tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407747321063104022024-03-13T08:24:42.748-07:00Nautical NomadAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-59778189608924085132016-01-21T15:09:00.002-08:002016-01-21T15:09:20.503-08:00A Very Bither Christmas And A Northampton New Years Eve!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Why hello! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Years with your families and friends. Ours was great and it was our first Christmas getting to decorate the Bither Bungalow. One of the first weekends in December we headed out to Cowards Farm in Southwick MA with our tenants/friends who live downstairs to pick out our Christmas Trees. I was SO excited to be getting a live tree because for the past 20 years my family has used a fake tree. Nothing beats picking out a tree and the smell of fresh pine that fills your home over the Christmas season. After walking around and debating for a good half hour over the thousands of trees on the farm, we each picked trees that were right next to each other! Sister trees! Nick and I and Chris and Kayla chopped them down and the boys lugged them over their shoulders back to the farm. I love these pictures I snapped of Nick on my phone carrying our first tree. So sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Couldn't leave the farm without a group selfie! We had a great day with the housemates and it was a lot of fun to get in the Christmas spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We ended up choosing a balsam fir. It had nice soft branches and the best scent! We got it home safely thanks to Chris's SUV, and was able to set it up pretty easily in a corner of our living room. I found the tree skirt and basket that covers the stand at Christmas Tree shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved how this basket covers the ugly tree stand! Where has this been all my life!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We strung some lights from Home Depot, and topped it with a pretty glowing star from Joann Fabrics. Since we are just starting out, we had to buy a lot of Christmas decor this year, but hopefully going forward we can just add to the collection little by little each year and not have to buy as much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up came the ornament decorating! Nick and I actually came to the table with quite the collection of ornaments. My Mom had been buying ornaments for my brother and I every year for the last 15 years. She always gets us a hand painted 'Li Bien' ornament from Pier One every year, so I had a bunch of those and a few bags of others I had been given throughout the years. Nick had the same, with lots of handmade ones from his Mom and Hallmark collectibles that he has had since he was a kid. I wasn't sure we were going to be able to fill the tree, but we definitely did! It looked really cute and it was nice that all of the ornaments are really personal to us and hold memories of our childhoods and families. Nick also had a collectible train that fit perfectly around the base of the tree. Unfortunately it isn't working but still adds to the aesthetic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Check out our sweet "fireplace"… a $20 Craigslist find. It is still for sale online right now for $120, so we got a total steal and it keeps our living room toasty without having to turn the that up too much. There is nothing better than the glow of a Christmas tree, its so magical and just makes you feel so good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicks sister Kat and Kayla from downstairs ended up coming over one night to bake Christmas cookies. We made Italian anise cookies, peanut butter blossoms, and "Christmas crack". They came out great and I only ate about a dozen of them in the process...lol. The holiday season is all about indulgence, thats for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this view- so cozy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's Mom has an old advent calendar that I have been obsessed with since the first time I saw it a few years ago. It is a fabric Avon countdown calendar with the cutest little mouse that you move from day-to-day. I have no idea why, but I literally am in LOVE with it. Nick loves to mess with me and tell me that he isn't going to let me move the mouse, and I freak out every time. He ended up going over to his Mom's before me a few times, and sent me these evil snap chat pictures and videos of himself moving the mouse! What a little brat!! I did end up getting to move it a few times though, so I was happy in the end. I tried to see if I could buy one online or on eBay, and they are a surprisingly hot commodity! Some were selling upwards of $200! Maybe someday I will have my very own mouse advent… but until then I will just admire Nick's Moms and try to get to it first!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I decided to have a small holiday gathering with some of our family and friends. We planned it for the day before Christmas Eve, so we called it the Christmas Eve-Eve party! We got busy decorating the house and getting it festive and ready for people to come over. I did a new "chalkboard chronicles" on the chalk wall in our kitchen, and it came out pretty cute! A play on a favorite lyric from Dave Matthews Band. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everything was decorated and it came out nice and festive! We got most of the decor from Christmas Tree Shop, Joann Fabrics, and Home Goods. They had tons of stuff and the prices were really good too, almost everything was on sale or clearance as it was almost Christmas. Enjoy the photos of our holiday house tour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A sweet housewarming gift from my Aunt! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick did a great job on these cranberry bowls! We floated tea lights in them and they were super cute. Thanks to Evan and Brenna for the glass bowls, they are from their wedding centerpieces!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We loved getting and hanging up christmas cards on the archway between the living and dining room! We weren't expecting to get any, and we got almost a dozen by Christmas! Not bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is my prized possession! Our DIY gold bar cart! We made it ourselves for about $50, following instructions from a tutorial we found on a website called Brit+Co. I LOVE it and can't wait to keep decorating it and changing it throughout the year for different seasons and parties. The cart was literally still wet with paint at the party- we finished assembling it in the nick of time thanks to Nicks Step Dad! It looks great and really pops against the navy blue walls in the dining room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Can't wait until it's fully stocked!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The map in the corner is another DIY. It is a framed map on cork board and has pins in it from all the places we have traveled together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of our sweet nautical ornaments!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our radiator covers actually make great places to put decor and were the perfect place to hang our stockings since we don't have a real fireplace or mantle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our stockings for some reason came with a little mini stocking attached to it. We decided that it was the perfect nip stocking and that we would each surprise each other with a nip on Christmas morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Even the sun porch got a little Christmas love. This mini tree was $3 at Ocean State Job Lot! Can't beat that! I added a small strand of lights and some silver ornaments and it was perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also lined all of the porch and house windows with candle lights, for a nice glow from the outside at night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Outside, we added a wreath that I made and wrapped the staircase railings in garland which I failed to photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kayla has some uber festive (and crazy comfortable) LuLaRoe leggings on too, her and Nick were twins!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I didn't take many photos during the party, we just enjoyed the time with our family and friends! We ate and drank and listened to Christmas tunes. It was really nice to have everyone over! My family came up from CT too, which was nice. I like when our families get to be together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had a little station set up for my "Naughty Hot Chocolate" recipe. Milke chocolate lindt truffles, warmed milk, and peppermint vodka! Mix it all together and it is a Christmas miracle in your mouth! Try it, you won't regret it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's cousin Chelsea made this AMAZING baked brie! I think it lasted about ten minutes before it was gone… I am glad someone got a photo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kayla made these super cute snowman oreo balls. You literally cannot eat just one, they are so addicting and delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here we are Christmas morning at Nicks mom's house. I was donning my new LuLaRoe leggings! Thanks Auntie Susan. We had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas day with our families. We got a lots of really nice gifts that we can't wait to use! We even got an outdoor movie projector, so get ready for some outdoor movie parties this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For New Years Eve, we had planned a night out in Northampton for "First Night". We got a group of 16 of our friends together and made reservations at Osaka for Hibachi at 8:30pm. After dinner, we planned to go bar hopping and then watch their mini ball drop in the town center at midnight. We had a bottle of Veuve ready and waiting, and planned to pop it at midnight!