East Hill Boutique

Once upon a time during hectic lunchtime traffic, I parked far down McBee Street on my way to Tropical Grille. On the way, I passed a little shop called East Hill Boutique. On my “end of year staycation” I made it a point to visit them.

With their “This must be The Place” sign out front, shoppers are sure to know they’ve arrived. Considering the day was particularly warm for December and I had dressed for sweater weather, I was practically sweating and in need of air conditioning, stat. Upon entering, a young woman beaming of stylist warmly greeted me and I fell in love with East Hill immediately.

While some boutiques can fall culprit to smushing all their clothing into a couple rows for lack of space, I found East Hill comfortably shoppable. Pieces were spread out in a mindful way and easy to lift off the racks. This type of ease makes for an organic shopping experience over digging through overstuffed racks. I went straight for the corner of quippy t-shirts with sayings like “brunch” and “babes support babes” on the front. I grabbed a “good vibes” shirt and prayed it fit just so I could get out of my sheep sweater. I tried on several sweaters with stars on them, but the stars didn’t align to a perfect fit. (See what I did there? Yes, I’m proud of that.) In hindsight there was a bit of overkill of star sweaters in one place, but stars are so trendy right now I can’t blame them. I tried on a couple jumpsuits that didn’t work either, but the “good vibes” shirt fit great and fit the bill for what I needed. I practically marched out of the fitting room and said “I would like to buy this and I don’t want to take it off.” The stylist (who turns out co-owns the place with her mom) agreed, rang me up and cut the tag for me.

I took another look around and was gravitating toward their gift-y items like this “hustle” mug and “feminine agenda” journals but since I didn’t have a particular use for these in mind I moseyed over to the jewelry table. Earrings are my weakness, and I chose a pair of wooden spiral-y things that somewhat matched the monochrome of the shirt. These were my second purchase, and I switched them for the earrings I was already wearing. With these earrings, my lobes really channeled my inner Lady Liberty.

Technically, the shirt and earrings didn’t match the gray leggings and navy Nikes I was wearing that day, but weather called for it and I was much more comfortable. I plan to wear these earrings with something more dressy in the future, but I kind of like the whimsy of them with the shirt. You can never go wrong with good vibes, so say hello to my every-Saturday-for-the-rest-of-my-life t-shirt.

East Hill Good Vibes t-shirt - $30.00

East Hill earrings - $22.00

Pants and boots are my own

Liked: Trendy items, girly and girl power inspiration

Just okay: A lot of star sweaters, but again, I get it

Would pass: N/A

Would I go again? Yes, especially when summer comes around