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The Best of…Wrightsville Beach, NC

It has been the second rainy day in the quaint beach town of Wilmington, NC, and I have found myself surprisingly satisfied with the way the group of us girls have passed our time.

As I felt the need to introduce my DC native friend Nicole to the local way of life, taking her shopping, in town know for awesome boutiques, was inevitable.

Our first stop was The Fisherman’s Wife on Airlie Rd. Estelle Baker, the owner, helped my Mom find this fantastic pro-female canvas art piece by Erin Smith, and she surprised me with an adorable desk accessory inscribed with a quote from my favorite childhood novel, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” It says, “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly”. How cute!!

After our successful trip to The Fisherman’s Wife, we packed in the car and drove to Lumina Station to check out the goodies at Beanie + Cecil, Airlie Moon, Island Passage, and Monkees (my fav-fav-favorite boutique). At Island Passage, I picked up a pair of long blue Susana Monaco lounge pants and a casually cute teal-green Velvet tank top (it has a deep drape in the back that makes it uniquely Velvet). Next to Island Passage is Monkee’s Boutique, which is having a huge summer sale, so I had already seen most of their inventory in the store earlier this summer. Bummer! But, as fate would have it, I was still able to find several new pieces that really spoke to me (“MLE buuuyy me!!”). So, not one to argue, I quickly scooped up a beautful Alice + Olivia black evening dress with a whimsical bottom trim and swarovski crystal straps, a dressy black silk ABS collection romper with a Cavalli-esque double strap patent leather belt, and a big fun gold ring shaped like a piece of ocean coral adorned with black laquer on the inside of the coral pieces.

With my two arms full of shopping bags, I met my Mom and friend Nicole for a late lunch at a new restaurant in Lumina Station called Stone Crab. We all agreed that Stone Crab was a decent last minute lunch decision if it hadn’t been for the crazy amount of flies on the patio! Total yuckk.

After lunch, we started down the street, driving towards The Forum, to keep our shopping streak alive; this is until we came were face to face with another Wrightsville Beach summer afternoon flash flood (always accompanied by severe lightning and heavy wind). So, after my suggestion to quit early, the girls quickly agreed and we rushed back to the house…before lightning found me for the second time in my life!

As for our evening plans??? You can find MLE watching the first Redskins preseason game against the Ravens at 7:30 ET. I find it so entertaining to listen to my friend Nicole talk about football, and the Redskins in particular! It’s almost game time, and for the past several hours, I have had the pleasure of watching her come up with this year’s Cowboy trash talk. As a DC native, I have always been excited to watch the Washington Redskins play, but I don’t think my excitement will ever amount to Nicole’s. Does anyone ever get sad thinking about the football frenzy taking over the end-of-season baseball excitement?? If so, then you’re in good company!

So with that said, tonight, before the kickoff of the Redskin’s preseason game, when my group of friends clinks our glasses over the table and all yell in unison, “Cheers,” please know that my cheers will be for my eternal love of baseball and for the Washington Redskins.

Until tomorrow! …Pray for sun!

xoxo, MLE

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