sweaty sweatshirt

This morning I biked the 5 miles up to work for the first time in many months. It was semi-sunny and a little damp on the streets. A lovely springy morning. I was in London last year at this time and I've been thinking about those days a lot. It reminded me of our rental-bike ride through Cambridge.

Anyway, I noticed that one of the buildings I passed has changed businesses. It now says on the awning in giant letters:

URBAN LOTUS BEACH SPA

Urban. Lotus. Beach. Spa. I just imagine the owners thinking, "We should make sure we have at least one word that will appeal to everyone!" But all together, it seems ridiculous. They have nothing in common! Those words give me strong images that are impossible to connect. I get like a busy sort of concrete and lightbulbs populated area, with a little peaceful mucky pond of lilypads and lotus flowers for some reason, oh and then also there is a sunny beach there with kids in swimsuits playing and splashing, and then a quiet perfumed indoor tan-painted room with carefully folded towels and sculptures made of smooth stones.

WTF?