Tim Meets the Ruana

July 9, 2013 By 3 Comments

I will not lie.  I had no idea what a Ruana was…

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I probably would have guessed a country in Africa or maybe a piece of fruit on some deserted island.

When I first arrived in Nantucket back in March, Emily introduced me to the Ruana.  She told me they were THE  Milly & Grace Bestseller!  I nodded my head, not really knowing what she was referring to.  Then, she showed me one and it changed my life.  Ha!  Ok, not really!  Since you probably won’t be seeing me wearing one of these walking down Main St, but I do appreciate them!   I don’t know… Could I rock a ruana?

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Anyway, if there is anyone else who doesn’t know what a ruana is, let me educate you.  “Ruana” literally means “land of blankets” and it is a poncho style outer garment. It’s like a fashionable snuggie ladies!  At first, when I held it in my hands, I didn’t quite understand it and then Emily put one on and I understood the appeal.  They are extremely classy.  I honestly feel like any girl could throw this on and really class up her outfit!

Have you ever went into your closet and said “UGHHHH I have nothing to wear!”

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ENTER RUANA! You put this on and your outfit goes from 0 to 10 in as long as it takes you to put your head through it!

DSC00128Needless to say, I have been swimming in Ruanas for the last three months.  Ruanas are also very good as catchy puns.  For instance, I jokingly call Emily “The Devil Wears Ruana” and I also tell people “to get their head out of their ruana.”

See, Ruanas are just  SO. MUCH. FUN!

Here at Milly & Grace, we have many different colors and styles of Ruanas.  The online store features the classic Minnie Rose cashmere knife edge in 12 beautiful colors.  Take a look here.

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At the Nantucket location, we have many different styles, such as cashmere knife edge, cashmere ruffle, cashmere fringe, metallic, cotton and sequin in every color of the rainbow.

ruanacollection Fall is just around the corner and you will want a ruana for those fall evenings when you just need a little something to cover up with. So, even though its summer, get them while they’re hot!  So, if you are sick of saying “I have nothing to wear!” Get a Ruana today and I will give you two thumbs up!

See you next Tuesday! :)

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And, in case you are wondering who I am and you missed my first “Tuesdays With Tim” you can read it here.

Special thanks to my Ruana models Zofia Crosby and one of the Milly & Grace Girls herself Caroline Ott. (I said Ruana 18 times in this post.)

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The Milly & Grace Windows

July 8, 2013 By 2 Comments

Yesterday we changed up the window display at Milly & Grace!  Patty, our cute mom and the Creative Director of Milly & Grace, is usually in charge of the windows changes but she was out of town this week so it was up to Caroline & I to come up with something.  After a red, white & blue 4th of July window, we went for a colorful, summer inspired theme.

What do you think Patty?? Did we do ok??

Summer Window 2013

Here was the 4th of July window in case you missed it!

July 4th window 2013

And I might as well share the rest of the windows from 2013 so far…

Memorial Day Window 2013

Below is first window of 2013.  We open every season with a yellow window because our opening day always falls just in time for the Nantucket Daffodil Festival!   To see more about what goes on during Daffodil Weekend, check out Tim’s album on our facebook page!

Daffy Window 2013

We shall see what Patty has up her sleeve for the next window change. Stay tuned!

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A Nantucket Fourth of July

July 6, 2013 By 6 Comments

If you follow me on twitter, you probably already know that I just LOVE spending the Fourth of July on Nantucket. In my opinion, nothing beats a small town’s Fourth of July. The day starts off with everyone ON ISLAND (read about this inside joke here) gathering in town for all of the morning festivities such as, dunk tanks, face paint, pie eating contests, watermelon eating contest, and of course the WATER FIGHT! It’s the town against the firefighters. And this year in particular…the firefighters were not letting anyone leave dry. (I tried to video as much as I could but I was afraid of getting too close cause my camera would have been soaked) Also, you may or may not have heard that I, after two years of placing 2nd in the watermelon eating contest, have finally WON Nantucket’s Annual Watermelon Eating Contest. Allie was so proud of me, she teared up…which I still can’t believe! Anyway, the day continues with either shopping in town or going to the beach. The beaches get pretty packed and crazy so we decided to stay in town. In the evening, we headed over to The Westmoor Club for a Fourth of July Barbeque! And then, usually you end the night with fireworks…but this year the fog rolled in pretty heavy just as the fireworks should have begun. (They don’t call Nantucket the Grey Lady for nothing!) So, they postponed the fireworks to July 5th. And July 5th was a beautiful clear night for watching the firewords and we enjoyed spreading out the celebrations over two days.

I decided to try out the video setting on my camera again and video how we celebrated the Fourth. (So, yes…you’ll get to see me stuff my face with watermelon. I’m in the blue shirt with the fish on it. Also, you’ll see people with their hands up before mine but either they hadn’t swallowed yet or they didn’t eat enough of the red!) Now, without further ado, I present to you A Nantucket Fourth of July…

I am so grateful to live in America and for those who fought for the freedoms that we enjoy each and every day. Happy, happy Fourth of July!

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