Thursday Threads

Hoorah its Thursday! That means tomorrow is Friday!...unfortunately we are not going to have a bright and sunny weekend in Miami.
It's summer, which means that we get storms on a regular basis...but tomorrow we are getting our first Tropical Storm of the season, Bonnie.
Bonnie and her 50 mph winds, heavy rain and possible flooding are going to find their way to Miami sometime tomorrow.

Today however it was a beautiful day...and in with only a week until August, the summer is coming to a close quickly. So it's time to enjoy what remains of the summer. Hope the weekend looks sunnier from your corner.

44 and rainy in miami...toto i don't think we're home anymore

Yeah...uh...I feel like I'm living in NYC again!

Don't get me wrong, I really do like cold weather, but this has been a near record breaking week with it being cold for a week straight! ...actually it warmed up yesterday...if not we'd be setting a new record for longest amount of time with cold weather in Miami.

This morning it was 43 and rainy in Miami...you know that spitting rain...the light rain. We were suppose to ride our bikes to the Beaux Arts Festival...but I don't think we're going to be doing that since its only 45 and rainy now.

It's even been snowing in Tampa, Ocala and Gainesville and Orlando! Crazy!

So bundle up...because no matter where you are, it's COLD!

Save Kate!

Last night I went to Aventura Mall for a Junior League event, Shopping Card for a Cause kick-off.

The deal is you buy this $50 card and from October 24-November 8 you get 20% off over 100 stores in Miami. It's fantastic! ...especially for savvy budget deal-hunting shopping girls like me.

...so I open up my booklet with the list of stores and to my surprise I see, Kate Spade. Well I immediately make a run (as fast as a girl can after a few glasses of wine in heels) for the store.

When I get there I am greeted by two lovely attendants, Janna and Anne. They are attentive and friendly...and then lay the bad news on me... the store (which has been open for about a year) is closing in early November!

...Aventura was not the place for them it seems. I recommended they try to get Kate Spade Corp. to move them to the Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables (where I think they would sell hand over fist)... and they loved the idea...which apparently they had heard several times over.

"The best thing you can do is write letters and emails to NYC and tell them how you feel. The customer has a strong voice with the company." is what Anne told me.

So, now I'm telling you.

If you, like me are a fan of the fun and playful line of bags, shoes, jewels, paper, eye wear and now clothes--- send an email to retail_customerservice@katespade.com or you can call M-F starting at 8:30am, 1-800-519-3778

Thanks and let's save Kate in Miami!!

If You Don't Know Me by Now

Just like the song says, "If you don't know me by now, you will never never never know me, OOOOOoooooo"

Most of my friends will tell you that ever since I was about 15 I have been ordering the same thing at restaurants who claim to have a "good burger". I get the burger.

This has made me a burger connoisseur of sorts...I can tell you the good, the bad and the "eh, not worth the calories" ones in Miami...Dallas...and NY.

Today, I lost my Five Guys virginity. This summer Five Guys got a lot of attention when a certain Nobel Prize winning president made his way from the White House to Five Guys and walked out with a number of greasy bags...a month or so later I was in DC and walked by the Five Guys in Georgetown nearly every day...but did I go? No...I wanted to save that first outing for D. Well, little did I know while I was in DC, he was at Five Guys in South Dade (bastard!)...

Well, here we are now...months later...and tonight---we went to Five Guys on Kendall Drive.

Was it worth it...honestly....the fries were CRAZY good...the burger was...good. I didn't realize I was ordering a double burger when I ordered the cheese burger...so maybe that's what threw me off.

Will I go back? Hellz ya!

...free peanuts, great fries, and burgers made to order?...what's not to love?....oooo and that cool Ice Tea machine....yeah I'm going back!

KP Designs

One of my dear and talented friends...who also writes a great blog...Kristin Pearce is having a trunk show in her home today and tomorrow.

Kristin makes the most beautiful pieces of jewelry which she sells on her etsy shop ( http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5562104 ) and at several shops around town and in corners of the states.

I always rely on her for great pieces that I know I will have for the rest of my life.

If you want to know more about the trunk show--- email me.