We are so late, sometimes I think we make our own holiday celebrations as we go… But well, excuse du jour is Rockstar has been recovering from a killer bout of flu all week.
Kings chanced upon this beautiful local lantern street years ago when one of his night street basketball games took him nearby.
Winding thru Central we go, past old, crumbly buildings that stand as tall and proud shoulder-to-shoulder with the Louis Vuitton billboards… Prada… Max Mara… Chloe….
‘Tis a serious, serious, covert, covert business to be sure, The Rockstar will suffer no paparazzi this night…
Some shops, like this wicker basket one, are closed for the night…
Other businesses, like this, this – I have no idea what this is – are still open, if you please…
The Rockstar considers The Ladybird. Flapping wings, winking lights, police siren-like song (on a LADYBIRD?? Doesn’t anyone in the China factories from whence this came care they are confusing some poor hapless toddler?)
Showbiz knows no morals, only goals…
While Rockstar deliberates, his staff entertain themselves around the shop… Note the “Louis Vuitton Graffiti Bag by Marc Jacobs” – that’s for burning so a family relative receives a Louis Vuitton Graffiti Bag by Marc Jacobs in her after life.
(Seriously – The Rockstar’s entourage asked them.)
Among the selection, a traditional Concorde tanglung… Rockstar has his task cut out for him… This will not be an easy operation…
Indeed an awe-inspiring selection, even for the most jaded of Rockstars…
Surrounded by such local celebrity however, at least The Rockstar remains cloaked in relative anonymity, that he may concentrate on the task at hand without being mobbed by fans…
Sure enough, moments later The Rockstar has decided!
Behold, the dazzling display of flashing lights, wailing sirens, genuine 100% China plastic, all for the lucky, lucky price of HKD 38
Lucky patrons of Saint Alp’s Teahouse, Pok Fu Lam, are treated to a dazzling light and sound show…
Oh, the sirens.
Oh, the blinking lights.
Oh, the flapping 100% China plastic wings on Ultraman’s bike.
His work here done, The Rockstar finally bestows ever-present paparazzi with a look, a casual half-smile thrown in for good measure.
Even as his staff bicker over whether they should cut his bangs.
