Saturday, March 6, 2010

The Garment District

   The weekend I spent in Boston, we took the T to Cambridge to go to the much talked about Garment District. It has been said that even Kirsten Dunst has visited this wondrous thrift shop! At first, we didn't quite know where we were going, but after walking a few blocks we eventually found it. From the moment we walked in, we were surrounded by anything and everything unique. We sought out the racks on the second floor first, where rows and rows of clothes seemed to go on for miles and shelves of shoes were all in order by color! Then there was another whole room filled with vintage from the 60's, 70's, and 80's, as well as a couple racks from older decades. All this may seem like enough, yet there was a separate section for designer clothing and accessories that consumed much of my time. We then, progressed to the bottom floor to dig through the "$1 a pound" floor...although, it's really $1.50 a pound. For the most part, there wasn't much to find beneath the piles because we began looking an hour before the store was about to close, so the good stuff was probably snatched much earlier in the day. While cashing out, a pink wigged and tulle skirted cashier told me she liked the cute cats on the dress I'd found and we struck up a conversation about knock-off vs. real purses. Satisfied with what I walked out with, I hoped I'd be back for more someday!  

Maddie in the shoe section...with some awfully cute rainboots.
So many shoes...although most of them weren't my size.

Taking pictures on the "subway"!
The heaps and mounds of clothes from the $1 a pound!
My lovely bargains!
Chanel-like purse-$20
(It's not real but it's still a nice bag!)

Marc Jacobs shirt-$28

Vintage 70's dress-$16

Maddie's cool snakeskin shoes!
All the clothes we brought....



...for a photoshoot of course!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Boston Weekend Getaway

   What do you get when two stylish bloggers go to Boston, bring half of their wardrobe with them for only one night in the city, have photo shoots for every outfit, and take pictures at every street corner? Lots of shopping, laughing, and no sleep!

   Saturday, my cousin, aunt, mom, and I went to Boston for the weekend. My cousin, Maddie, has her own blog about artistic musings, so both of us thought of the trip as the perfect opportunity for blogging about! It was so much fun having a weekend for just us girls, and of course, it included lots of shopping! We stayed at the Raddison hotel which is located not far from Chinatown. Saturday night we took the T to Cambridge and went to the Garment District, which is a thrift store we heard about. Afterwards, we went back and grabbed a 9 o'clock dinner at McCormick and Schimck's, a restaurant down the street from the hotel. We were extremely tired by the time we got back to our room, but Maddie and I still had enough energy to have a photo shoot with the clothes we got.

   The next morning, we went for a quick swim, packed up, and checked out of the hotel to go prancing around the city for the rest of the day. We went to Park Street to grab some Starbucks and go shopping. By the time we were out of H&M, it was time to eat a late lunch and go home.

On our way there.


It was rainy when we checked in, so our view of the city was a little covered in fog.


My mom and I.


Maddie found these glasses at the Garment District and wore them to dinner.

The service at the restaurant was a little slow, but it picked up once we got our food.
I got a crispy buffalo chicken sandwich. I liked the contrast between the spicy chicken and tangy bleu cheese.


 Alice in Wonderland ads were all over the city.


City lights from the balcony.

The next morning, the weather cleared up and it was much sunnier.


We just had to go to the pool before we left!






We went to get some Starbucks to re-energize because we didn't get any sleep Saturday night.
Maddie couldn't stop drinking water!

My mom and aunt.

We look so tired!

Wrong city, dude!

The blue-eyed beauties!

We thought this window display was so pretty!



I wore my Marc Jacobs shirt I got for $28.


The roasted peanuts smelled like...cotton candy?!





I went to H&M for the first time! We don't have one in NH that I know of, so I was excited to finally shop there...it's my new favorite store!


Coming Soon...
a post about the Garment District!