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The Gypsy Tea Room has these fun little pillows you can smoosh on the couch.
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One of the fun things friends and I did during our Bacolod
escapade was go to a tea/coffee place, whimsically named the Gypsy Tea Room.
It’s a merry mix of refreshment parlor, trinkets shop, trippy art, henna
tattoos, and since gypsy is as gypsy does—a bit of chiromancy, or palm reading.
A soft-spoken gypsy gal perused each of our palms in turn, making
pronouncements that had us alternately giggling and shrieking. I, for example,
apparently have a sex line. The two other girls (and much later, my gurl Snow,
who was spurred to have her palm read by our giddy stories), do not. For the
curious, having a sex line on one’s palm, according to the palm reader, means
you have a successful sex life. Uhuh. Much good that line does me. A thrilling
thing to discover, nevertheless.
It became a small cause for alarm though, when the palm reader ominously told me that I have a crocodile mouth on my palm. It’s an itty-bitty line that intersects with the heart line, creating a pointed V-shape reminiscent of a croc’s mouth. This is supposed to represent an obstacle that keeps one from reaching one’s full potential. The cure? Have the croc mouth pricked by an arbularyo (medicine man). Yes, get it pricked, maybe draw blood, and I guess, neutralize the obstacle.
I’ve yet to locate a true-blue
medicine man around these parts, so for now, the croc stays.
Palm reading originated in China in 3000 BC.People have devoted years in finding out what the lines on palms read.
Posted by: PalmReading | 19 May 2009 at 03:09 PM
Banzai, it's a coarse-textured pillow that the owner of the cafe had her friends paint with designs. Don't think that pillow is for sale, but who knows? Artist-types hang out at the Gypsy, there is art on the walls, murals. I'll blog about this some more when time permits.
Posted by: the bee | 23 March 2006 at 12:54 AM
I'm sorry but I just have to say that's one cool-looking pillow. Is that being sold anywhere else?
Posted by: banzai cat | 22 March 2006 at 02:21 PM
maybe hidden? hehe. :P
happy weekend!
Posted by: k.d. | 17 March 2006 at 09:45 PM
You!? No sex line? Shocking! :D
Posted by: thebee makes eyes at k.d. | 16 March 2006 at 12:15 AM
no sex line for me - surprise, surprise! :P
Posted by: k.d. | 15 March 2006 at 11:30 PM