Eventually you will notice the gaily colored boba straw served alongside the monster crab and pork bun, sharpened at the bottom to facilitate puncture, and at once, its purpose will be clear.
He barely speaks a word of English, or so Jeanne explains to her housekeeper before gaily proceeding to insult him as she serves up a Cognac.
Every morning, some 200 babies and toddlers were dropped off at a converted warehouse where a gaily colored tarpaulin passed for a ceiling and small, substandard doors in two cluttered corners served as emergency exits.
The case of the gaily painted school shows how progress in one part of the world can have adverse effects elsewhere and serves as a reminder that there are places where the connection between rainbows and LGBT rights is either new or yet to be discovered.
To reward ourselves for completing what seemed the toughest part of the drive, we stopped at the gaily painted Barber Shop Cafe for a serving of snacks and local lore from Carrie Carrillo, who came here from Huntington Beach with her mother to open the cafe last year.
"I don't drink," she said gaily.
Unperturbed by what they don't know, the girls rattle on gaily: "The fear continues to grow".
They bicycled gaily to school.
