Saturday night in the city

June 22, 2009

Granted, it's not a big city but it's decidedly hipper (more touristy and expensive) than ours. Saturday night we headed to the Old Port, the historical downtown district of Portland, ME, to celebrate Damien's birthday at our favorite Japanese & Korean restaurant. A bonus of having my mother-in-law visiting is that she was able to watch the kiddos. Sweet.

my date: (I shot this while walking with the camera sitting on my shoulder)</span>

After a meal of sushi, tempura, miso soup, kimche and tofu bibim bap we took to the streets to walk. And shop. We rarely have impromptu shopping sessions since we plan out all our purchases and follow a strict clothing budget. But not this night. I used my little stash of personal money (everyone gets a small allowance each week for their own discretionary spending) and bought a marked down $10 pair of rayon capri's I found at the flowing skirt & asian handicraft store.

Know the kind of store I mean? The tags all read Global Village and 20% of profits go to some good cause in an impoverished country. Can't remember the cause but I recall reading the "don't steal, we donate money" notice in the bamboo screened change room. I very rarely get new clothes that aren't outdoorsy/adventuring gear so I was very pleased with my feminine find.

I was pleased also the with photos I managed to take even though the light was dim and there was no warm setting sun to illuminate the photos (thanks to the unending rain we're getting).