Mr. Mickey and I enjoy leaving the city on Friday morning and driving away for a weekend retreat.
When we started dating almost ten years ago, getting away for weekend trips to the mountains or a larger city or even the beach was one of the things we heartily agreed was important to each of us.
We thoroughly enjoy exploring cities, trying new restaurants, searching for the best gourmet chocolate, admiring small southern towns' architecture, and driving down winding country roads just to see where they lead.
This past Friday, we stopped in Brevard, North Carolina, on our way to our weekend getaway. We walked around the small downtown area and read the menus posted in a few restaurants' windows before wandering down an alley to the Square Root. It was a delightful out of the way place that we enjoyed very much. I had a black bean burger with sweet potato chips, which were quite good. Mr. Mickey enjoyed a salad with plank grilled salmon. Across the alley was Downtown Chocolates, so we were careful to save some room for chocolates afterward.
The town of Brevard is straight south from us and at a lower elevation, so their weather has remained quite a bit warmer than ours.
Since this was a restful weekend retreat with nothing special planned, I brought just a few pieces of clothing that I mixed and matched for easy packing and dressing.
I wore this elegant grey cashmere open cardigan from J.Jill a couple of times over the weekend. Shown above with Chico's jeans, a grey tank from Saks Off 5th, and flat Halogen shoes from Nordstrom.
On the cool, rainy Saturday night out to dinner at the fabulous Orchard Restaurant in Cashiers, North Carolina, I layered the cardigan over another thin grey sweater from Chico's and a cascading vest from Covered Perfectly worn as a scarf. The boots are from Saks Off 5th.
These fabulous black jeans are by French Dressing. They fit very well without being uncomfortable, and they maintain that fit all day. The color stays jet black when you wash them.
I will be sharing more looks from my minimal weekend wardrobe tomorrow.
