Jim Charter wrote:
> To automate a more realistic mosaic, where the pieces loosely follow
> contours, would be an interesting accomplishment, but not within my
> reach I am afraid.

I know how I would do it, but it wouldn't be worth it. It would still 
look fake. It takes a real-life artist to accomplish something this:
http://www.lilianbroca.com/index.php/mosaics-gallery.php

Your tables look like the Ikea version, which suits a modest Bistro like 
this one. The whole scene reminds me of the kind of place I used to see 
around Austin: a pizza kitchen with tables left over from when it was a 
coffee house and a lucky cat on the counter left over from when it was a 
pho shop. These places all seem to have been taken over by corporate 
restaurants.

Houston family-owned restaurants are more resistant to corporate 
take-over, but Houston doesn't have beautiful scenery or historic 
architecture. There is something Romantic about eating a plate of 
over-priced, under-portioned, glorified junk-food in a beautiful 
setting, at least when you're immature and idealistic. The famous Oasis 
(Garth Brooks slipped on down to it) in Austin was nothing more than a 
burger joint with a view.

  -Shay

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