terrain

if you like gardening or anthropologie, you would love terrain. it is another creative brainchild of the people at anthro and urban outfitters. i am blessed to live close to one of the only two terrain stores in the country.

essentially it is a glorified upscale gardening center and shop with a lot of beautiful items that mimic antiques. nothing for sale there is really in my budget, but it is amazingly inspiring and great for ideas.

mostly i just wanted to eat at the styer's garden cafe at the same location. you eat in a cozy greenhouse with lots of plants and twinkly lights and candles. a jazz band played the night my friends and i went so the whole experience was divine.

the food definitely made my ongoing mental list of all the best meals/foods i've ever eaten. i want to go back for the fresh bread and magical butter alone. i don't know what was in that butter, but if you like the cinnamon butter at texas roadhouse you would love this. see the bread in the picture above? it comes out in a terra cotta pot. and you drink out of mason jars. so yeah, everything about the place is really hipster, especially the people who work there.

{photo credit: jeannette's phone ... all others my cam}

the other best part of the night was convincing my friend to leave her number on her receipt for the (hipster) waiter. she normally hates hipsters but there was delicious wine involved so maybe her true colors were shining through? ;-) being a girl is fun.

terrain is a great girls night place, because the portions are small. small as in, a fine amount for me, but lance would need a few entrees to fill up. i had scallops piled with other fresh deliciousness (like purple cauliflower, who knew?!) cooked to perfection.

we stopped at anthropologie afterward, love that place. and here is one last picture, just because i love happy, laughing pictures.