The person I work most closely with here in North Carolina is a 27 year-old boy. Anytime I've asked him for ideas of what to do, I've been given the name of a bar. Sigh...I'm a 42 year-old single Mother of 4, what am I going to do in a bar? Shit, that's how I ended up with the first kid! He suggested I try Brightleaf Square in Durham. "There's some really cool bars down there." Of course there are. He mentioned a mexican place he and his wife really like and the clincher...gelato. Now we're talking! And I already knew how to get there since I'd passed it when I was lost on the way to work. Off to Brightleaf.
Durham is divided into several districts. Brightleaf Square is in the middle of the Brightleaf District. There are quite a few restaurants and shops. A bookstore which is never open. I pulled on the door several times before giving up. There was a lady behind the counter and I know she saw me. Rude...must be a Northerner. The grooviest record store ever, Offbeat Records. And yes, heavenly gelato at the Amelia cafe.
My favorite store is Vert and Vogue. http://www.vertandvogue.com/store/index.php They sell eco-friendly clothes and shoes. The feel of these fabrics almost makes up for the not so wallet-friendly prices. The very helpful, very friendly people who work there do make up for the prices. Why IS organic anything so freakin expensive? They are transplanted yankees who clearly embrace Southern hospitality. When I asked about things to do in the area, she gave me a map and circled some of her favorite spots. She even called one of them to find out if they had a band that evening. I bought three t-shirts which were about fifty percent off. This fabric is crazy. I have a t-shirt at home that's so old and has been washed so many times it feels like silk. It's so threadbare I can't wear it in front of anyone. I sleep in it all the time. That's what the shirts I bought at Vert and Vogue feel like. My almost obscene sleep shirt, but they look amazing. I went back a couple days later and bought two more.
My daughter found an upscale resale store in Brightleaf. Fifi's Fine Resale http://www.fifisconsignment.com/index.html. They had Jimmy Choo's for two hundred dollars. I'm not paying two hundred for anything in a resale store! (they weren't my size.) I did however find an amazing skirt for ten bucks. It's covered in gold sequins which if I stand in the right light I can use to blind someone with.
Shirt from Vert and Vogue - $11, Skirt from Fifi's - $10, blinding people with my sequins? Priceless!
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