Today I am starting a new feature that will run on Saturdays, Real Estate Stalking.  I will be featuring fabulous homes that are on the market.  We all love to see inside homes that we admire from afar.  Hopefully I will be able to bring that to you right here.  Our first home is a gorgeous waterfront in Old Greenwich, Ct with old world charm.  It has been featured on the Greenwich Garden Tour and Greenwich Magazine for its beauty.  At one time,  John Phillips of the Moma’s and Papa’s fame rented this house AND  Mick Jagger sunbathed on the seawall!  This house is available for an August rental so if you want to get out of the city or have a friend who is interested please contact Christine Olyenick of the HIGGIN”S GROUP ASAP.  This treasure is sure to go fast!

A friend brought this amazing Goat Cheese Arugula Salad to a pot luck luncheon last year.  It was so delicious.  Everyone was asking for the recipe.  I ended up making this almost every week from June-August  As the weather gets warmer, I am craving this salad again and I thought you might like to try it too.

Baby arugula
Goat cheese crumbles
Almond slivers

Dressing:
1.5 lemons depending on juice
Same amount of good olive oil
Tsp Dijon
Tbsp fresh tarragon (maybe leaves of 4 stems)
Salt and pepper 

If I must confess, I am really not a fan of “The Mall”.  Long gone is the excitement of the Saturday afternoon trip in search of Laura Ashley dresses and Benetton sweaters.  It’s just not the same for me anymore.  However, my daughters, 14 and 12 are in serious awe of the mall shopping spree.  Sadly for them we really never go to the mall, so when we do it is a HUGE TREAT.  Since my parents and sister are visiting, we decided to make a day of it (my sister, like my girls, LOVES all malls) and head to the Westchester.  My girls spent the entire day before planning what they were going to buy and which stores they needed to check out.  With them taking the lead, I simply followed, with no agenda of my own.  Here is our Mall Haul and I have to say it is quite impressive.  There is something for everyone and quite an interesting mix of merchandise.

Our first stop Urban Outfitters:
French Saying T-Shirts
Bacon socks for my son
Exercise shorts in cool patterns
Waterproof Flamingo ziploc bag to protect our valuables at the beach
Panda’s Dream Eye Makeup Eraser (no more raccoon eyes!!!)
Adorable glitter globe photo frames for instax photos
Chunks of turquoise Agate for our bar carts (see yesterdays post!!- on sale)


LuLu Lemon – mostly for sports camps essentials which will take us through all of next year’s school sports:
Tech T-Shirts
Running Shorts
Tennis and Squash gear


Abercrombie:
The most amazing batik print blue and white flared leggings (on sale)


Express:
Gorgeous ecru knife pleat tank (on sale)
Turquoise and colored stone earrings, that look like they came from Calypso but for about 1/4 of the price!


J Crew:
Metallic leather sandals (on sale)
Hair calf leopard sandals (on sale)
Embellished t-shirts (additional 50% off sale)
Lulu Frost for J Crew Large Stone Pendant Choker (promotional pricing)

Today we asked Interior and Fashion Stylist Nina Draddy to tell us what her bar cart “must haves” are for entertaining!  She also recently styled some carts which she was happy to share with us!!  

As far as bar-cart Must Haves go:
-vintage glassware
-fresh flowers, even if just a bud vase or full bouquet 
-a very fabulous unique bowl or two for lemons, limes, nuts
-decanters 
-gorgeous wine stoppers like AERIN’S new ones
-lit votives, matches in pretty boxes 
-an unexpected decorative object like a sputnik or hunk of agate rock
-a cocktail recipe book
-fun napkins
-a gorgeous framed photograph 
-mix in some fantastic attractive bottles of premium/small batch, handcrafted artisanal liquors – check out the selection at Wine at Five (if you are in the Westchester, NY area) or you local liquor store, the bottles themselves are works of art with great looking labels that have artsy fonts, logos and colors.

Who would have thought that the Beach Bag Week would have been so informative.  The fashionistas gave us a list of books that should keep us happy all summer long:

I’ll Drink To That

Widows Guide to Sex and Dating

Country

All titles can be purchased in the Amazon link to the right of this post!  Happy Reading!
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