When I travel, I go out of my way to stop into shops and restaurants that I have discovered previously. Even if I’m just passing through, I make a point to visit these beautifully designed and merchandised brick-and-mortar spots in person. So, while on my book tour up the East Coast last spring, I made […]

When I travel, I go out of my way to stop into shops and restaurants that I have discovered previously. Even if I’m just passing through, I make a point to visit these beautifully designed and merchandised brick-and-mortar spots in person. So, while on my book tour up the East Coast last spring, I made sure that Little Leaf and sister store Salt & Sundry were on my agenda as I passed through Washington, D.C.
Owner Amanda McClements first opened Salt & Sundry in 2012 after years spent writing about food and lifestyle. “I had a place in my mind that pulled together all of my favorite things ? from vintage textiles to handmade ceramics and small-batch foods ? and started dreaming about it actually existing. The question became, ?Why not create it"? I opened a second location of Salt & Sundry in 2014 in a little historic 700-square-foot space in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood,” Amanda shares. Her next step was to carve out a space for another love of hers — plants. Amanda doesn’t remember a time when plants weren’t part of her life. She recalls, “I was raised in North Carolina by fre...