Five reasons why JIE Salons birthday party failed to impress:

1. There was no coat check in presumably posh Modo eatery. Apparently, Modo suffers from the bad karma of its predecessor, Ricochet. Or maybe new owners kept the management team.

2. The crowd consisted of about a hundred of fake-baked hairdressers and exactly eleven silver-haired coiffed ladies - clients, we suppose.

3. The food choices - hors d'oeuvres, anyone? - were limited to toasted bread topped with onion salad. No wonder people were loading on martinis - anything will smell nice after onion toast.

4. Too many drunk people slipping on the floor and off the stairs. We stopped counting after three occasions in five minutes.

5. Mandatory "Dress to impress" rule failed, as we were unable to locate a single person NOT wearing sleek sneakers, jeans and jackets over a naked torso. We admit, however, that some people are indeed impressed by naked torsos.

Honestly, we were more than willing to give JIE another chance to wow us, after they gave us less than pretty highlights for $300. But when another drunken hairdresser poured his martini on our Comme dress we did exactly what every professional journalist does in this situation - we left.

Yours truly,
Julie Gabriel 

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