Never heard of Lettie Gooch Boutique? Fly girl here to the rescue! Lettie Gooch is an awesomely fab boutique that channels a Greenwich Village and U Street vibe. If your bored with U Street then you haven’t been to Lettie Gooch because their ever-changing stock of hard to find designers as well as local designers keeps fashionistas dressed in the latest threads.

Lettie Gooch is celebrating their 2nd year anniversary with a super exclusive event on Thursday, May 15th from 6pm -10pm.

Fly girls can shop new arrivals from Mixie, Level99, Mynk, Izaak and what’s better than shopping with lightfare, music and libations?

You have to RSVP for this event and the first 50 to RSVP receive complimentary makeup from Cargo Cosmetics.

The event also includes giveaways, door prizes and special promotions and make sure to sign up for a complimentary in-store personal style consultation.

RSVP by calling 202.332.4242 or email shop@lettiegooch.com.

Lettie Gooch, 1911 9th Street NW, between T and U Streets (202-332-4242 or lettiegooch.com)

  House of Hendrix is in the House

The prefect additional to Adam’s Morgan, Capitol Hemp, selling clothing and accessories for women and men made from natural, industrial hemp.  Who knew everything could be made from hemp? Capitol Hemp sells soaps, lotions, paper, non-dairy milk, cooking oil, and shoes all made from hemp. The store carries brands such as, Livity, Two Jupiters, Ecolution, The Hempest, Hemp Hoodlum, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps and the Hemp Sisters. Even, their shelves to display the hemp clothing are made from hemp, Capitol Hemp is the first store in America to use renewable non-toxic hemp fiber board to construct in-store displays.

In addition to buying cute, light weight, summer dresses and super-soft jeans made from hemp, you can head to the back of the store, where you must be 18 and over to enter to see the beautiful display of hand blown glass tobacco pipes and vaporizers.

And no, hemp is not marijuana and it is legal to sell in the US.

 Hours? Closed Mondays. Open Tuesday to -Thursday. 12- noon to 9pm, Friday & Saturday 12- noon - to 10 pm, Sunday open at 1pm and close at 7pm

 To increase awareness of Barack Obama, Howard University graduate, TV/Film writer, Brandon and his sister Spelman graduate and stylist for music artists, Lori came up with the idea to make politics cool and fashionable.

Brandon came up with the ingenious idea while watching Obama’s rally in Austin, TX, and then brainstormed with his sister who designed the Ba-Rack The Vote shirts. After making the shirts, they got one to Hill Harper of CSI NY, who loved the shirt and ordered 250 more to put in gift bags for his party after Oprah Winfrey’s “Barack Obama Fundraiser” in Montecito, CA.

Brandon and Lori believe in Obama, they believe that he’s a leader in a field of politicians and real leaders only come along once in a lifetime, so they invested their money and took a chance. The family duo wanted to create a shirt that people loved and would wear all the time, not just at rallies. The duo states that Obama supporters wear their shirts to clubs just as quickly as they wear them to class.   

The shirts represent a movement that increases, Barack Obama’s awareness everyday, and in the end, it will translate onto votes. Get your shirt, wear it everywhere and vote!

Order your Barack wear here: www.barackawear.com !

 Make-up Art Cosmetics, better known to most as M•A•C, has done it again! First, they teamed up with Heatherette, now M•A•C has possibly made the best lip-gloss for the summer.

I literally gasped when I walked to the M•A•C counter and saw, Dazzleglass. M•A•C has never been for the timid and they proved their theory with a lip-gloss that adds light and shine to bring a dimensional pop to your lips.  Dazzleglass, contains these large particle pearls that reflect and refract light to mimic quartz and opal crystal.  You can either wear it alone, or layer over lipstick; it also features their signature vanilla aroma.

I picked up Spanking Rich and I’m thinking about going back to grab Glamour O.D.

Forget the Cherry Blossoms, try the Tezón Blossom! Making a few of these with your girlfriends, is a better idea than looking at flowers!

Pre-marinate fresh fruit pieces in lime juice and Malibu Passion Fruit Rum

2 parts Tequila Tezón Blanco
.5 part SOHO Lychee Liqueur
1 part Pomegranate Juice
1 part Orange Juice
Spoonful of Sugar

Serve over ice in a rocks glass filled with marinated fruit pieces.