Sometimes you just have to say "What the ----?" and roll with it - like the other day. Was in Barcelona, Spain, in a taxi just after discovering the most beautiful, inspiring building I've ever seen (and it's not even finished!), Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia temple, and suddenly a long-forgotten condiment came to mind: pickle relish. I have absolutely no idea why. I was never particularly fond of pickle relish and barely realized its absence after so many years of living in Europe. But it's true, in all my travels I have yet to see pickle relish in another country. And now here it was, in my brain, popping up every half hour or so for the rest of the day, interfering with (or perhaps embellishing) my visit of this unforgettable city. It then came up so often that it lost all meaning and the syllables became like a foreign language. Picklerelishpicklerelishpicklerelishpickle... Has this happened to you?
On that note - another video, with subtitles due to bustling Paris street noise!
Gaudi' and pickle relish
Friday, January 11, 2008
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2 comments:
I can send you some, we've got like 3 bottles in the fridge...
- shrub
Elementary, my dear -
You must have also passed the Agbar Tower in your taxi as well. The two buildings are not so far apart, no?
Agbar Tower -> Barcelona's gherkin -> gherkin pickle -> pickle relish.
I was intrigued to learn, however, that there is no pickle relish in France. Next I imagine you'll tell me there is no mac 'n' cheese or Stovetop stuffing!
Can't wait for the new album!
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