Multilingual Snail Alley in Tainan
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"Snail Alley" is only a semi-official name, but lots of inhabitants there have taken up the theme with some snail decorations.
Mark Swofford at the entrance to the alley:
Restaurant:
Henri Matisse, L'Escargot:
Svelte snail:
Now you know why the snail is my logo and totem.
Selected readings
- "Rainbow snail" (10/16/14) — native to eastern Taiwan
- Learning to talk to a snail or an alien from another world
- "The virtues of sluggishness" (1/14/26)
- "Irasshaimase?" (4/19/21)
- "Irasshaimase?, part 2" (11/10/21)
- "'Welcome in!'" (9/9/24)
- "'Welcome in!' again" (1/1/26)
HS said,
January 28, 2026 @ 7:36 pm
It vaguely reminds me of the New Zealand town of Bulls…
Peter Cyrus said,
January 29, 2026 @ 6:10 am
May I ask what we see as the central idea of a snail? The Matisse suggests that it's the spiral. Or is it the slowness? Or maybe the sliminess, or the alien-ness?
KeithB said,
January 29, 2026 @ 8:38 am
Peter Cyrus:
All of the above. Note that VM's totem is not a slug.
But you forgot dinner.
(We just saw the classic 'I Love Lucy' episode where she puts ketchup on the escargot. )