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Started by The Shop Tart Oct. 27, 2009.

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Saturday, before the ball. (Plus: A political event you will not want to miss.)

The Shop Tart does not waste a child and husband-free day on frivolity. Saturday morning in Charleston, she awoke bright and early, grabbed coffee and hit the ground running. The day started with breakfast. Actually, not. On her way to breakfast, she spotted something different on King Street, Hampden Clothing’s new location at 314 King [...]

Ready for a day or three of rest.

Four Events and a Nap. That would be the movie of the Shop Tart’s last four days, except without the nap. Maybe that will happen this afternoon. Thursday night, the Pink Party started it all. Friday morning, the Shop Tart awoke with excellent intentions: She would eat a healthy breakfast, she would write, she would [...]

What a party! Time to get ready for another party!

Lunch yesterday was lovely. DiPrato’s porch is always relaxing. It’s outside, with lots of natural light, but inside because it’s covered and there are heaters. That’s about as outside as the Shop Tart likes to get - she’s no camper. Although the Shop Tart knew what she would order - a virtuous salad with some [...]

It’s Thursday!

The Shop Tart is planning on starting her weekend at 1 pm, with lunch at DiPrato’s and a little last-minute Nickelodeon Oscar Party Planning. The Oscar Party? So…in case you haven’t heard…there is one and the Shop Tart is co-emceeing with Patti O’Furniture and co-hosting with lots of local glitterati, from Moore, Stewart-style, of WIS-TV [...]

A party for your skin.

More accurately, a product to erase the party from your skin. No matter how much you tell yourself that second - or third - cocktail doesn’t hurt your skin, it just isn’t true. Drinking alcohol can reduce Vitamin A levels in your body. Vitamin A is an antioxidant that helps with cell turnover. Translation? Drinking [...]

Columbia City Farmer: Soul Food, Seoul Food

Master gardener Jenks Farmer (his real name!) is back with his second monthly column. For the record, the Shop Tart finally got around to planting her potatoes from last month’s column and hopes she wasn’t too late. Jenks is traveling this month and the Shop Tart is thrilled to see a column on greens. Greens [...]

Party for a cause, all day long.

Saturday morning, the Shop Tart attempted to sleep late. (It didn’t really work. It never works. It won’t work until her children have all moved away. By then, she will probably naturally get up at 5 am. Darnit.) She had a busy day ahead, so when she finally did get out of bed, she went [...]

The remains of a delicious dinner from DiPrato’s…

…reincarnated as a delicious lunch! The original meal included stuffed grape leaves with Feta, a delicious black-eyed pea salad, and hummus. The pita chips, Vermont white cheddar pimento cheese and roasted asparagus and broccolini made for the perfect lunch. For the curious, yes, that is what appears to be the symbol for pi - π - [...]

Fab fashion shoot.

Ever so rarely, the Shop Tart gets to feel glamorous. Yesterday, she had the pleasure of styling the staff of the Nickelodeon Theatre at Revente for an upcoming (next Thursday!) story in The State about their Oscar Party. (Which you should attend. The Shop Tart is co-emceeing with Patti O’Furniture. And it is going to [...]

Invitations! Knitting! Fries! Cut-up tights!

One of these things is not like the others. Which one is it? The cut-up tights, the only thing not purchased - or purchased on behalf of - the Shop Tart this week. Yesterday, she finally had occasion to wear her sequin skeleton Rodarte for Target shift. (The occasion? Um. Nothing in particular. It seemed [...]

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Comment by denyse on May 1, 2009 at 11:28am: I'm glad you all enjoyed the chocolate...I had a good time yesterday. The spring clothes are gorgeous! So, Susan says jumpsuits, hein? I don't think I can wear them either...Good luck with the tot/potty endeavour. I have been dealing with that for 4 months now, success is certain but, in my case, it is slow...very slow.