By now, you know my affinity for Phanatics that aren’t designed to just be the Phanatic.  When the medium through which your art is projected happens to be a six foot tall creature, it seems that departures from reality are more tahn welcome.  Some Phanatics have embraced this.  Others have not.

The Piazza, however, home to charming ‘lil shops and soothing evening tunes, is where all the cool kids hang out (I just discovered this fact–so they’ll probably pick a new spot within the next few weeks, I’ll keep you posted).  So you know their Phanatic is going to be all measure of different.  Different enough to be cool, yet the same enough not to start a panic.

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