Take Back the Bar

First of all, I have to say that this was all Jero`s doing.

If Jade and I hadn`t gotten to bickering about which one of us was Jero`s biggest fan and who was more suited to become his groupie, we would have never gotten the idea to go to karaoke and sing that Jero song.  And Jade would not have stopped in her tracks as she remembered that she had the keys to the hostess bar where she works.  The establishment is closed on Saturdays, which essentially meant that we could sneak into the club and use the karaoke machine for free.

Sweeeet.

First we sang some Enka, which got old pretty quickly, leaving me with a new appreciation for how hard that genre is to sing.  So Enka turned to a J-pop theme, which eventually gave way to a nostalgic festival of 90`s music.  Then, at some point between Metallica and Aerosmith, Jade took one of my old hostess dresses out of the closet.  We`ve always called it "the mermaid dress," because it looks like something that a mermaid would wear.  First it belonged to Jade, then I wore it so often that she gave it to me, but it eventually bounced back to her when I quit the bars for good.  Since I often complain about not having any occasions to dress up anymore (seeing as I`m not the party girl I used to be), she suggested I put it on again- with a pair of her friend`s heels, for old times sake.  Needless to say, I am always game for playing dress-up.

If all this weren`t enough, Jade felt the sudden need a photo shoot as well.  At risk of coming across as even more self-absorbed than usual, here some highlights:

 

  

 

And they say drunks have all the fun.  Like my socks?

 

Meanwhile, at the other end of the club, Jade was studying up on how it feels to sing Karaoke in Japanese while lying down across the seats of an empty hostess bar, reading the monitor upside down.  

 

In a notable contrast to her regular role at the club, she seemed quite relaxed.

We ended up losing track of time and staying for hours later than we`d intended.  Let it be known that your average Roppongi hostess bar, when you take away all of the customers, is actually quite an idyllic place.

Thanks Jero!

Comments

[Rika]

Wonderful entry!!
I hope you will post more often