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Jun
30
And now you know…the rest of the story.
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So. After the pedicure at Soak (Were you paying attention? Were you reading yesterday? Really? Mwah!) the Shop Tart rushed home to change. She had been planning to wear a borrowed dress. Funny thing. It was too hot to wear the (oh, so lovely!) dress. The Shop Tart is never one to shy away from a last-minute fashion decision. Tout d’un coup, she thought of the Loeffler Randall zippered skirt she had purchased that very day. When she bought it, she knew nothing more than that it was marked down to a mere $65 and that it fit her, in a good way. She advocates buying such things at a great price, even when you don’t know exactly where a zippered cream-colored pencil skirt might fit into your wardrobe. Why? Because it will eventually be the solution to a fashion emergency.
Saturday night presented just such an emergency. One of the Shop Tart’s most fabulous friends was celebrating a birthday, a big one (twenty-three, of course.) She had to wear just the right thing for a big night out with the ladies. The borrowed dress, paired with her new Louboutins purchased on sale from Coplon’s made the perfect outfit…if it had been twenty degrees cooler. But it was hot, hot, hot. She had to wear the Louboutins, had to.
The new skirt was hanging in her closet, très visible, as new pieces should be. Shop Tart Tip: Don’t put new things away immediately; leave them out in the open for a few days so you notice random ways they might fit into your regular rotation. So, the skirt it was. She tried it on with the shoes and a black and red patterned sheer top she scored in the Lola sale recently. Loved the look, but the top had sleeves and sleeves just weren’t going to happen in that heat. Next, she tried it with a Phillip Lim ruffled tank. Bingo! When she arrived at her friend’s house, the birthday girl looked fab, because she had hit the VanJean sale just after the Shop Tart that morning. And here they are, the birthday girl in a Loeffler romper and shoes and the Shop Tart in her last-minute look.
Sweet puppy Charlotte, named after Columbia’s own Kristen Davis’ character in Sex and the City, looks on, wishing she had hit the sale, too. Or at least stopped by Pupckakes, next to VanJean, for a treat. Charlotte has requested a post about doggie treats, so look for that soon and please feel free to let the Shop Tart know about your pooch’s faves.
After mimosas made with Italian blood orange juice - really, you must try them - all the ladies piled into a couple of cars and headed out to Garibaldi’s, where they enjoyed more bubbly (Please note that the bubbliest ladies were not driving. Safety first!) The food, as always, was perfection. The Shop Tart loved her arugula and orange salad with pine nuts.
One of her friends enjoyed the endive salad, always a favorite.
The Shop Tart and her sister-in-law split grouper stuffed with crab meat, which might be the best dish on the entire menu. They ordered extra sides of spinach and bok choy. Did you ever notice the list of sides at the bottom of the menu, including the aforementioned greens as well as asparagus and a few others? They’re only a couple of dollars each and the Shop Tart loves her vegetables. The birthday girl was fêted in true Garibladi’s style, with a candelabra and singing, of course!
She was only a little embarrassed and recovered after the first bite of scrumptious mud pie.
The Shop Tart is having trouble recovering from that fab Alexis Bittar cuff. Hopefully, her friend will let her borrow it once or twice. Or maybe you will buy her one from Non(e)such? After Garibaldi’s, the Shop Tart was supposed to go home (the birthday girl did, wisely), but her husband was out visiting a friend from back in the day who was in town for the weekend. The Shop Tart had her driver take her there. As these things go, she got talked into going to see Grey Egg at the Art Bar. Or maybe she talked everyone into going. What is the deal with bands that don’t start playing until midnight? The Shop Tart is almost too old for this sh*t. She rallied, though, and didn’t get home until one in the morning. Wheee!
She got just enough sleep to make it to church in the morning, where she wore her fab new Phillip Lim jumpsuit. And worshiped (God, not Phillip Lim, silly.) After church, she finally got to try Pawley’s Front Porch. She had heard rave reviews, including some from her own family, who had been there without her a couple of times. Believe the hype, y’all. The menu looks great and everything they tried was tasty. The menu is very similar to Poe’s Tavern on Sullivan’s, with a long list of sandwiches that can be ordered with chicken or as a burger. The Shop Tart is always disappointed by restaurant fish tacos, because she thinks her own are delicious. The fish tacos in restaurants never have enough other stuff. Pawley’s tacos with mahi were delicious. Hooray!
The specials looked great.
Mr. Shop Tart tried the lobster tacos, which didn’t disappoint one little bit.
The middle child wanted a veggie burger, which he had enjoyed before - he raved about it, in fact - but they were sold out, so he tried the grilled cheese from the children’s menu. It was good. The onion rings, though? He had to defend them from the rest of the table. They were quite possibly the best onion rings ever - and the Shop Tart has sampled a lot of onion rings. Someone is a little ham. Wonder where he gets that?
The other two children enjoyed chicken fingers. The Shop Tart always tastes the chicken fingers, as she once had a very bad experience with a child’s meal at a well-known upscale restaurant (raw chicken with a coating so tasteless even her toddler turned up his chicken-finger-loving nose.) These were delicious, as were the sweet potato fries and the regular fries (not pictured, but devoured nonetheless.)
Later that evening, the Shop Tart made fresh, Vietnamese salad rolls with her dear children. She had to share that, lest you think they only eat chicken fingers. Mr. Shop Tart was out of town and he missed it, poor guy. They were stuffed with cucumbers, local shrimp, carrots, red pepper, sprouts, fresh basil and mint, red leaf lettuce and the requisite rice vermicelli. So good, you have no idea. They had lemon poppy seed cookies for dessert, because the baby wanted cookies (and actually said please) and the Shop Tart didn’t want to go to the store. The ingredients for lemon poppy seed cookies were in the house, so there you have it.
Happy Shopping and don’t forget to tell them you read it on the Shop Tart!
P.S. Belladea has new dresses from Lilla P and Susana Monaco - super comfy and très cute. Don’t forget to check the calendar for other events today!
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Do share your recipe for Vietnamese salad rolls! Pretty please?
would love to chat tres chic pooch treats! xoxoxoxoxo Eloisethepug