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what we want wednesday

Planning a vacation anytime soon, maybe a beach getaway? I am jet setting to St. John next week so these are some pieces that are on my mind in lieu of this trip!

1.Striped top: Elizabeth & James, bc who can deny a top that is breathable, airy, with that oops-is-my-skin-showing kind of peplum.

2. Books: Assouline. Once you pop your Assoline cherry, you will understand the inherent yet sneaky need to add to your collection. In the spirit of my trip to St. John – I chose these Monte Carlo, St. Tropez, & Capri books for guaranteed mesmerizing images to go with the tropical theme. Is there such thing as tropical overload?

3. Army green shorts: Madewell, self exclamatory.

4. Earrings: Kristen Elspeth , to ward off bad vibes with this chic, mismatched evil eye earring set.

5. Spring Herbal Steam: Fig + Yarrow, the idea of bringing the spa to me (for budget purposes temporarily, one day I will come back to life as a millionaire…right?) as of late is oh so intriguing. Create your own facial treatment with these organic herbs or make a tea. Who am I, the tea police?

6. Market Bag: Need Supply, HOW AMAZING IS THIS BAG? NEED, WANT, OBSESSED. And Richmond, you look beautiful emblazoned on a market bag or in this instance, a beach bag.

7. Thong sandal: Aldo, since Isabel Marant has brought back the fringe-y pom pom thingamajig, I’m obviously into the fringe detail on these sandals and especially appreciating this Aldo price.

Lifestyle

If we haven’t made it clear via our non-stop social media posts, we love a good happy hour in a sure-i’ll-skip-the-gym-again-today kind of way. Detrimental to our health? Eh maybe.. but in this case, we hope to make it advantageous for you. Don’t worry, we have openly admitted that this love for happy hour tends to aid to our non productiveness however, we have decided to turn it into something productive and share our favorite #rva happy hours with you all once a week.

Between the two of us, when we get the itch to go to happy hour, we have yet to find a good go-to site that highlights the happy hours that make you feel as fancy as you are and not like the rosè (or bud light, personal preference) chugger that you may or may not be. First up this week falls into the well known category of Wine Wednesday. I almost fell off of my stool in surprise when the bartender at this week’s restaurant, Southerly, referenced the Wednesday happy hour. He explained that all of the bottles of wine were half off and while I got excited for the $22 dollar delicious rosè on the menu – this excitement did not distract me from the fact that Veuve Clicquot was also on said menu. Being the envelope pusher that I am, I threw a curveball at the bartender by asking if Veuve was included. If you are a fellow Veuve lover, you know that the answer to this question tends to be disappointing but fear not because I almost fell off of my stool again because he said a whopping yes. Veuve for forty something dollars? Count us in.

Oh, I should probably add that the wine list is subject to change, that Southerly is the restaurant connected to the lovely Southern Seasons off of Staples Mill, & that yes, they have a patio. Happy Wine Wednesday-ing and you are welcome for the advance notice because premeditated happy hours are ze best.