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got up to Northampton a little early, so we made a pre-game stop at the famous 'Tunnel Bar'. It's a really cool bar in the tunnel of an old a train station. They make great drinks and excellent martinis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hibachi was so much fun and they did a really good job getting us in and fed and out in a reasonable amount of time considering we were a group of 16! Everyone enjoyed it and all of our meals and food were delish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is one of Nicks best friends from work, Eric, and his girlfriend Alicia! They are great fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, we headed over to the brewery in Northamton. They had a DJ set up and a big bar area. It wasn't too crowded yet and it was a great place to accommodate our large group. We all got drinks and started dancing the night away! It was a lot of fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just before midnight, we headed out into the cold to the town center to watch the ball drop over Hotel Northampton. It's like a mini Times Square!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We busted out the champagne and got it ready to pop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5….4…3….2….1! HAPPY NEW YEAR! So happy to ring it in with a smooch from this hunk!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had to document all of the couples. First photo of the new year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Evan and Brenna!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike and Linds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stephanie and Stephan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And here is the infamous ball! It actually rises instead of drops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cheers to the New Year! The bottle was popped and we all took a swig for good luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a SUPER fun night with a great group of friends! I had not had that much fun going out in a while!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Okay…. so maybe we had a little too much fun…. or, too much champagne. This was us the next day, not loving life! But, I would do it all over again. It was a great night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And to end off this holiday season, a picture of my home of 28 years….my entire life. The first home my Mom bought after getting married thirty years ago. I got home one night and just felt the urge to take this picture as it may just be the last Christmas we have here. I am gone now, and my Mom and step-dad are planning to move down to shore (a long awaited dream) within the calendar year. I can't even begin to count the memories we have made and stored in these walls. We have never known any place else, and no matter where we end up, this will always be home. </span><br />
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<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-58538817281780038382016-01-09T16:27:00.002-08:002016-01-09T16:27:26.401-08:00Crawfish Boil: Nick's Graduation<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.24; margin-bottom: 13px;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wish I was back on the Bayou.<br />Rollin' with some Cajun Queen.<br />Wishin' I were a fast freight train,<br />Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">//Creedence Clearwater Revival</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Blogging is my game and slacking is my name! Wow, hello 2016! The blog has been extremely neglected the last few month of 2015, and a very busy season is to blame. We have had so much going on since the summer that finding time to blog just got harder and harder! I still have so many photos I want to share form 2015, so I am going to try by best to start getting posts up over the next few months. Between new jobs and schedules, total home renovations, trips, and starting a new business, blogging has taken a serious back seat! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Back in August of 2015, Nick completed an intense 9 week training at the Massachusetts Fire Academy. It was Monday through Friday and he stayed overnight during those days at a nearby fire house since the academy was too far of a drive from his house. This was the last piece of the "puzzle" he needed in order to officially be a paramedic firefighter for NPD. All firefighters are required to go through the academy shortly after they are hired. Nick started in June and finished in August, coincidentally the three HOTTEST months of the year to be training outdoors in full fire gear! I can't imagine what he had to go through and how hot it must have been for the recruits. It was a LONG nine week, and I know he couldn't wait to graduate and be finished. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I decided that I wanted to throw him a big graduation party in our backyard to celebrate his accomplishments and for making it through the academy. His Mom and I drove out to the Fire Academy on August 28th to witness his graduation ceremony. It was a perfect day and we were both so proud of him and happy for him. I made sure the chalkboard wall at our house was decorated for the occasion as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the class photo for MA Firefighting Academy class #232! Way to go guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were speeches from several key people from the academy, and the guest speaker just so happened to be the new Chief and Nick's department. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One by one they were called on stage to receive their official diplomas! Families and friends were invited to get up and take pictures. I tried not to embarrass him too much, and was able to snap a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had a class speaker as well who gave a speech to all of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each graduating class gets a plaque for the academy as a gift. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After they all walked across the stage, the closing remarks were made it it was official, they were done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Afterwards, we got to walk around the grounds and check it all out, as well as take some photos and meet the people Nick trained with over the last 9 weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of the buildings where they did live burn trainings during the program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was such a beautiful summer day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The very next day after is graduation was party day! But the planning had started long before. We had decided, for unknown reasons, to throw a crawfish boil for the very first time! A month or so beforehand, I made up some invitations to send out to family and friends. I got brown kraft paper envelopes and a small crawfish claw rubber stamp. I added the stamp to the back of each envelope to make it look like a crawfish as trying to escape. they came out pretty cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I used Vistaprint to design the invites, and it was pretty easy! They came out really cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Front side:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had been scouring the internets for lots of crawfish boil decor and party necessities. MY phone was loaded with screenshots of things I needed to order and ideas for how to decorate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sweet little sign for the front yard! I got a lot of the stuff form a company called Mardi Gras outlet out of Louisiana. They had so much crawfish themed stuff and decent prices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chris, our tenant and friend who lives on our first floor prepared to make about 50 of his famous and super delicious jalapeño poppers. They are SO good and so addicting. I could eat a dozen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The morning of the party I was really excited and so glad the weather turned out to be perfect. It was a little hot, but I would definitely take that over rain or storms. Nicks Mom and Stepdad came over early to help me set everything up. I could not have done it without their help! We worked and worked and finally got everything ready just as guests were about to start arriving. It all looked great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These red bins I placed on the long table for people to discard the shells in. Plenty of paper towel was on hand too as the crawfish can get pretty messy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The crawfish had arrived via an overnight Fedex package from Louisiana the day before. They were in a cooler on ice in our garage and I was so nervous they were going to die- but they were fine! Having never done a crawfish boil before, I really had no idea what to expect. I order 50lbs to be safe since I didn't know how many each person typically eats and how many guests were actually going to try them. I figured I would err on the side of too many rather than too little. And boy was I wrong, we had SO many crawfish… literally hundreds upon hundreds. I hoped people had brought their appetites!