grits 'n ribs

I hope you had a lovely weekend. 

Ours was busy.  

On Friday night, while my Hampton friends were

having a blast drinking wine 

filming a commercial for the winery my husband runs, 

we were in Georgia attending my daughter's dance recital.

C is on the far left.

On Saturday afternoon, our family headed to Phipps Plaza, 

one of my favorite places to shop.  

Surprisingly, I don't enjoy shopping in New York.  

It's just too crowded and always overwhelming.
However,

 I looooove to shop in Atlanta.  

It's so easy to hit Phipps and Lenox.  

Both malls are a stone's throw away

and between the two, you will find

 Saks, Neimans, Bloomingdale's, Nordstroms, JCrew, 

 -  and just about any store you could want.

Before shopping, we enjoyed a nice outside lunch at the Tavern. 

 It was a perfect Atlanta day - 

partly cloudy in the low 70's.

We ordered these Southwestern chips:

(firecracker shrimp, poblano peppers, sweet corn, red onion, black bean puree and mild oleso)

To die for...

For lunch, I had this salad -

the healthy benefits of which

were cancelled out

due to the aforementioned nachos.

L, who never eats Anything,

decided to try the ribs.

(Hey Mikey, he liked them!)

He liked them!

Next, we were off to find a dress for me.

In June, John and I are invited to attend

a 5 o'clock, black tie

wedding in the vineyard.

John picked out this dress:

(Hey, is that Wonder Woman?!)

Which I didn't like At All...

until I tried it on.

Do you think I could have good arms
in a month? (yikes!)
It's pinned for alterations.

I scored these shoes:

looove!

and these earrings:

Hopefully, I will look appropriate

at the wedding

and not like

"country come to town!"

*images nordstrom.com