Editor’s note: We sent our intrepid photo editor, Fran Liscio, to snap people watching the Yankees game the other night. But a few other things caught her eye.
Some people like to watch their baseball from their couch. Others prefer the conviviality of their neighborhood bistro. I visited five fine Baristaville establishments during the Yankee’s Thursday night win against the Phillies and have color-coded them into a slide show thusly: Sepia toned: Charlie Browns, Color: Tierney’s, Black and White: Egans. Holga’d-black corners: Halcyon, Super-saturated color: Erie Saloon at Walnut Street Train Station.
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Everyone seemed to be having a great time at all these venues. Halcyon seemed to have the fewest people actually watching the game, although there’s a good reason for that. Apparently, they just bought the TV and had it installed so recently that most people didn’t know they could watch the game there. Well, now you know!
I’ll also point out that if you watch the game at Tierney’s, during commercial breaks you can also ponder the unusual mermaid painting on the wall. What’s so unusual about it? It is the first mermaid I’ve ever seen with a set of what appears to be working buttocks.
What is your favorite place to watch big sports events? Tonight, will you stay home to watch the game and give out candy? Or will you seek refuge in the relative tranquility of a bar? If so, which one?
Fran I love that mermaid picture – where is it?
My extensive knowledge of mermaids – derived primarily from the movie “Splash” – would leave me to believe that the appearance of buttocks and legs on the mermaid above is due to a transformation into her “land form”, as she is in contact with the beach. I would further expect that should the naked mermaid walk down a windy beach, her hair would miraculously stick to – and obscure – her breasts. The adolescent in me is still greatly disappointed by this facet of mermaid physiology.