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Louisiana Crawfish Co did a greta job and I would really recommend them! The crawfish were all good sized and alive and well. They were also able to fulfill my order in the off season, as Crawfish peak is in the spring and this was late summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We borrowed a couple steam pots from family and friends and got them ready to go for the boil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This came out just as I had envisioned! I wanted a long row of tables all the way down the driveway for everyone to be able to sit at together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It came out so nice! The crawfish kraft paper table runner was super cute, and one of my favorite things I had bought!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Too cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The garage we set up as the food and beverage station. I hung the crawfish string lights and put up some folding tables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some close ups of the crawfish! Some got out of their net and they were pretty feisty. When they re tight in the net and cold they go into a sleeping state, but these ones were wide awake and ready to try and escape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They look like little mini lobsters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ummm yeah, we had a LOT of crawfish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Classic red solo cups for beer, and some cute clear cups with crawfish on them for wine and sangria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was so glad I found these lights, they were the perfect touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As people started arriving, the congratulatory cards and gifts started piling up for Nick. Everyone was so proud of him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The backyard was in pristine condition after weeks of pruning and weeding. The yard literally looked like JUMANJI at the beginning of last year. this is night and day compared to what it was! It took so many long hours of work and back aches but towards the end of the summer we were so happy with how the backyard looked and we spent so much time out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our deck was newly scraped and painted and it looked awesome! I also re-rocked the area under the grill, and bought some plants. We love our string light bulbs over the deck, they are our favorite touch in the back yard and look so cool and glowy at night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This picture makes me SO happy because I know how hard we worked to get it to look like this. It does pay off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick got a nice new wind chime from his mom that sounds like the ocean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I found these navy pots at Ocean State and them planted the reddish/orange flowers in them. It was a really nice contrast! The ones on the right I got pre-planted at Home Depot, and I really liked how some of the greenery hung down over the sides of the deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love paper lanterns! I think i hung about a dozen of them for the party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Moms helped me get all of the appetizers and snack food out for people to munch on while the crawfish were being cooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this photo of Nick and I with his cousin Christina. She is the sweetest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Crawfish boiling time! I read and re-read the instructions about 100 times, so I was pretty sure I knew what to do besides having never have done anything like this before. Those who know me know a grilled cheese is pretty much as far as I go when it comes to cooking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The front yard was looking cute and festive too! Thanks to Chris for taking my camera while I was busy cooking to get some of these shots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's sister Kat helped out big time that day too! Thanks Kat :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Getting the pot seasoned and ready!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our hilarious neighbor Miguel! We gave him an 8x10 of this photo for Christmas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before cooking them, while not have fun with them? Nothing like a good ole crawfish race tog et the party started…. it was too funny! Everyone actually got really into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The WINNNEERRRR!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love these photos of everyone gathered around checking out the crawfish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our neighbors grandson was so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Me and my sweet firefighter grad! I was so happy for him and proud of what he accomplished. The party was the least I could do to show him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After awhile, the pots were boiling and it was time to dump the poor crawdads in to their fate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick did the honors….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hope it was quick….:-(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We called every to sit as they were just about ready to serve!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The finished product!!! Yummoooo!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved how we could just dump big piles of them onto the table for everyone to dig in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The is exactly what I had envisioned and hoped for! Thanks to everyone who helped me cook! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love these pictures of everyone at the table eating and laughing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love these so much!!! So great to have Nick surrounded by his family and friends for such a special occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Digging in! They were super tasty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our Grillmaster Chris! Ready to fire up some more food for the non-seafood loving folk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our neighbor Miguel brought over some mussels too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and Kate! Nick trained Nick on the ambulance while he was doing his paramedic ride time, and they became fast friends. Turns out, his wife knows my brothers girlfriend and went to school with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Linds!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My mom and aunt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nothing but trouble, these three….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some more cousins… Vinny and Anthony!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our tenants and BFF's who live downstairs- Chris and Kayla! These guys are the best! they re engaged and will be getting married next year. They help us out so much and we don't know what we would do without them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More cousins! Hsinpei and Misty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our friends Jaime and Noah! Nick does Crossfit with them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our other good friends Evan and Brenna- also newlyweds!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The crawfish boil went great and I think everyone enjoyed it! I came upstairs afterwards to Nicks Mom and Art snaking the kitchen sink. Turns out you CAN'T pour a pot load of rice down the drain! LOL! Crisis averted!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sun set and the real "partying" began! We had the music jamming, games being played, drinks being served. It was a lot of fun! Probably TOO much fun! Hence the lack of photos as the night wore on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our neighbors set up dominos outside the garage. they play almost every night in the summer time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">See what I mean about the string bulb lights?! I love how they glow at night. It really makes the backyard looks so cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love how everyone really let loose and had fun! There were so many funny moments and laughs throughout the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wake up Nick!! The party is still going!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We love our DIY washer drum fire pit. It works so well and we used it so many times over the summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another fan favorite it a game called "Chandelier". In particular, it's Nick's favorite party drinking game, so I promised I would get people to play. Once they started playing, they wouldn't stop! I think we played like 20 rounds at least! It's so fun and we play it survivor style, if you lose- you're out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">MORE FOOD!!! Because who DOESN'T need bacon wrapped everything at 1am!? Thank you Chris for keeping our bellies full all night lot and helping us soak up some of the booze...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We don't event remember taking the one on the right….! This was after shots of horchata in Chris and Kayla's kitchen Oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thirty games later, Nick was still on the table dominating at chandelier!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Face-off, Nick vs Lindsay in the final round! No clue who won though….