Back to the US 7: mass Transit + mass Consumerism

After the great 4 of july BBQ... I had to pack up and get to bed cause I had an early morning flight from SFO.... 

5日早朝僕は初めEast Coastまで飛行機乗る。両親の家帰った！Washington DCでしたよ！

Luckily Mrs. Eyeh was able to drop me off on her way to work,  the problem is that she has to get to work by 7, so we left their place at like 5:45 am... oh man.  I made it plenty early to the airport... it was still pretty empty at 6:30am...

空港までEyeh奥さん連れて行った.

After a transfer at LAX, I was at Dulles:　ロスで乗り換えた後ワシントン・ダレス空港に居た：

Yes, back to DC for a week w/ the 'rents...     No noticable improvement in the endless construction they've been doing here for years... still using the ' Mobile Lounges'...

On Friday I went with my mother to World Famous Potomac Mills Outlet Mall... 1.7million square feet of All American Consumerism!

次の日お母さんと一緒買い物した。アウトレットマールへ行った。Potomac Millsと言いますと手も広い！158,000 sq. m!!!

We drove down in 'SHERPY'....  which has been sitting at my parents house for the past 2.5 years.  Its been a year since I drove a manual transmission, so it took me a while to get in my groove. 

僕の車を運転した。今両親の家に在るから、僕は一年一回だけ運転！残念！:-(

My mom hasn't come down here since my visit last summer, so we were surprised to see they had just opened a brand new costco as part of the mall:

最近このマールは新コストコもらった。すごい新！(2-3週だけ入ていました）

Not to sound like a total geek, but you can actually tell it was only a few weeks old.  This food court had a unique menu item that I had never seen before at a costco - 'Italian Sausage' (much more classy then that Polish Sausage!)

フードコルトでItalian Sausageを食べた。美味しかった！

I had good luck at the rest of the mall.  You'd think living in HK I would have no need for bargin hunting in the US... but to be honest, good clothes in HK aren't necessarily cheap (and cheap clothes are not not necessarily any good).  But the GAP and Old Navy outlets didn't disappoint.

I think I could make a good business taking GAP outlet's -60% off clearance stuff and shipping it to Japan (where the GAP store sells the same stuff at like a +20% markup over the US's full price)

マールでとても安いのボランド服一杯買った。GAP店で60％オフ物有った！

The best shirt I got was this one:　一番面白い物ここです：

What is wrong with this shirt? (leave a comment if you can figure it out!)

日本の地図です？何が間違いが有る？見えますか？

And yes I did get a 'Snakes on the Plane' t-shirt too.... the wonders of 'Hot Topic'... speaking of which:

Now I'm a staunch heterosexual... but as soon as I saw the novelty boxer short section, I thought 'I should totally get these for Pat!'  Yes, they had BOTH Naruto boxer shorts AND Green Day boxer shorts...  but alas they were all much too large for Pat....

ナルトとグリーンデイのパンツです。すごい！

Actually my only real goal on this trip was to pick up a new pair of running shoes.  with all the walking and running I end up doing in HK,  I don't think I can go back to anything else.

Time to retire the Asics,  I ended up getting a nice pair of Nike Dart V Extra's for $50...

前回アシクス靴買った、今回ナイキーでした。

Afterwards we stopped at Red Robin to wait for the rush hour traffic to die down.

Getting my fill of 'American Cuisine' while I can! :-P

晩御飯はレドロビンです。美味しかったチキンバーガー食べた。

Speaking of which - bonus picture:

I didn't actually eat here,  but I couldn't help laughing when I saw it...  I want to see these guys expand their fast food empire to china!

これは中国の料理のファストフードチェーンです。知っている？あまり美味しくないよ！中国人ここであまり食べません。 ;-)