Clownerina, In Venice, California, Is The West Coast Equivalent Of Lucy, The Elephant In Margate City, New Jersey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                                                                                   

                            Talk about two continent spanning landmarks.   I am reading this book called "Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow," by Gabrielle Zevin.  It involves the video game industry, three principle characters, two guys and a girl--reminiscent of "Merrily We Roll Along"-- and is set in New York and Los Angeles.  Two of the characters were raised there, and when they go back, the city of Venice is mentioned, and so is this thing called Clownerina.  This is a giant clown in a ballet tutu, attached to a building in Venice.  It used to kick, but the electrical device enabling that to happen broke, and was never repaired.

                                I thought author Zevin was making this up.  So, I googled, and sure enough Clownerina exists, as can be seen.  The minute I confirmed this, I thought of Lucy The Elephant, from my birth state, New Jersey.  So, here is a picture of both of them--two continent adjoining landmarks.

                                  There is something comforting about the synchroneity of all this.  And that not everything one reads in fiction necessarily is that.

                                    So, darlings, give a round of applause to Clownerina and Lucy!

                                    I simply cannot WAIT to visit Clownerina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!