Thursday, December 09, 2010

H&M

My friend, Julie got exclusive VIP pre-opening tickets to H&M. So, I went out at night, which never happens to me anymore. If I have to chose one word for this night, it was survival. It started with this line wrapped around the building full of campers for the next days grand opening. People were dressed as if it was prom. Come on, guys, it's H&M! I saw lots of fashionable guys, but the ladies looked all the same. It's a little sad that the trend setters in Portland are not adventurous. Inside, there were too many people and alcohol. Julie and I missed each other a couple of times, but we couldn't even hear cell phones, because the DJ worked so hard on his music coming from the huge speakers. It was like I was working out in really thin air. In the chaos, I started feeling youth with enormous energy again. When we came out, Julie said she was proud of ourselves. Yeah, me too. Probably, most of the people in there have great single lives, even the ones who are married. On the other hand, we are Lake Oswego moms, and I am is still nursing a baby. We laughed so much. I had a super-duper fun time in that spot with her.

Thank you, Mike and Julie. Julie, we should do something like this again!




ポートランドにもH&Mがオープンしました。その前夜、お友達がVIPチケットを取ってくれたので、開店前に行ってきました。トレンドセッターと呼ばれる方々が招かれてる訳ですが、そのピラピラ、テカテカのドレスにビックリ、というか、がっかり。男の人はおしゃれな人が多かったのに、女の人はみんな、似たり寄ったりの黒い安全服、そして、ドレスの人は気張ってしまった感たっぷりで、ポートランドが都会になりきれない事がさみしい。ま、それはさておき、中はものすごい人とお酒。ジュリーとお互いの位置を携帯で確認しながら、まるでホットヨガをしているみたいなお買い物。携帯も聞こえないほど、DJの方が、どでかスピーカーでがんばっていらっしゃるから、バイブにして手に持ってって状態。思いっきりさまよって、思いっきりショッピングして、出てきた時には声も枯れ、妙にハイで、ジュリーが「私達、誇りに思うわ。」と言い出すので笑いが止まらず。きっと、あの中の人々、例え家庭を持っていても、持っていなくても、ものすごくシングルライフを満喫しているんだろうなぁ。セレブな方々に混ざちゃった。私なんて郊外に住む、ましてや授乳中の主婦なのに。海璃が生まれて以来だな。夜出かけるなんて。でも、クレイジーなお出かけ。楽しかったぁ。ジュリー、ありがとう!

2 comments:

The Winns said...

It sounds crazy, but like so much fun! Was it worth it? Did you get some cute clothes?

Julie Smith said...

Mutsumi, that was such a blast! I think my ears are still ringing from that music. Too bad we forgot to get our picture taken in the photo booth!