The Ajax (#1444)(an instance of Generic Room with Seats made by Mack-the-Knife)Parting a weighty avocado vinyl curtain, you ascend a narrow wooden hallway of stairs, crunching grit and shoulderbrushing the sides. Torn pictures of Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Joe Louis, and Sarah Vaughn stare at you in washed-out repose, peeling from the blood burgundy paint of the walls. After reaching the top of the entry-way, you walk beaten stool and smeared chalkboard, pink lines listing the beers, wines, and bands of the evening. Tables abound in all directions, each lit with a white votive candle and decorated with a butt-filled ashtray. Seats of wood and crushed purple velvet beckon to be sat upon. In front of you looms the sinister sexwood of the mahogany bar, beaten wood-wornblack leather stools for seats, while above adorns a bottle of Jaegermeister capped with a babydoll head. You pull the dark violet and wood chair from the table, squeaking, and tuck your knees under the white lace table-cloth, dim light candle-fluttering all You notice some details: A small round table, covered with a whit table cloth, dried flowers, and a dim red electric lamp, surrounded by four wooden chairs You see Mack-the-Knife here. |