"Right," said Earl. "You get the permissions necessary for the kitchen and I'll get every knockout person I know
in New York to become Founder Members and we will start a club and, as everyone plays backgammon now,
we could call it "Doubles". "Right," said Joe Norban, and so Doubles was born. They then, of course proceeded
to do much more than that. They got Valerian Rybar, the international interior designer who had created some
of the most stunning places known to man, and set his talent to work to make the space irresistible. "The reason
it has never worked," Valerian said, "is because it's a long skinny tunnel. It should be horizontal. We are going
to fix that." He did, and all of us who remember Valerian Rybar remember the initial shock and excitement of the
scarlet red stairway that led down to scarlet carpets and walls and the wildly alive atmosphere the vivdness of color
created. We remember the clack of the dice on the doubles boards and the music and lights and the parties and the
men called Charlie or Jimmy or Gerard and the girl called Eileen who have cared for us through the years.
Most of Valerian's original work has lasted through the thirty years of Double's life so far, and with Tom Britt's
few changes as the years have passed, Doubles remains a red paradise to all of us.
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in New York to become Founder Members and we will start a club and, as everyone plays backgammon now,
we could call it "Doubles". "Right," said Joe Norban, and so Doubles was born. They then, of course proceeded
to do much more than that. They got Valerian Rybar, the international interior designer who had created some
of the most stunning places known to man, and set his talent to work to make the space irresistible. "The reason
it has never worked," Valerian said, "is because it's a long skinny tunnel. It should be horizontal. We are going
to fix that." He did, and all of us who remember Valerian Rybar remember the initial shock and excitement of the
scarlet red stairway that led down to scarlet carpets and walls and the wildly alive atmosphere the vivdness of color
created. We remember the clack of the dice on the doubles boards and the music and lights and the parties and the
men called Charlie or Jimmy or Gerard and the girl called Eileen who have cared for us through the years.
Most of Valerian's original work has lasted through the thirty years of Double's life so far, and with Tom Britt's
few changes as the years have passed, Doubles remains a red paradise to all of us.
< back • continue >