And that's just what they'll do

[cyrano]

Picture heavy talk about my fancy pants mall below the cut.

Amanda had to go shopping for shoes today, and so we went to a fancy schmancy place called Someset Collection (not a mall, a *collection* of shops).

My first clue that this place was special? I walked in the front door and this fountain with four topless caryatids was decidedly not your standard mall piece. Also? The gigantic 44 ton spinning granite ball fountains.

There are none of those tacky plexiglass maps of the place stuck on a pillar. Oh no. They have little triptych fliers with the directory inside. This place had a friggin' *concierge*, hand to god. However, that was not the important part. The important part was where I found boots!


This one made me laugh. I brought it over to Amanda and proudly announced that all the rich little wannabe punks would need a pair of these $200 Punker Than You boots.






Yes, there is a certain... theme to my boots. Alas, none of them came in 42 Wide Big Guy Feet. But they were cute, and way too expensive.


And then, after a leisurely shower, we went to dinner at a place I'd been pondering for a while (and almost showed at last night), a middle eastern dinner place called Olive Leaves. And it was friggin' awesome, y'all. We got sampler platters, and there was food all over the table until we ATE IT ALL. And they kept the lemonade coming. And I'm supposed to drop off the Git In Mah Belly CDs for our server, who comes from a family full of jazz musicians and is interested in Arabian/North African/Persian pop music.

Comments

[satyrlovesong.livejournal.com]

I think I'm experiencing a bit of boot lust myself. Thank you for sharing.

Got a ball park range on prices, by any chance?

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Most of them, I think, between $150 and $300 at a tony Nordstroms in a pretentious mall.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

There's a place up in Tucson called La Encantada that's a similar swanky-style mall - it's outdoors, but the walkways all have misters on them (which is actually quite nice and effective). Valet parking, a Tiffany & Co., a Williams & Sonoma, an AJ's Fine Foods, an Apple Store...pretty much your one-stop shop for living beyond your means. (But we still like to go there, if only to poke around the overpriced stores and enjoy the pretty landscaping.)