At a breakfast restaurant in Long beach of a morning. I sit inside looking out toward the outdoor tables. A lady approached with a stuffed monkey toy, and a doll that looks much like its owner. The lady reminds me of Lily Tomlin setting up some sort of skit.
After she sat down, she carefully arranged the monkey on the table to protect her from aggressors from the East, then equally protected against a monkey"s back, set made comfortable her mini-me facing west. There is in the bottom photo, a champagne-like bottle which I think she also brought with her. In that photo you can see her immense turquoise fingernails which were so large, she had difficulty opening the menu.
While waiting for the waitress, she scanned the indoor tables and realized each one had a genuine fresh red rose on it - and her's did not. To repair this painful situation, she rushed through the door, seized a vase and rose and placed it just right on her table with the monkey, mini-me, bottle and fantastic fingernails.
This is not a matter of my joking about her. It is not often you can compose a scene with so much depth, dense colour, competing forms, and contrasts. And not many casual restaurants are this attractive - although I saw more in California than anywhere else.
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