Tall Ships Arriving Tomorrow...

Kick off the Memorial Day Weekend with the Parade of Ships in Portsmouth Harbor tomorrow at 1 PM. The HMS Bounty and The Lynx will be mooring at the Commercial Fishing Pier at Prescott Park for the weekend. Should be an amazing sight as the ships tie up just as they would have 100+ years ago, in the heart of the historic South End. The ships will be open for viewings for most of the weekend.

Check out the link below for more information and be sure to swing by Fast Eddie's Dirty Laundry for the Memorial Day Happy Hour presented by Original Penguin from 4-8 PM, just after the ships arrive. 20% off all spring and summer styles, as well as goody bags and free beer for our friends.

We'll also be giving away free tickets to Friday night's Funk & Fashion Booze Cruise aboard the Thomas Leighton. Ship departs at 7 PM, so make a day of it by the waterfront!!

http://pmcportsmouth.org/ for more on the tall ships.

For our peeps in NYC...Open Bar Tonight!

Our friends at Diesel are throwing a little shindig on 5th Ave. in Manhattan tonight. Thought we would get the word out to all of our friends in the City. Nothing wrong with a few complimentary drinks, good music, and surely some hot new denim styles. Be sure to tell them Fast Eddie's Dirty Laundry sent you!!! Let us know how stupid you got tomorrow...

Who knows, you could even win a $1,000 shopping spree.

Fast Eddie's "Dirty" Laundry....

They told us it was going to get messy this week. We had no idea.

The guys from Bourassa Construction and Santorelli Construction deserve a lot of credit though. They are working double time to have Market Street all wrapped up for Market Square Day. All new period street lighting, new brick sidewalks, and plenty of drainage to keep the walkway passable in the winter months.

It may look like a war zone now, but we're looking forward to the new Market Street in what should be pretty short order.

Of course, we'll be open through it all...with lots of new spring styles arriving daily. Come by and check out the progress!

Make Yourself At Home...(so to speak)

Not having posted anything denim related in a bit, we wanted to find something new and interesting to share with everyone that had some relation to fast eddie's dirty laundry.

Well...check out The Rugged Standard. This cool new store in York, England boasts some really high-end denim, but even cooler is the merchandising concept. The space has been set up like a "flat", as they say in Europe. The clothes are displayed accordingly, bringing a real-life feel to the shopping experience. One question we have, though...how many guys that you know have such pristine living quarters?

The store is a spin off of superdenim.co.uk, a Japanese denim specialist. Want to see more? Check out some more images from our friends at denimgeek.com.

http://www.denimgeek.com/archives/493

Just Another Reason To Stay at The Ale House Inn...

Call it the "iInn" if you like.

Whether you are visiting Portsmouth, or have friends and family visiting who need a place to stay, the Ale House Inn has offered up yet another cool amenity to make the stay that much more enjoyable. They guys at the inn have announced that with any deluxe accommodation, an iPad will be included in the room.

As one of the first hotels in the world to make the iPad available to its guests, the Ale House Inn is demonstrating its knack for setting a hospitality standard that is likely to be replicated by many in the future. This latest addition to the Ale House Inn experience expands on the inn keepers' desire to meld the authenticity of traditional Portsmouth with the forward thinking approach of any modern boutique hotel.

Check out the link below for more on the Ale House Inn and their latest endeavor.

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Starbucks Market Square 2.0

It's been days since we've been able to get a fresh Starbucks in the square, and we simply cannot wait for the facelift to be completed so we can get back overdosing on caffine.

What exactly is in store? We're not 100% sure, but someone we know with a bit of inside knowledge led us to believe that the changes would include a significant freshening up of the interior with additional seating. However, don't expect more couches, just chairs.

Looks like they have quite the crew working away, and the staff will be back in house on Friday to put the final touches on. Saturday can't come soon enough...I need my Venti bold!