12 January 2012

Virgin Mary at Hamburger Mary?

(Photo from WTSP.COM site)

It's been fat too long since a simulacrum graced these pages so here goes According to wtsp.com  the name of a restaurant in Ybor City, Tampa has taken on a new meaning after the image of the Virgin Mary appeared on one of its walls.

The location of said appearance is Hamburger Mary's

The image first got attention over the weekend after some customers noted its appearance on a stainless steel plate on the wall near the kitchen. "From certain angles it does look like the Virgin Mary," says acting manager Melanie Todd.  "I never have noticed it myself, before."

This isn't the first time the Blessed Virgin has appeared on an inanimate object in Tampa Bay.  For several years an image said to be her adorned the glass windows of a Clearwater office building. Vandals destroyed the several of the windows in 2004.

Todd says the image at the restaurant -- known for its gay karaoke and drag queen bingo nights -- reminds her of that earlier appearance in Clearwater. "Everybody is curious to see it," she says. "It's a true image, it really is."

Excellent stuff but I must admit the drag bingo must be a good draw too!

7 comments:

Inspector AIPac said...

Looks a lot like my FAVE perpetual presidential candidate, Julie Giuliani!

Stan said...

Hmm. I don't think that's the Virgin Mary — I'm pretty sure it's Ann Murphy, of Limerick. She's not as famous, but the resemblance is closer. Yes, it's definitely Ann.

jams o donnell said...

Shme Julie doesn't get the exposure!

Ah the Blessed Ann Murphy perhaps the world would be a better place if she appeared on more things Stan!

Claude said...

Are you sure it's not Tim? He could do the part so well....

jams o donnell said...

well the Virgin's out but he can be quite the Mary!

Rev. Lynn DeLellis said...

I am from Tampa Bay and this is the first I have heard of this. Did it make the local news?

jams o donnell said...

It did Rev Lynn. And then picked up by the "weird news" threads otherwise I would not have heard of it, not being a Floridian