un-mysteried mysteries

crown burger: scrumptious food, confusing decor.  for those of you who have never been, crown burger is one of those delightful joints that thrive mostly on grease and are the better for it.  their trademark burger boasts a patty topped with cheese and pastrami.  it soaks right through the bun in 2 minutes.  every crown burger i've ever seen looks adequately seedy from the outside:

the ordering counter lives up to expectations as well:

but once you turn and enter the dining room, you are faced with something a little bit like this:

ok, that might be a slight exaggeration, but it looks waaaay more like that than anything called crown burger has any business to.  these are some actual decorations found in actual crown burgers:

i've never understood this anomaly.  until tonight.  i was eating my greasy burger after the jazz lost to the heat, contemplating the meaning of life when it hit me, IT'S CROWN BURGER! IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE A PALACE!

duh.  

mystery #1 solved.

mz actually solved mystery #2.  

did you know that the mom on The Sandlot and the lady in Indiana Jones and the Lost Arc and Indiana Jones and the One About Aliens is the same lady?!  well, she is.  

good eye, meg.

it really is the simple things in life.