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And this is the last photo of the night my friends…. after this, I had to put my dear Nicholas to bed and attempt to clean up a bit before calling it a night. It was definitely an all day event and after getting up early to set up and cook, I was exhausted! But I went to sleep with a giant smile on my face because I knew Nick had an amazing night. Thank you to everyone who came and made his graduation extra special! We both really appreciated it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next day was very very slow moving…. and not feeling too hot. We did some clean up and then just hung on the couch trying to piece together and laugh about the night before. Nick had surprised me earlier in the summer with tickets to an outdoor concert at Look park with some of our favorite singers, JD McPherson and Lake Street Dive. It was a really nice night and we just spread out a blanket, laid down and listened to our favorite songs. It was a great way to end such a fun weekend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hungover but happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I found JD McPherson early on when we started dating, and we love his music and sound. He is not super well known, but he is super awesome and we suggest you take a listen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lake Street Dive is another underground favorite of ours- listen and tell me her voice isn't AMAZING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A perfect end to a perfect weekend. As I write this I am still smiling from all the love and fun we had that weekend. One of the best weekends of the summer, for sure. Congrats to my boy, we all wish you a long and happy career in the FD! To the moon….<3</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-38722773903538322222015-10-22T09:27:00.001-07:002015-10-22T09:27:14.921-07:00Bachelorette Beauties: Jen's Last Sail Before The Veil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The second weekend in September, we celebrated my cousin Jen's bachelorette party down at the shore with all of her bridesmaids. It was such a fun weekend and we all had a great couple of days showing Jen a good time for one of her last weekends as a single lady! Since it was going to take place at her PB house, we definitely had to have a nautical theme going on. We tied that in with her wedding colors and made the invite to send to the girls. Her sister Lindsey had set up a group message on Facebook and planned a perfect weekend for Jen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just had to make one of my not-so famous itineraries! If I had my way and money was no object, I would be a professional itinerary maker/planner! I love it. The plan was to do a Southern CT winery tour on Saturday, with dinner and dancing to follow that night. Then, if the weather cooperated, we had planned to go out on her parent's boat to Long Island on Sunday. We were all really excited for the weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My brothers Girlfriend Lindsay has also grown close to Jen over the years, so we asked if she would be our chauffeur for the winery tour! We figured it would be fun to have someone we know driving us around, and it was also way less $$ than having a limo or party bus for the day. My Mom's car fits 8 comfortably, so it was perfect! Once Linds was signed on, I jokingly said that I wanted to get her a chauffeur hat like Lloyd from one of our favorite movies, <i>Dumb and Dumber</i>. When I saw they were only a few bucks on amazon, I had to get one for her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was also really excited for JALD to all be together. We had not hung out with the four of us in SO long, so I was really excited for our reunion and to relive our college days for the weekend. Jen and I are very lucky that we share the same best friends! Lea and Deanna are two of my best friends, and they are both also bridesmaids in Jen's wedding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We found this photo of Jen and knew we had to share it for the bachelorette! What a little fox! We used to love getting all dressed up and put on makeup as little girls. Not much has changed I guess!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A couple days before the weekend, the hat finally came! It was perfect and I could not stop laughing! Linds was actually so excited to wear it to and though it was hilarious, so that made it even better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Let's put another shrimp on the barbie'!" I arrived down to the shore after work on Saturday, and was ready for weekend's festivities to commence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Her sister Lindsey was a great host, and even got all of us bridesmaid a gift bag filled with a tank top, a shot glass, mini crowns, a nip of vodka, mints and more! Thanks Linds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pin the lips on the hunk! Yes please! And we had to have a sash or two for Jen to don for the weekend. Everyone we encountered needed to know that it was her special day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bride-to-be wanted curled hair, so curl it we did! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Linds had made a really awesome scavenger hunt that we all had to complete together between the hours of 12 noon and midnight. Some of the things on the list were going to be a huge challenge, but we were up for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our dear friend and neighbor Twink is in a big battle right now against Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. We love her like a Mom and had these bracelets made in support of her and her fight! She is kicking ass right now and is going to beat this thing no matter what it takes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The girls arrived around 10-11 and we had some breakfast and snacks before heading out for the big day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our sweet bride to be was all dolled up and ready to go in her white dress and sash! We love you Jennay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Mom's SUV got a bit of a makeover with some window markers and stickers. And yes, I am WELL aware that I spelled Bachelorette wrong. Fail!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At 11:30 we loaded up and headed out! Not without taking a few group shots first, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We all looked so colorful and almost coordinated, even though we didn't really talk about our outfits at all prior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So much to do on the scavenger hunt, we talked out some game plans and picked out who we thought could do each task. Any items that we did not complete meant shots for Jen later on! Jen put the pressure on us to get them all completed because she HATES taking shots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We arrived right on time for our appointment at the first winery of the day, Saltwater Farms. It is a beautiful vineyard in an old airplane hangar, right by the ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cheers to the bride!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not a and looking group if I do say so myself! Jen chose some wonderful ladies to stand by her side on her big day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Linds packed lots of cheese, crackers, and grapes for us to snack on during the day. All that wine makes you hungry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a GORGEOUS day, definitely a 10 for sure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the tasting, we made our way outside to get some fresh air and enjoy the beautiful winery and scenery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oh, and to take a million photo shoot pictures on the picturesque grounds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ripe and on the vine! Ready to be made into some delicious wine. The CT winery scene has totally blown up within the last five years. I think there are about 40 wineries in the state now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">JALD! Love my besties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'd be lying if I said I didn't pick one and eat it! Hopefully they don't use pesticides….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All the gals! We were so happy to be there with Jen celebrating her last hoorah as a single lady.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Goodbye Saltwater Farms! Stop #1 was a success, on to the next!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up was Stonington Vineyards, another vineyard down by the shore just a few minutes away from the previous one we visited. One of our favorite CT wines is made by this vineyard, Stonington White, so we were really excited to get to drink it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They put our large group in the information room off to the side, but it ended up being the perfect space for us to take over as our own!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen completed one of the scavenger hunt items- get a photo with another bride! We actually saw quite a few brides that day, further proving that wineries are becoming a big thing in CT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were already feeling the effects from our first stop, so by now after the second tasting we were all feeling a bit silly and could not stop laughing. We were listening to some jams and telling stores and reminiscing on Jen's single days. We were having so much fun and enjoying each others company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So pretty Jen! You are going to make a beautiful bride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Stonington Vineyards, we packed back into the car and headed on over to the last stop of the day, Jonathan Edwards Winery, which also happens to be in Stonington. We were really feeling the vino and this place was packed! We were lucky to snag a tasting table just as a group was leaving, so we all crowded around for the tasting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got to try like 7 or 8 wines here, which was nice! The first winery we got to try 4, and the second one we got to try 6.