer that one | am sure we can always find them stoically standing by their hypocritical oath or the Alamo Bar. : i My butler Parker came into library the other morning and triumphantly announced that after three months, he- had finally worked out how to modify the garden sprinkling system in a fash‘ion that would bring it into compliance with city water ordinances. Just then... it started to rain. Yours damply, Quentin. |