Inexplicable associations
I went out to Bar Revue (otherwise known as the weekly piss-up) tonight. Again, a loud and somewhat overpriced Manhattan bar, which served a Manhattan in a martini glass and managed to screw up a vodka on the rocks.
For some reason I was reminded of Wilde's The Happy Prince, though for the life of me I couldn't tell you why.
I caught a cab with a few friends on the way home. Walking back from the law school to my dorm on a warm and clear night, another more grim set of stories passed through my mind: the strange folklore of the La Llorona (the Crying Lady or the Mirror Lady) and the Blue Lady. If you don't know what these horrifyingly beautiful legends are, you should check them out. Just fair warning, they're not pretty.
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Posted by: the birthday girl | September 4, 2003 1:37 PM