Even though I have been complaining about summer, I was happy to enjoy a nice sunshiney day. I went to the Brooklyn Royalty fashion show and ran into Len and Chris who are friends of mine from Philly.
After the show, we hung out drinking wine on 3 different rooftops, and had a lot of cupcake wine and/or vodka.
Have you heard? It’s New York Fashion Week! Mo from Smashing Darling offered me a plus one to emerging designer Nary Manivong’s show. So I headed up to Flatiron yesterday afternoon despite my summer cold to see the fashion show. Nary’s designs are so beautiful. His lovely dresses and coordinate pieces are clean and modern yet with Grecian accents. They also look comfortable and could go from day to night. However, there wasn’t a runway. Plus, it was so hot in the room that we didn’t stay long.
Luckily, Hill Country was right across the street from the fashion show. Mo and I went to through the complicated process of ordering food so that we can chow down on some beef brisket, mac and cheese and sweet potato mash. What a perfect meal to have after a fashion show!
Since last Thursday, it’s been a busy week with a short respite at Martha’s Vineyard. Last Thursday, I went over to Housing Works where there was a special Southern Lit with ZZ Packer. I didn’t meet ZZ, but I did see the Other Nichelle, Author Tayari Jones (Untelling, Leaving Atlanta). It was good to see Marcy Dermansky (Twins) and her husband Jurgen was there, who I haven’t seen in over a year. Later that night, I went to Leo’s very Tumbly birthday party. Tuesday at the Tech Meetup, Hermann told me that reads my tweets and vacations in Oak Bluffs. Wednesday, I ran into Laena at Little Branch, and tonight (Thursday) I met Lisa of Tasty Lacy at a birthday party for a publicist. Whew!
While riding around Vineyard Haven on Saturday, RKB spotted a sign outside a Baptist church that advertised a pulled pork dinner for $12 from 5-7PM. So after an afternoon nap, the four of us (Rachel, her grandmother, Twanna and I) went over to the church around 6:30PM. There was plenty of food left, and we snagged four seats at the end of the table. Teenagers serve us lemonade with our delicious dinner of pulled pork, cole slaw and sweet potato fries. Rachel took pictures of cupcakes, but I had a nice slice of pecan pie. It was delicious! Who would have thought that the best Southern meal I have had outside of Atlanta this summer would be in New England?
Rachel invited Twanna and me to spend the weekend at her grandmother’s beach house in Martha’s Vineyard. Martha’s Vineyard is one of my favorite places ever, so I am happy to be here. Saturday, we posed for some crazy pictures in a sculpture garden, and made a new friend.:) Check out FunkyBrownChick’s flickr set of our lovely and lazy Labor Day weekend.
me and theboys, originally uploaded by nichellest.
