Outfit and Occasion

Outfit:

One Clothing dress (Marshalls, White Plains NY), $12.00, Banana Republic cashmere sweater (Richmond Thrift Shop, Richmond VT), $6.00, Forever21 necklace (forever21.com), $5.00

There are different tiers of Marshall’s stores and while I barely have luck at the ones in Vermont, I often have great success at my childhood location in White Plains NY.  This really was my childhood, being my shopaholic mom’s favorite store ever, and I’ve definitely frequented it for many years.  Many great designers and many great finds!  This dress is simple, unlike the majority of my clothes, but works perfectly with a statement piece like this necklace.  I added a comfy and chic, yet cheap, cashmere sweater and I was ready for a night out in Montreal, Canada!

Occasion:

Valentines in Montreal!

Restaurants:

Le Mas de Oliviers is a French bistro with a taste of romance in Paris (where Tom and I are going for two weeks in May!!).  We each had the perfect starter: snails in a flakey puff pastry with mushrooms!  I had the veal scaloppine and Tom had the veal chop.  Both were extremely savory and tender…with scalloped potatoes that were to die for!  We then each had a chocolate mousse that reminded me of solid hot chocolate!

Salumi Vino is an Italian, highly rated restaurant that was phenomenal.  We started with a perfectly charred sausage and then I had a refreshing ahi tuna with avocado and spinach and Tom had a flavorful veal scaloppine.  We shared the creamiest whipped tiramisu to continue our fancy Italian restaurant tradition.  The night was a beautiful way to celebrate Valentines with my honey!

Activities:

While in Montreal, we were determined not to let the -45 degree, frigid weather stop us from having fun!  We did A LOT considering the lethality of our surroundings!  We saw an IMAX of Wild Africa at the Science Center and the footage was unreal, we went to the Biodome and saw various ecosystems and the animals that inhabit them, we went to indoor markets and shopping malls, checked out IKEA (we don’t have one in VT!!), and had some nice lunches of yummy baguettes et lattes!

Needless to say, I love to explore and make the most of each trip while appreciating my travel partner and, on this trip, my valentine.