High Heels

Satisfied that Marielle's resemblance to our monarch is just a freakish coincidence, Buggy gives Marielle a good luck and so long and rushes back to his wife nearby... she's not the jealous type, thank goodness...

Buggy has a way with women. He instantly cheers her up with a few lines of her native, if broken, Portuguese, a free token for the video poker and a smile. Marielle is already grateful and we get a rather lurid shot out of it.

Of course, Buggy does what we didn't have the sense to do. Offer the girl a token so she could play the game...

As we were shooting her, the "Bugman" from the wildly popular park feature "Gigueshow", Selmo Barboletto, wandered past and did a double take. We did, too, when we first saw her, but Buggy seemed to have a different reason.

"She looks just like you know who..."

We squinted. Goodness. Marielle does bear a striking resemblance to our Empress, Her Eternal Radience Eris II. Uncanny.

Buggy wandered over to investigate.

It's rare in this little tiny coconut republic that you uncover new unexpected talent, but tonight we find the first of two new exquisite washashores. This is Marielle from Brazil and she seemed a little down when we met her at L'Arcadium, the slots and video poker pavilion at the park. She didn't speak very good English, either, but she seemed to be okay with us taking her picture.

We were looking for perhaps a picture of her playing the Royal Flush machine, but she seemed to be saying that she left her handbag back at the Fairway Motel... Read more »

We leave the threesome be at the Stroke 'n' Squirt as Genna tells the barker she'd like something to squeeze...

Genna wins... but cautions our photographer that she might like a little privacy as she's about to consult with the barker about what prize she could take for her effort...

It's hard to tell from this particular angle who is actually winning, but we're not complaining about the angle...

And the race is on... the two girls stroke their water pistols and push the little sperm whales along their paths by hitting the colored dishes with their stream...