what does "pop a cork"mean? open a bottle of wine?
She spun around.
“They’re just preliminary. I wanted some of it down, and to find out what could be done before I showed you.”
“Well, preliminary or not, it’s a good reason to pop a cork.”
“That’s not why.”
“You have more.”
“Yeah, it’s a lot more. See, the architect left this space here unnamed. This area we’re standing in, the bath over there. I asked him to just draw it up, basically, and leave it blank.”
“More plans.” She turned a circle, then another. “There’s so much you could do with it.”
“No, not really, but you could.”
“I could?”
“You could have your studio.”
“My— Oh, Eli, that’s so good of you, so sweet, but—”

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what does "pop a cork"mean? open a bottle of wine?
She spun around. 
“They’re just preliminary. I wanted some of it down, and to find out what could be done before I showed you.” 
“Well, preliminary or not, it’s a good reason to pop a cork.” 
“That’s not why.” 
“You have more.” 
“Yeah, it’s a lot more. See, the architect left this space here unnamed. This area we’re standing in, the bath over there. I asked him to just draw it up, basically, and leave it blank.” 
“More plans.” She turned a circle, then another. “There’s so much you could do with it.” 
“No, not really, but you could.” 
“I could?” 
“You could have your studio.” 
“My— Oh, Eli, that’s so good of you, so sweet, but—”

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I'd have to say that you are right. He's going to take the cork off of the wine bottle, which is a form of celebration.

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Yeah, something like that. Boom! And the cork popped. :)

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