tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30874820.post115750116415594334..comments2023-09-22T13:39:53.126+02:00Comments on Luis in Paris: More dépannage and more foodLuis-Manuel Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05364519441424669285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30874820.post-1157749260827234272006-09-08T23:01:00.000+02:002006-09-08T23:01:00.000+02:00Yeah, totally. Them asians have are all minimal a...Yeah, totally. Them asians have are all minimal and austere and such. Just look at Hong Kong. Ah well, I suppose it's a relief that "minimalism=asian-inspired" isn't restricted to N. America.Luis-Manuel Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364519441424669285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30874820.post-1157682954147507542006-09-08T04:35:00.000+02:002006-09-08T04:35:00.000+02:00I love the Minimal Shop. Or rather, what I love is...I love the Minimal Shop. Or rather, what I love is the quasi-Asian motif of the Minimal Shop. You know .. zen, meditation, etc. Apparently Asian = minimal. Hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30874820.post-1157650979193297142006-09-07T19:42:00.000+02:002006-09-07T19:42:00.000+02:00Luis, how rivetting you must find my conversation ...Luis, how rivetting you must find my conversation -- it stays with you for, like, minutes. ;) <BR/><BR/>The door handle figures look to be Mélusine, a powerful fairy who one day a week was tranformed into a creature with the upper body of a woman, and the lower body of a fish with two tails. <BR/><BR/>The story of Mélusine is as follows: a rich and/or noble dude finds her while riding/hunting in a forest, falls in love with her after a long conversation and asks her to marry him. She agrees on the condition that he must never come to her room on Saturday.<BR/><BR/>He agrees (of course). But eventually breaks his promise (of course), discovering her in her bath with her two tails. <BR/><BR/>When she discovers that he has broken his promise to her (not before she had borne him many children, brought him great wealth and built him a number of castles), she is heart broken. Crying out piteiously, she transforms into a 15-foot dragon, and flies out of the castle, never to been seen again. We've all been there, am I right?<BR/><BR/>The iconography was borrowed by Starbucks, because nothing makes you think of coffee more than a half woman, half fish creature. Delicious!<BR/><BR/>You can check out more information at the<A HREF="http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folktales/articles/melusine.html" REL="nofollow"> folktale website </A> -- the decription of the children is a hoot. <BR/><BR/>Well, off to my enchanted bath....<BR/><BR/>--ValAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com