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shopping lookout Med About You GREECE, TURKEY and Italy top
many peoples’ dream vacation lists, in part, because the food is so darn good. Dupont Circle’s newish The Mediterranean Way (1717 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-5605715) brings the region’s delicacies to D.C. via tasty products like Greek tomato-strawberry sauce (shown, $12), Italian cheeses and a whole lot of olive oil (around $16 a bottle).
Rock These Looks A BLAZING PUNK soundtrack and nightclubby
ANSWERS FROM THE SHOE BLOGGER
My best girlfriend at work, Jennifer, is quitting next week to start working as a freelancer. Manolo, this is the person who’s kept me going through bad bosses, layoff scares, and a number of vicious office-gossip slapfights, so I don’t know what I’m going to do when she’s not there. As a going-away gift I want to buy her a pair of fun flat sandals, something that she can wear right away to remind her of our good times together. — MARISSA Manolo says parting is such sweet sorrow, and few partings are more sorrowfully sweet than that of the office friend who is leaving for the pastures of greater greenness.
ROSIES AND ROCKERS
details (white leather chairs, crimson walls) make it clear that new clothing boutique Rosies and Rockers (2001 13th St. NW; 202-328-7625) isn’t a J. Crew clone. His-and-hers, “I’m-withthe-band” fashions from L.A. and New York labels such as Sourpuss, Kreepsville 666 and Steady include tough leather jackets, rockabilly frocks and — big surprise — lots of skull jewelry.
DEAR MANOLO
Tea Time Good On You
Take a Seat, or Two NOW THROUGH June 1, Urban Country is hosting its annual spring sale (7117 Arlington Road, Bethesda; 301-654-0500). The event includes 30 to 40 percent off farmhouse-chic brands like Lee Industries upholstered furniture, Hickory Chair Furniture Co. and C.R. Laine (including their Bradstreet Chair, shown, marked down to $1,468 from $1,678). Special orders also receive the sale treatment.
MAISON DE MODE is a roving boutique that hawks ethical fashions from luxury designers. The do-gooders are setting up a popup shop at Capella Georgetown now through Sunday (1050 31st St. NW; 10 a.m.6 p.m., free; 202-6172400, capellahotels. com). Expect ethically sourced jewelry from Lulu Frost and eco-faux leather handbags from Freedom of Animals (shown, $300).
TRY YOUR NEXT cocktail steeped, not stirred. Owl’s Brew tea blends seamlessly with alcohol for refreshing alternatives to cloying sodas ($9-$16, theowlsbrew.com). Available in three flavors (black tea with coconut and chai, English breakfast with lemon and lime, and Darjeeling with hibiscus), the mixes are made with all-natural ingredients such as agave, fresh spices and coconut water.
Grab Bag is gathered and reviewed by Jennifer Barger and Holley Simmons. Find more food, fashion, beauty and home goods at readexpress.com/grabbag.
Happy you are that your friend has finally grasped the brass ring; sad because you have been left behind to deal with the same old boss pushing you around. And as you fork the final piece of going-away cake into your mouth at the party, you feel like crying. To whom will you pass the snarky notes in the boring meetings? With whom will you sit in the break room eating low-fat cherry yogurt? Who will now offer you the unsolicited but welcome fashion advice? (“Girlfriend, puce is not your color.”) Creepy Greg from tech support who breathes through his mouth and smells like mildew? Here is the Marmy from the Loeffler Randall in the celebratory gold, the perfect thing to send your dear friend on her way. ($156, zappos.com). Ask the Manolo a question at manolo@shoeblogs.com. Visit the Manolo at shoeblogs.com.