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May 2011 « Poor & Pretty

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Tea Adventure: Simpson & Vail

I love tea. I really, really love tea. Stan and I have an entire cabinet devoted to tea, and — after our trip to Simpson & Vail in Brookfield — we might have to devote a second cabinet entirely to tea. I’d been wanting to visit Simpson [Read on...]

Don't miss these upcoming Connecticut fair(e)s!

Here are a few upcoming fair(e)s you should definitely attend in the next two weekends:

Brazen Betties 2nd Birthday Street Fair: Brazen Betties is celebrating its second year in business by hosting a street fair in Torrington on Saturday, May 21st from 4-8pm. Owner Julia Sloan will [Read on...]

Hello, Red!

Just got my hair cut & colored by my friend Ryan Gorey, a student/soon-to-be-hair-rock-star at Brio Academy of Cosmetology in East Hartford. My hair was so thick we had to do the color yesterday and the cut today! I love how it came out though. Red enough, but not too red [Read on...]

Weekend in Long Island

Stan and I went to Long Island yesterday to see his aunt’s art show. Though it was a long drive {4 hours there; 3 back — the ferry was a bit out of our budget}, it was nice to be out of CT for a day and a half. I wish I had taken photos of his Aunt Julia’s sculptures [Read on...]

Bolo Bakery

Ms. Jillian Farrell is going to tsk-tsk me for how late I am posting this, but, in my defense, my brain is mush from studying for exams :(. Sunday, Stan and I met Jill and her friend Mary for breakfast at Bolo Bakery, a Portuguese bakery in Plainville right next to the hair salon I used to live on top [Read on...]