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Thats right its a balloon mermaid. Well, actually its a twin-tailed siren, but we feel like this act of commercial artistic parody deserves (at the very least) a round of golf-applause.
Remembering Greek Mythology from our early childhood education we recall that the Siren was the one who wanted to lure Odysseus' sailors to the shore to be eaten alive and groped by the caffeinated creepsters. Comparing our window shopping experience last night to the origins of the Starbucks logo, we think this little inflatable babe in the window did a good job of luring us into our third Starbucks of the day with her entrancing sea song.
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Photography Credit: Amy Creyer and Kelly Appleton