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our driver and our non-wine drinking friend Deanna had saved us a table outside as well, how kind!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen wasn't feeling her crown as it was too small and hurting her head. But what are little sisters for than to force you to keep it on despite the pain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hahahah, on Linds. Jen's face says it all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another thing checked off the list! Jen had to take a photo with another guy named Doug, her fiancés name. We randomly went up to this guy and jokingly said "Hey Doug!", and he was so shocked and was like "How do you know my name!?" It was too funny and SUCH a confidence as we were totally just joking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another one of the things we had to do for the scavenger hunt was to take a photo with a man in uniform. My boyfriend Nick was working a shift as a firefighter that day, so Jen kept trying to FaceTime him to get a photo with him. He was apparently on a call so he couldn't answer, but Jen's face goes to show she wasn't having it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They were setting up for a wedding that would be taking place that evening in a tent on the grounds- so pretty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We looked down off the deck and saw a limo driver in a suit waiting for another group. We figured he would be the perfect person to use to knock some of the other items off of Jens scavenger hunt list. We actually knocked off three items at once! Jen had to wear a toilet paper veil, she had to have someone walk her down a fake "aisle", and she also had to propose to someone. So we took advantage of the opportunity and did all three at once. We took some T.P. from the bathroom to fashion her veil, and then had the limo driver walk her down the driveway 'aisle'. At the end of the aisle, Jen proposed to him! It was too funny and I am glad the girls got in on camera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He was such a good sport and a really big help for getting some things checked off our list!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Edwards was a great last stop and we had a ton of fun! Would really recommend doing a winery tour for any type of celebration you may be having!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The car ride home was CRAZY to say the least! And we managed to still complete the "man-in-uniform" task as Caitlin's husband is a police officer and was finally able to faceTime with us to get a photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once back at the house, we had about two hours to relax and regroup before heading out to dinner and dancing. We all kind of wanted to nap, but knew if we did that it would be such a struggle to get up and get motivated again, so we decided to just rally and keep it going! Jen checked another task off the list by kissing a bald mans head. The neighbor and a great family friend/Husband of Twinkle just so happens to be hairless! Thanks Dan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love Linds' bright blue-green eyes! So pretty, despite the silly face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen's Mom was able to get some awesome group photos of all of us on the porch before heading out. Love this picture!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We loaded up the cars once again and headed off to one of Jen's favorite local restaurants, Filomena's. The restaurant manager was AWESOME! Like, the best service we have ever been given! He led us to our own private room and put on Pandora blasting for us. He told us we could do WHATEVER we want, and then as he walked out he popped back in and yelled, "Scratch that, you can do whatever the F*** you want!!!!". We knew at that moment that it was going to be a great time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were rocking out to some top 40 and trying to check some other things off the scavenger hunt list. Lindsay is one of the single girls of the group so she volunteered to get a guy to give her a piggy back ride. Our poor bus boy got more than he bargained for with our group, but he was a trooper!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Strategizing for how we were going to complete the rest of the items.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen's Mom, my Mom, and our neighbor Twinkle (the warrior who is battling cancer!) were able to join us for dinner as well, and I know it was really special to Jen to have those ladies there with her. Jen is named after my Mom Jennifer, and Twink is like a second Mom to her as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How awesome does Twink look! We were SO glad she could be there with us! She is kicking cancers ass!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another item down! Jen found a penny from her birth year, in her own purse- go figure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we all finished up dinner, we were all getting our money together to pay when the waitress comes into the room as says, "Oh, you're all set, a man at the bar just paid for your entire tab." SAY WHAT!? We all rushed out to the bar to see who it was and Lo and behold, it was Captain Dan! Twink's husband and Jen's neighbor (the one whose bald head she kissed)! We could not believe he had done that and were SO thankful for the awesome gift and gesture! It was easily a 4-figure bill and we can't thank him enough. Dan loves his women, so what better way to thank him that with a big hug and photo with all of his favorite ladies! He was in heaven!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After several attempt to shape it into something resembling an animal, we decided that we had tried hard enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen completed another task by getting someone to serenade her and quote the movie 'Bridesmaids', and got another person to buy her a shot! We were checking things off left and right and only had about a dozen to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lea took one for the team also, by taking a sip of a strangers drink without asking. There was an older man sitting at the end of the abr by himself, so as he was coming back from the bathroom Lea went right over and sipped from his beer. He saw her and was pretty bewildered at first, but after explaining he was so into it and ended up buying all of us a round of drinks! We were really getting spoiled that night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for dinner Captain Dan! We love you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner we headed back home in the pouring rain, since we had a shuttle coming to pick us up at 10:30 for the bar. The restaurant gave us plastic bags to wear over our heads, and silly Lea decided to keep hers on as a fashion statement. This girl cracks me up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pretty sure were weren't supposed to take our beers from the bar, but when in rome!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At 10:30 our shuttle, the "Flip Flop Express", showed up to bring us to our favorite neighborhood bar from growing up called Sunset Ribs. How awesome is it that they have this service?! This shuttle bus will come and pick up anyone for free within a 5 mile radius! They also bring you home at the end of the night too! So clutch that we could all relax and have a safe ride both there and back. However, we were really into party mode by this point so I feel bad for that poor shuttle driver. He got the ride of his life with our singing and dancing and antics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There weren't many people at the bar that night but it was just how we like it! We had the whole dance floor to ourselves to go crazy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lea helped us complete another task by buying a round of shots and leading us all in prayer at the bar. It was hysterical! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lindsay did a cartwheel after 10pm on the dance floor, another item on the list!