The exotic is always alluring; borrow a few words from another language, or a cinema icon from another era, and the possibilities blossom. Or wilt. I always enjoy reading signs (we recently turned the car around to photograph a sign for “Salad Shrimp” offered right next to night crawlers; imagine our disappointment when it was in fact “Sand Shrimp” that we had misread–a perfectly coherent listing of bait species.) A few signs that have made me smile, or left me thinking, over the past few days in Rosario:
Ming Fat Food? Is that really what they mean? (Lady Stork, at the bottom, sounds like maternity wear to me, but from the window, I think it’s just regular shoes and clothes.) Eat too much Ming Fat, and you won’t be able to achieve the long, lean lines demanded by:
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| Sutilezas King Kong–Alta Costura |
Maybe it’s the idea of King Kong’s signature subtleties, heretofore unknown? High fashion in the sense of altitude, not class? The model looks as tall as the Empire State Building, anyway.
For those of us in the more modest price ranges (far from high fashion) there’s always:
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| Where everything’s 2 pesos, unless it’s not |
The local variant on the dollar store promises everything for 2 pesos (about $0.50 US, right now) or “for less and more” as well. No one will be disappointed.
And finally, some of you have seen this, but I can’t resist including Don Beef’s promise to the masses: Pork for Everyone!
Seen any good signs lately?