Saturday, July 18th: Mara Lips hits on our friend Giulian
OK SOOOO…
Saturday night I go to Porta Genova - stop on the green line where a bunch of bars and happy hours are with Giulian and Brando. We go to this bar where the owner is apparently a fabulous, diva-licious drag queen. She definitely has the hots for Giulian and flirts (for lack of a more obscene word) with him…as seen in the video.
I told the guys that if Mara Lips were to behave like that with my American guy friends at home, they’d do much more than laugh about it like Giulian did. My friends would most likely snuff the she-man in the face and get extremely angry! I notice that Europeans are way more open minded and take things less seriously; they laugh about things that are supposed to be silly and are more care-free in most general aspects altogether. Giulian is not a homosexual; he was simply being polite and made a joke of Mara Lip’s fun and games. My friends back at home wouldn’t have let her go within 2 feet of the table, let alone touch them. I personally thought it was very funny…very funny and very awkward. Mara Lips was too cute and very kind and friendly - she made a visit to all of the tables outside and shouted “Buona cera!” to everyone in her path of vision. Cultural differences can be tricky things, and this example was refreshing - being with males who weren’t homophobes made everything run smooth and comfortable when situations such as this occurred!
