Thursday, April 2, 2009

"Everybody's a dreamer, everybody's a star..."

Top Shop, the white-hot, infinitely-hip British retailer opened their first US store in Manhattan's Soho district this morning.

Since Martha has been part of the team from the start, I stopped by to see what all the buzz was about.  Wow!



There were dozens of private security guards (complete with little Secret Service ear pieces), NY Police on horseback, cheerful employees handing out free coffee/donuts/water, pissed-off cabbies caught in the crush, and barricades.  

The crowd was mostly female, orderly, and filled with anticipation.


Easily, even with my bias, one of the most incredible sights that I have ever seen in New York.

Recession??!!

Martha later texted that she was sorry to miss me. 

I told her it would have been easier to see the Queen!

...which, of course, she is!

Thank you for visiting.

Celluloid Heros by the Kinks