Restaurant Week

Dress: Burnout Velvet Maxi Dress by Anthropologie (size 16) via Nuuly

Tights: We Love Colors

Shoes: Fluevog, Effortless: Felicity 

Earring: Kerala Rose

Necklaces: Green Goddess Vintage

Bracelet: Vintage

Photography: Super Boo & Me

Stats: 5'7" 43-41-57

I don't often declare my love for a dress...but this one *swoon*...such a gorgeously dark velvet fantasy...the fabric & colors were just stunning. The fit & length were perfect...there were even pockets...on a fancy dress. 

And another reason to break out the Fluevogs.

The colors were difficult to capture.

All the purple jewelry...

I adored the see-through arms & wish part of the bottom had this effect as well. 

My make-up with this outfit included...Urban Decay eyeliner in Delinquent; Drift, Stranded, & Blaze eyeshadow from UD; MAC lipliner in Grape; Double Crossed lipstick by UD; & OPI nail polish in Cosmo with a Twist. 

I wore this dress to go out to dinner & a play with David. We started out at Heritage Tavern (this is a complete reenactment of the previous Friday), & it happened to be restaurant week...so we got to try some different things then what we typically order. I began the night with a cocktail special, First Kiss (gin, cava, lemon juice, Chambord, cranberry-rosemary syrup)...& David chose Taverna Nacionale (Plantation 3 Star rum, Smith & Cross rum, Korbel brandy, Curacao, Demerara syrup, lime, pineapple, Angostura bitters). This is what we had to pick from, we chose 2 things from each course & shared.

That corner booth is where we usually sit, & for the first time...they told me we couldn't sit there because a party of 3 was coming in. So, I found out it is table 30 so I can request it when making reservations in the future. 

Round 2 of drinks, David with an Austin & Leftie (Black pepper-infused Mezcal, Milagro Silver, Ancho Reyes chili liqueur, lime juice, agave nectar)...which they changed the name of to pay tribute to Austin, whom we greatly miss. I'm drinking a Bellini Sfumato (Tito's vodka, Sfumato amaro, creme de peche, sage syrup, Jamaican #1 bitters, lemon juice, cava).

Dessert & final cocktails...I had a Pistachio Mai Tai (Plantation Dark & 3 Star rums, Trois Rivieres Rum Ambré, pistachio orgeat, Pierre Ferrand curacao, demerara, lime) & I somehow missed including a photo of David & his last beverage at Heritage, 131 Bourbon Street (Rittenhouse rye, Calvados, Benedictine, Punt De Mel, Angostura & Peychaud's bitters). 

Now, we picked Heritage because it is right next door to the venue our play was at, however, at the end of our restaurant week meal...David was still hungry & we had plenty of time until our play began...so off we went to Lucille. David told me to order nachos while he parked the car. There was a 3 1/2 hour wait for a table, but the hostess found us 2 open seats at the bar. I sipped on an El Diablo (Milagro Reposado, raspberry syrup, lime juice, ginger beer). David drinking a Mexican Firing Squad (Lunazul Blanco Tequila, El Buho mezcal, agave, lime juice, Angostura bitters) while we waited for our nachos...we finally asked as we were running out of time. Apparently since the hostess put in our order, it was waiting in a to-go box for us to pick up. 

I ordered pork shoulder nachos in a regular size (1 pound), & when I texted David to let him know...he replied...you ordered 3 pounds, right? Um, who is going to eat all of that?! I changed the order. I had ~6 bites & David demolished the rest. We made it to the show with 1 minute to spare & the play was even better the second time.