Wind Beneath My Wings - phil part 2

Friday started by meeting Phil and co-worker Nick at their hotel. Patty offered to come along and let us all have Samuel and the minivan for the day. I know, she just really wanted to go shopping too (excuses that we make to go shopping), but it was a nice convenience to have for the day - hey I bought her lunch and dinner!!

Phil had an interesting story to tell us all about his night in Shanghai. Well, I guess it is his story to tell and I may have some young readers with virgin ears so I digress. Just know, Phil did not take her up on her offer. :) Nuf said.

So off we went to the Fabric Market where Phil and his friend Nick proceeded to go nuts with the fabric choices and "what do I get???" - dudes - if men weren't homosexual or metrosexual before they went in to the fabric market, they surely will be when they leave. Phil played it a little cooler than Nick did, but still!! I don't know what color to get, ooooo ahhhh that fabric feels good. Does my butt look okay in these pants? Its really the only time I get now to look and touch another guys butt legally. ;)

....2 hours later.... We are on our way to she she restaurant "M on the Bund." We get a table outside to enjoy the ambivance of the polluted air in Shanghai while sipping on the alcoholic drink of our choice. Soon I start staring at this Chinese woman with WAY TO MUCH MAKE-UP on her face. I'm thinkin' REAL ESTATE AGENT - whose ass is she kissing (well there goes the PG rating). Phil turns to me and says "Hey, isn't that Bette Midler" - uh, my gaze shifts.... Hair, slightly hunched shoulders and THE NOSE! - OH MY GAWD. I, of course, play it cool, but it was my first star sighting in Shanghai. NO I didn't take a picture - I didn't want to trip over a table like my brother in law did at our wedding last year when he was trying to catch a glimpse of Julia Roberts. Kip - I'm not going to let you forget it!

Next stop - Yu Garden for a little bargaining madness....
(also included - random pic from dinner at 1221)