Brazil and Smoothies

So the Robek's next door has all these crazy Mardi Gras signs up and beads out and jazz silhouettes and such. My friend Jane suggested I might get free smoothies for showing them my breasts but it seems like that's more of a JANE execution than a ME one. I did, however, ask if the protein boost could be rum (see below).

I finally asked the cashier what was up with this Mardi Gras in June. He looked horrified and he said "It's supposed to be a promotion for our new smoothies."

Naturally, I had to ask about the Hurricane smoothie. He once again looked horrified as he explained to me that it wasn't Mardi Gras, it was supposed to be Brazilian Carnival.

I started laughing and he said "It gets worse. I'm Brazilian."

Poor guy. So we started talking about Kaka and the World Cup and how incredibly funny it is that his corporate HQ thought Mardi Gras has the same decorations as Carnaval.

I wrote an email to their HQ asking why on earth they would have signs up promoting Mardi Gras and expecting me to connect that to their Acai smoothie. The guy rightfully pointed out that most Americans don't know about Brazil.

I guess they figured, why not make a total mess of it?

GO BRAZIL! VIVO HURRICANES! VIVO BOURBON STREET!