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got someone to give Jen a PG rated lap dance! And then he moved onto Lindsay- I think he had a little crush on her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He was literally a TERRIBLE DJ. SO I think Lea was actually helping him rather than hurting him. He had NO idea how to read the crowd and wouldn't play ANY of our requests, even though we were the only people dancing to his crappy music and choppy transitions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Within the nick of time, we had completed all of the items on our scavenger hunt and Jen was officially free from having to take some dreaded shots! We may or may not have also tried to take home the cardboard cutout man, and got him all the way to the shuttle before being caught by the bouncer police. Ugh!!! The shuttle driver told us that someone had offered the bouncer $100 to take it the night before and he turned them down! You could buy 4 of them for that price! What a fool. Regardless of that, it was a great fun night of drinks and dancing with the girls, something we don't get to do that often anymore being the big bad adults that we are. We could all see that Jen had a great time, and that was the most important thing to us! We woke up the next morning and unfortunately the weather was less than stellar, so the boat ride was cancelled. We decided to still make the best of the day though, and headed over to Dogwatch restaurant and marina in Stonington for some lunch and mimosas. They also have corn hole sets out of their dock, so we played a few rounds of that as well. We were supposed to wear these 'Brides Mate' tank tops on the boat so we decided to still wear them to the restaurant instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After lunch we stopped at CVS on the way home to make an 8x10 print of the photo of Dan with the girls. We got a frame for it and a thank your card and delivered it to him when we got back as a small 'thank you' gift for paying for our dinner the night before. He loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was such a fun weekend with the girls, and Jen had an amazing time! It's always funny to me how much bachelorette parties differ from bachelor parties…. You can't even compare the two! Jen is so excited to get married to Doug, and this was a really fun way to celebrate one of her last weekends as a single lady with all of her best girlfriends. We all can't wait to stand by you on your big day! We love you Jen!</span></div>
<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-822311049481022902015-10-05T18:13:00.002-07:002015-10-05T18:13:45.563-07:00Jen's PB Bridal Shower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Any day spent with you is my favorite day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">So, today is my new favorite day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Where has the time gone? I can't believe it is already October and that I have not posted since August! I apologize to anyone who has been reading along, and really hope I can get back to normally posting within the next few weeks. One of the major factors impacting the lack of blogging is that our hard drive reached capacity, so all of the photos on my desktop are kind of "stuck" there for now until we get an external hard drive. There isn't even enough memory to edit them! So I am kind of going a bit out of order here as some other events happened prior to this, but I had these photos from my cousins bridal shower on my laptop so I figured I would just post them now and then fill in the gaps later on. My cousin Jen's wedding is rapidly approaching in just a few weeks, so now is the perfect time to look back on her bridal shower that her Mom and Sister hosted back in August. I arrived down at the PB shore Friday night in order to help out and get things ready for the big day on Saturday. We couldn't help but take a break to enjoy the sunset and a beverage by the fire, though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Can't believe she will be married soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We all woke up early Saturday and it was work work work to get ready for guests to arrive that afternoon. Jen had about 40 women coming from near and far, so there was a lot of planning that went into it and her Mom did a wonderful job, as always! The house looked gorgeous and we all pitched in to put up the decorations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How amazing are these little favors Jen's Mom (my Aunt Joanne/Godmother) made!? She is an avid sea glass collector and has THOUSANDS of pieces, so she made these adorable tea light candles in mini mason jars with sand sea glass pieces. They were so cute and a great little favor to give to each lady attending the shower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I picked orange, as always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had lots of bridal decor that had to be hung, so we went to town decorating room by room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As the day went on, Jen's gift pile started to grow and grow. She is very loved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was playing around with Jens hair in the morning, and kind of turned her into Princess Leia. But, I like to practice braiding so it was worth it- if only i could do it on myself! Have not mastered that yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Barbie was up all the way from Florida, and was a big help that morning with decorating and setting up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Isn't their house beautiful!? It's an oceanside paradise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We of course had to add in pops of the ocean, with shells and sea glass adorning the tables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just a TINY sampling of some of Joannes sea glass collection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The outdoors started getting a bridal makeover as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I spy one adorable Scottish Terrier "guard dog" with a pretty purple bow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Toe-toe was getting into party mode as well, just soaking up the sun and watching us work. Don't worry Toey, we've got it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hydrangeas were out in full bloom, and they are a favorite of my Aunt Joanne, as well as the rest of us PB ladies. The colors were gorgeous and actually matched Jen's purple wedding theme perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Motel 206 (our nickname for the house since we were kids) looks a lot differently now than it did a year ago, after a full tear down and rebuild. It's such a gorgeous home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">PB love for life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hence the 206 in "Motel 206".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen was really excited for everyone to arrive and to have the women in Doug's family be able to finally meet her extended family. Weddings are all about the blending of families, and I know her and Doug are really excited for that part of it. Jen's Dad took Doug and a few of the other husbands out onto the boat for the day to get them way from the MASS amounts of estrogen that would soon be descending upon the house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen and her Mom had made and sent a really pretty invitation, so I though it would be a good idea to take one outside and photograph it in the hydrangea bushes. I love photographing all of the details at weddings, so this is always my forte. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paper lanterns were hung all around the front of the house and underneath the deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like me, Pleasure Beach means so much to Jen, so there was no better place on earth for her to celebrate her wedding shower. We have grown up here and it's our favorite place in the world. The weather was holding off despite a rocky forecast, and it was shaping up to be a beautiful day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As it got closer to the guests arriving, it was time for Jen to start getting ready. She wore a really pretty white eyelet sun dress with a pretty pink belt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Her bride and groom tumblers were a gift from a friend and what better a day to break out her bride cup for it's first usage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is a painting of the old house! I still miss it, but the new house has definitely kept some of the feel of the old house and we know we will always have the memories no matter what changes the house goes through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen also had a pretty journal ready to be able to write down the list of who got her each gift. It is definitely important to keep track so that you can properly thank everyone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I also got the chance to steal Jen's engagement ring off her finger for a bit in order to get a couple photos. It is a stunning antique ring that was passed down from her Great Aunt. I know it is so special to her to have a family heirloom piece as her engagement ring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Its so beautiful! Doug did good ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Couldn't decide if I liked the pictures in color or black and white, so you get a bit of both!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had the pleasure of making two big batches of a delicious white sangria for everyone to drink. It came out pretty yummy for just winging' it with the recipe. I usually make a red sangria so I kind of just adapted it into a white sangria, and it worked!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The outside of the house was decorated just as much as the inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The front deck and patio were all looking spiffy and bridal showery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like I said, Jen got a beautiful day for the shower! We were really happy that the weather man totally lied. The forecast was for rain and thunderstorms, but it somehow stayed like this all day long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of Jen's other bridesmaids had arrived and we were all getting excited for the day. Some pre-party candids were in order.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the neighbors friends, Shirley, who has also become close with Jen came over to do her hair for the party since she is a professional hairstylist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A happy bride-to-be!