Today I want to share one of the
greatest secrets of living in the city. Twice a year San Francisco
hosts special “Dine About Town” menus. I want to get this message
out before the event ends. “Dine About Town” runs January 15-31
and June 1-15. During this time many of the pricier fine dining
restaurants get together to offer pre-set menus at a fixed cost.
Lunch is usually a fixed price 2 or 3 course meal for $18.95 and
dinner is a 3 course meal for $36.95. I love this event because I get
the chance to dress up, go to a fine dining restaurant, and taste artisan food even though
there was no special occasion. (Although if a special date falls on
that time period, that would be something extra sweet.)
My friends and I chose to go to
“Chapeau!” This is a French restaurant in the Richmond district
of San Francisco. My meal consisted of an oyster appetizer, bacon
wrapped pork tenderloin entree, and a crème brulee finish. In one
word, “Yummy.” (A word of warning: make reservations and call to
double check they are offering Dine About Town on the day you intend to go. Some of the restaurants may choose to opt out of the program on
fridays and saturdays. My friends and I already made that mistake
once. We still enjoyed a great meal, despite the price difference.)
While at dinner the conversation piece
of the night were my embellished hoop earrings. Hoops are a pretty
standard piece in most collections and these are my first pair. They
were also a lucky find. I happened to walk by the counter at
Nordstrom on the way to the main mall when the glint hit my eye.
Picking them up, my friends gave a rave second opinion review and I
grabbed them up. At home, I spun round and round to get a view from
every angle. I liked them and even got another positive review from
my brother. (Wow! A guy thinks they look nice too. Bonus!) But these
pair were not meant to be mine. As I said, “hoops are standard,”
and I wasn't quite willing to keep them at the price. But luck would
have the final word. A few days later as my eyes leaned toward the
Nordstrom counter where the earrings were, I saw that they were
almost 50% off.
Although hoops are standard, that glint
of the Nadri Hoops just hypnotizes the viewers in a way that screams
“out of the ordinary.” At Chapeau! I made sure to highlight them.
Thus, I left my lucky necklace at home and slick my hair back. Nadri
Hoops the spotlight was on you!
Note: The set of earrings in my photos are the rose gold version
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