fashion

i forgot to post this earlier, and was reminded of it when i stopped to get some froyo yesterday.  that is, the mcdonald's workers in beijing wear the coolest jeans ever, with the golden arches boldly emblazoned on each back pocket.  if a rap artist doesn't pick this up for a music video within the next year, i will be sorely disappointed.  i mentioned these to ben last weekend (by the way, mongolia doesn't have mcdonald's, or any other american chain...amazing...mongolia...the final frontier), and he told me that i should get myself a pair.  we discussed logistics, and while at first i thought it would be way too embarrassing to go in there with somebody and ask for a pair of jeans, we soon realized that me walking in there, pantomiming taking off my pants, and then pulling a 100-yuan bill out of my wallet was a horrible idea.  no, ben thinks i should go in there with one of my mandarin speakers and offer to trade pants (and a cash bonus) for one of the employee's jeans.  we'll see if that happens.

 

by the way the mcdonald's in beijing sells corn, and green bean pie.