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shirley did a really nice braided up-do which was definitely an upgrade from the Princess Leia look I had done earlier that morning. It took her no time at all too, she is a pro!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The cake was revealed! A red velvet mocha cake from one of the best bake shops in the area. It was really pretty and SUPER delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before Jen started to open her gifts, we decided to take the bridesmaids out onto the dock and get some photos! We were all looking fancy and took turns sharing the spotlight with Jen. There are 6 bridesmaids in all but unfortunately we were missing Deanna that day as she was on vacation in Maryland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen's sister Lindsey, the maid of honor, and one of the hostesses of the bridal shower. Thanks for all of your hard work Linds, everything came out perfectly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All the ladies gathered around in the shade to watch Jen open all of her presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen got so many nice gifts and it was really clear she appreciated and loved all of them. Her flower girl Carlie was a great helper and not only helped Jen unwrap her gifts and recycle the paper, she also got me all of ribbons and bows to make Jen's rehearsal bouquet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Barbie was writing things down during the presents, but no one really knew exactly what she was doing at the time.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Linds doing her MOH duties and carefully writing down each of the gifts and who they were from. We all played some games during the gift opening too, like bridal shower BINGO and Trivia about Jen and Doug as a couple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There I am hard at work making the ribbon bouquet. Thanks to Lea for taking over with the camera for a bit and taking a bunch of these gift opening pictures while I had my hands full tying knots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen got a big surprise from Doug's Mom- the coveted and highly SECRET pumpkin bread recipe! I know it made her really happy to know she was trusted with it, and that she is truly part of their family now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lea captured this lovelllyyyy face of mine. Maybe I saw someone steal a ribbon or something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The ribbon bouquet started to really take shape, and will be perfect for the rehearsal when Jen practices walking down the aisle before her wedding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SO many gifts! I think Jen was opening presents for about an hour and a half!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Glad to have been able to help and make the ribbon bouquet for my BFF!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We finally found out what Barbie was writing all that time. During the whole time of opening presents she was writing down quotes and commentary from the crowd, and then read it all back to us in one big paragraph. It was really funny surprise and a nice memento for Jen to have. I had never seen that done before- it's a really good idea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of Doug's family! His Mom is one of 16, so there are tons of Aunts and cousins! So nice to get to meet some of them at the shower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Many of my favorite ladies all in one place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There are THREE Lindsay C's!! They had to get a photo together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After presents the sun had set and we went back out on to the dock to take a few more photos in the nice light. Check out the beautiful bride! Less than two weeks to go until she officially becomes a Mrs.!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks to Jen we had some fancy bridal party flair to don for the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each of us gals in the bridal party used a chalk board to write how we met Jen. We have a special project in the works to go along with the photos, but that is all I can say for now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Surprise! We even got Deanna in there! We were able to take her picture a couple weeks later at the bachelorette party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Doug came back from his day on the boat with the guys, so I was able to snag a quick picture of him with Jen and his Mom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jens cousin Chris and his wife Felicia are newlyweds as well. They just got married a couple months ago at a winery in NH! Congrats guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hopefully Doug is just as nice at the wedding and doesn't smash it into Jen's face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Mom and her favorite- my best friend Lea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some puffy clouds rolled in and made for a nice sunset and the end to a wonderful day for Jen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I know Jen had a wonderful day and was so happy to have all of her closets female friends and family by her side to celebrate her becoming a wife. She has a great support system and a lot of strong women to guide her through this next chapter in her life with Douglas! Can't wait to celebrate on the big night in just a couple weeks. </span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-78102926636687332882015-08-03T11:47:00.003-07:002015-08-03T11:47:33.008-07:00American Summer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 19px;">There's a wild, wild whisper<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Blowin' in the wind<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Callin' out my name<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Like a long lost friend<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Oh, I miss those days<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As the years go by<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Oh, nothin' sweeter than summertime</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Target had some AWESOME fourth of July inspired bathing suits this year, so I definitely had to buy one and debut it for this weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the neighbors very nicely made me these coconut cupcakes after I commented on her Facebook posting of the recipe. It was a total surprise and so kind! If anyone knows me, they know I love my sweets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since we were all pretty tired from the week, we decided to have a low key night in the backyard with a few friends, as well as my brother and his girlfriend Lindsay. Lindsay had recently bought a projector off of Amazon and we figured what better night to try it out! We first displayed it on the white siding, and although the picture and color was great, it was a little distorted because of the siding. Linds also brought her Mom's BOSE speakers and the sound was amazing! Definitely need to invest in a Bose one of these days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We soon decided to hang a white sheet from the gutters, and that's when it got REALLY good! It was SO awesome and we can't wait to do an outdoor movie party night with our friends and fam. We fittingly watched JAWS, as it takes place the same week of the 4th of July and is just an all around great summer flick and a true classic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is also a special weekend as it is the anniversary of my Grandparents wedding! They married on July 4th, 1950! Check out this awesome photo from their wedding day with my Grandpa rocking the white tuxedo. I so deeply wish they were both still around, and I think about them and miss them every day. I always get a little sad when I photograph weddings and see that the bride and groom still have all of their grandparents. I hope they realize how lucky they are to have them there on their wedding day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday, after a long and tiring (but beautiful!)wedding day on Saturday, it was right back down to the beach to soak up every minute of sun and relaxation! If you'd like to see our photos from the July 4th wedding, check them out </span><a href="http://www.priceimages.net/lindseyclay/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We saw a tall ship off of the coast, an early arrival for the Tall Ships Festival that would be taking place the following weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick got to come to the beach with me! So happy to have him down there in my favorite place, especially since it was the only day we would be able to see each other all week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I of course had to rock the American flag suit again in honor of the weekend! Happy Birthday America! I hope everyone had a great 4th of July with their families and friends. It's such a fun Holiday as it's one of the only summer holidays so there is a chance of nice weather, and you don't have to get gifts for anyone or anything!