martes, febrero 27, 2007

Under Blue Helmets


If you are walking back from the beach - down a tropical street - blocks from the Atlantic - and you see these azul phone booths, you are probably somewhere in Brasil, and most likely in Copacabana.
Okay, so the black-pebbled sidewalk gave it away? Or was it the Bob's red sign in the background - pronounced B-obes!
In either case, if you got the right answer, it's because clearly you have made it to the Southern Hemisphere, and while there - you almost missed the American-style phone booths - yeah, the ones from the Christopher Reeves' Superman movies, with their sharp lines and rectangular-glass look!
But then you realize that life could be as good if you lived in a James Bond-like movie set!
It is 2-007 after all!

1 comentario:

A New Yorker's Book Review dijo...

funny...b/c in sao paolo, the orelhoes are yellow. That's the word for the phone booths- just so you have more random knowledge to throw out there- the literal translation is "big ass ears"- okay maybe delete the ass...