Style and Magnetism
Style and Magnetisim The man with the bigote was not a bigot but a guy with a handlebar mustache. He touched the curled tips and found they were greasy from ketchup and other condiments from his hotdog. I had always wondered what happened when a beard gets slobbered with sauce or clobbered with crumbs. Can you just brush them out in one, clean stroke? And are there beard brushes? The man with the bigote didn't need any of these devices, however. He simply cleaned the handlebars with his fingertips. He (and the mustache) never stopped being elegant–the grease only served to make its tips curl even more. You see, bigote means mustache in Spanish, although the man in question was Belgian. And he spoke English, as well as French and Spanish. What a curious mix of cultures and languages! And we both met in Gran Canaria to go to a festival of bands. The man was a mix of many things, not the least being his clothes. He wore his hodgepodge of styles well. My first impression of him was the...