J. McLaughlin and Preppy

Are you attending the Preppy: Cultivating Ivy Style book signing at J. McLaughlin tomorrow night at their Georgetown store?

I will be in attendance and would love to know if any of you will be there so I know to look for fellow bloggers (if you are attending, comment or e-mail me at SummerWind41490@gmail.com)! I am SO excited-- I hear it is going to a fabulous time. It is from 6-8pm in the evening and the J. McLaughlin holiday 2011 line will be on display.You will also be able to meet authors of this gorgeous book (seriously, I have had my book since it came out and I can't put it down with all of the gorgeous images!).

I needed to share one of my favorites of their Holiday look book. The above clutches are SO perfect for the holidays-- I have the ribbon clutch in multi-colored so it is more of a summery style but I love it! Plus, I am dying for the sequin skirt (I'm thinking this is a great NYE option).

 There is not a single thing that I would change about the women's outfit on the right. That skirt is simply to.die.for.

What are you loving from J. McLaughlin's Holiday 2011 Look Book? Do you love Preppy as much as I do? Hope to see some friends at the event tomorrow night! Have a fabulous day!
Yours,
sCe

Georgetown

I couldn't leave you all without pictures of the shopping this past weekend. The highlight of the visit was seeing the Brooks Brothers concept store on M Street. It is the most gorgeous store I have ever walked into. I think I even like it better than the flagship store in NYC. It was tastefully decorated (but could you expect anything less?).

Isn't this chandelier gorgeous? I want one for my house at home... I'm thinking it may just look a little out of place in my college townhouse...

I loved that they had a pool table in the middle of the bottom floor!

Loved the little girls displays! They were too cute-- I wish they made everything in adult sizing! 

Another shop we stopped in: Sterling and Burke whichoffers luxury leather items. We stopped in not only to see the gorgeous store but bEw's roommate from boarding school's parents own it and he wanted to stop in and say hi. Tasteful doesn't even begin to cover the gorgeous store. Every inch of the store was decorated-- very understated but very well done. Definitely worth stopping in if you're ever in the area.

I couldn't help but to snap pictures of the beautiful leather products. I would love love love to own a handmade jewelry trunk! 

Isn't the decor lovely?

To end the weekend we took a fun boat ride on the Potomac. It took us from Old Town Alexandria into Georgetown where we had lunch at Clydes and did a little more browsing.

Isn't the view gorgeous?

Of course, boys being boys, we had to find a bar to watch the Redskins game (of course I was outnumbered and didn't get to watch the Steelers!). Rugby Cafe was the perfect fit... I loved the way they presented their menus! 

Have a fabulous day!

Yours, 

sCe

Weekend Wonders

This weekend I was so busy I don't even know where to begin!Friday bEw and I drove into DC and stayed at his house for the weekend!
First we met some of bEw's friends at Policy for a drink. It was a really neat atmosphere but we left after one drink because it was a little too wild.

We headed into Georgetown for Friday night and stopped into Mr. Smiths, the piano bar, and had fun singing a long to a lot of good songs. Then we headed over to The Guards to meet up with my bff from high school, eFm! I was SO happy I got a chance to see her! Then we ended the night with pizza at Avocado... we just stumbled in and ordered but once I tasted the pizza, I was in heaven! It tasted just like my favorite Pittsburgh pizza place-- I couldn't believe it!

The piano player at Mr. Smiths was great. He played everything from Dixie Land Delight to Frank Sinatra!

 The next day we shopped Wisconsin and M. I pretty much wanted to buy everything in every store. bEw loved the Vineyard Vines whale heads and wore it around for a good 20 minutes.

Taste of Georgetown was going on and we had to check it out so we headed over to the booths and tasted some awesome stuff. One ticket got you one tasting and the tastings were very generous. My favorite tasting?

Serendipity's frozen hot chocolate! So yummy-- it almost tasted like a chocolate milkshake but something was different about it and I can't put my finger on it!

 

The best part of Taste of Georgetown was the wine/beer/liquor tasting tents. It was fun to sample different things that you wouldn't normally buy/order. 

But, all in all, the best part of the day, and really the entire weekend was being with so many fun people!

 That night, we had dinner in Old Town Alexandria and then went back to Georgetown for another night out. We started off at Rugby. I always love visiting Rugby-- the decor is super preppy. I wore my Annie Griffin dress and got tons of compliments. I think I need to get another one of her pieces. After Rugby, we headed to George for a drink. I really liked that atmosphere as well.

Then we made it to Adams Morgan... Needless to say, after being in heels all weekend my feet were absolutely killing me. So much to blog about last weekend-- I told you I was busy!!! More to come tomorrow! Have a fabulous day!
Yours,
sCe

Georgetown

Several weekends ago, I went to Georgetown and spotted many neat things like this Jack Wills car. It reminds me of the Lilly Jeep!

I dined at The Tombs, right near Georgetown University. Thank you to all who sent me recommendations through e-mail and Twitter-- This was a GREAT one! I loved every bite of my seared tuna salad!

The food was not the only great thing about The Tombs! The decor was very neat-- it almost looks as if it was designed by Ralph Lauren. Lots of old sporting pictures and a very varsity/ivy feel to it.

bEw got a chicken caesar salad and said it was delicious as well! Another great thing about The Tombs is that all of their wines were extremely inexpensive!

After dinner, we headed back into Georgetown to meet up with bEw's friends that he went to school with. Since bEw is a native, he made me walk down the "Exorcist" stairs as he calls them. I am embarrassed to say that I've actually never seen the movie, but he said that these stairs were made famous in the movie--pretty neat!

Georgetown was just a little better that night too because the Steelers were also in town!!! 
 I love Georgetown and am definitely keeping it on my list of possible places to work when I graduate!!! Do you love Georgetown?
Have a fabulous day!
Yours,
sCe