I took today off to spend with S who's on March Break. We scheduled massages and mani/pedis at Vika Spa which were just OK. My massage was actually very disappointing as the masseuse I had kinda sucked - it felt like she was just moving the massage oil around (and there was A LOT of it) and asking for more pressure resulted in more of the same.
Our spa appointments were followed up by full afternoon tea at the Windsor Arms - which was again, OK. They tout themselves as a luxury hotel catering to stars and other dignitaries and for that, I would have expected better service overall. The staff weren't rude or anything, it just wasn't as polished as I would have expected.
The tea was super-filling...it came with 3 different finger sandwiches, 4 pieces each, and 4 gigantic scones - literally the size of my fist. They looked dry but were surprisingly tender and dear I say fluffy. If I had the appetite, I would probably have eaten the 2nd but there were still petit fours and berries with whipped cream (which I'd totally forgotten about!) to eat.
As to the pretty petit fours - clockwise from the top we have a lemon meringue, a rich chocolate torte, an almond-y present and a coffee-flavoured cake suped-up with what had to be liquer, it was so strong!
Finally, what's a girls day without shopping? Among others, we hit MO851 to check out their leather jackets. With this visit and the stop at Rudsack recently, I feel I've done sufficient due diligence to determine that Mackage's Ming jacket is the one I want. Now if only it'd just go on sale already!!
Oh, and what's a visit to Yorkville without a stop at Anthropologie? I don't usually look at belts but this sparkly gem, aka the Enchanting Eyes Belt caught my eye so it came home with me:
What burns is that it's $14 more in Canada then it is in the US. CAD is above par right now. Granted it's a more recent event but our dollar has been flirting with parity for quite some time now so why this ridiculous discrepancy? I may just return it to buy it again online, ship it to Buffalo and have my brother go pick it up on one of his cross-the-border jaunts!
Our spa appointments were followed up by full afternoon tea at the Windsor Arms - which was again, OK. They tout themselves as a luxury hotel catering to stars and other dignitaries and for that, I would have expected better service overall. The staff weren't rude or anything, it just wasn't as polished as I would have expected.The tea was super-filling...it came with 3 different finger sandwiches, 4 pieces each, and 4 gigantic scones - literally the size of my fist. They looked dry but were surprisingly tender and dear I say fluffy. If I had the appetite, I would probably have eaten the 2nd but there were still petit fours and berries with whipped cream (which I'd totally forgotten about!) to eat.
As to the pretty petit fours - clockwise from the top we have a lemon meringue, a rich chocolate torte, an almond-y present and a coffee-flavoured cake suped-up with what had to be liquer, it was so strong!
Finally, what's a girls day without shopping? Among others, we hit MO851 to check out their leather jackets. With this visit and the stop at Rudsack recently, I feel I've done sufficient due diligence to determine that Mackage's Ming jacket is the one I want. Now if only it'd just go on sale already!!
Oh, and what's a visit to Yorkville without a stop at Anthropologie? I don't usually look at belts but this sparkly gem, aka the Enchanting Eyes Belt caught my eye so it came home with me:
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