The Fur, The Frock, and The Fluffy Hat

25 Apr 2006

The main objective on my recent night time ramble was neon. With only one definite place (a small drive away) I knew had a great big neon sign, I was gonna have to just take my chances with what I stumbled upon around town. That meant it was all a bit of a needle in a haystack, so driving was going to let me cover more ground, and get to that big neon sign.

So drive I did. Up and down the regular shopping streets I knew so well, keeping my eyes peeled for the neon I knew I'd recognise as being familiar, but which I wouldn't have been able to tell you was there ahead of time. Funny thing about looking for something like this; when you look, you find it all over the place. Even small insignificant signs that you'd ignore in your daily routines become night-n-day obvious. Ahh yes, photo eyes^TM, the renewed view.

So this was along one of the streets bordering the market, which actually had a bunch of neon signs I never realised were there. Until that is, I was doing a start-stop-park, start-stop-park pattern of driving that the few lonely late night bus passengers must have thought was particularly strange, or annoying.

I loved the setting for this neon. Check out the kitsch display of knick-knacks, dolls, beads, toy and furniture. Bit of a one stop fun shop. But of course my favourite is the centre-piece of that fantastic fur, frock, and frilly hat. Just screams BUY ME!

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