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 4th of July weekend, it was back to a long week at work, but with a very anticipated weekend up ahead! Sailfest! My favorite weekend of the year! It's when everyone descends on the shoreline for the big tall ships festival and annual fireworks show on the Thames River in New London. I have gone for as long as I can remember and it is a weekend full of nostalgia and great childhood/teen memories. It was shaping up to be a beautiful weekend weather-wise, and even better was that Nick got to come down for the whole time! I headed down to the shore right from work on Friday, to be greeted by my favorite people and a beautiful setting sun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The neighbor Captain Dan took my cousin Jen and I out on a boat ride. It's been so long since Dan has taken just the gals out on a trip- he used to do it every year! So it was a nice treat and surprise. The sun was shining and the air was warm and salty blowing in our hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Captains Dan's friend was also down visiting for the week- and he so happens to just be the owner of this here HELICOPTER that he lands and parks on the front lawn! Talk about arriving in style!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I think I could get used to this lifestyle.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We grabbed some drinks and all sat and floated by the dock while watching the sun set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sweet Rudder the black lab!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just as the sun was setting, Nick arrived down at the shore! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jen and Nick getting into some serious convo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strike>We </strike> I couldn't resist getting some sunset pictures in. Nick was overjoyed as usual!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is only a tiny sampling of the number of photos Nick took of Jen and I. I think he held down the shutter button for a good 15 seconds and it took about 83 photos of the exact same thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When I finally realize what he is doing.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"STTOOOOPPPPPPP!!!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That boy.... he's trouble I tell ya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a great summer night just relaxing by the water and the fire pit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next morning we were up bright and early to head over to the marina for a day on the boat. We were going to go to Block Island for the day to eat, swim, and play. The neighbors and their friends had taken the helicopter over to Block Island earlier that morning to have breakfast. MUST BE NICE, I know. They were on their way back while we were on our way out, so my Aunt Joanne was on the phone with Dan trying to get them to locate where we were. Soon enough, we heard the rumble and looked up as the helicopter swooped right over the top of the boat and made a circle around back of us and then started to trail us. It was SO awesome and we were all waving and taking pictures. They followed us for a good five minutes, and all of the others boaters must have been wondering what the hell was going on. He was hovering right over us and it was pretty darn cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I also remembered to bring the GoPro out on the boat, so a lot of these photos are from that! My cousin Lindsey had some of her friends down from work, so all in all we had about 10 of us on the water. My Aunt and Uncles boat is a beautiful 44ft Sea Ray, and it's named <em>Happy Ours.</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After about an hour and a half ride, we had made it to Block Island! It was a gorgeous day out , and we could not have asked for better weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We anchored in New Harbor, and then took the shuttle boat into the dock to have lunch at a famous little place called <em>The Oar</em>. It's right on the water and has great views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">View from our table on the lawn. Not too shabby. They also have corn hole sets out on the lawn, so we played a few rounds of that as well, which was fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had a really yummy lobster roll and it was my first one of the season. After we all finished lunch, we headed back to the docks to get the water taxi back to the boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The water taxi is so cute! It is a preppy girls dream as it's covered in Vineyard Vines and Alex and Ani decals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While we were waiting for the shuttle, a little boy was crabbing with his family. We all watched and cheered him on as he reeled in some nice crabs. He was super cute and really excited about his catch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The shuttle is $3 per person per ride, so they really clean up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next it was time for some serious fun in the sun and hanging out on the boat. We all climbed up to the bow and laid out to catch some rays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My cousin Lindsey and her boyfriend Mike!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lindsey and her coworkers/roommates, Carolina and Jeff. They all work together at TJX Corp- talk about a dream job!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The GoPro is really good at getting selfie's, especially of large groups since it has a really wide angle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike was CONVINCED he wasn't in this photo, but this proves him wrong! You can't escape the Gopro.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love these photos of us on the bow of the boat. We were all having so much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can't NOT jump off the boat on a hot day! We decided to put the GoPro on the timer mode and Jen was able to take some sweet shots of us all doing a group jump into the shark infested waters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">READY.....SET...GO!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We all got the memo, except for sweet Carolina who hesitated and then couldn't commit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These pictures are pretty funny with everyone hvaing jumped off except her! It appears I was also a little slow on the uptake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Woo hoo! She is the only smart one of the bunch. No Great Whites for Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, after some convincing, she got the courage and made the jump!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, Lindsey, Nick, Jeff and I decided to do another four person jump together off of the side of the boat. Mike was able to get it all on the GoPro. I love all of the bright colors!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Apparently, boys dive and girls jump. Is that a thing? A telling metaphor maybe?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After some swimming around, we were back on the bow to drink some beers and hang out. Lindsey took hold of the GoPro and got some good shots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bride-to-be! My cousin Jen! Can't wait for her wedding this October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nice jump, Jeff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The water was really warm, so it was perfect for floating around on a noodle. Unless of course, you couldn't get the thought of sharks out of your head, like myself. Maybe watching Jaws the week before wasn't the best of ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A sweet video of Nick, Linds and I jumping off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I did manage to get enough courage to swim around for a bit with Gus the Gopro.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Me and my sweet boy having some fun in the water!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He is only so sweet though, until I start to take too many pictures....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">AND THEN THIS HAPPENS! Evidence, my friends. Evidence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love all of the ocean and beach colors in these GoPro photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A nice look at the <em>Happy Ours</em> from the water. It's such a pretty boat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this one of my Aunt and Uncle (Godparents) on the back of the boat! They are the best and I love them so much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is the life!! In the dead of winter, this is the exact moment I will be having dreams of! Having such awful winters up here makes us really really appreciate these warm weather days of summer. I never want it to end!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made the trek back home to the marina, and had to rush back to the house to eat and change quickly. We had to be back on the boat by 7pm in order to get out into the river to get a spot and drop anchor for the Sailfest Fireworks that night. We made it just in time and all loaded back onto the <em>Happy Ours </em>just as the sun was setting,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sailfest is my favorite weekend of the summer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were all having a great time, just laughing and joking and drinking some beers while playing card games.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were HUDNREDS of boats out, and some people were having some serious parties on them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love these pictures of Nick and I! Thanks Uncle Ben for the photo bomb, and for taking us out on the boat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The only one missing is Jen's Fiancé Doug, who had to work that day but would be down later on that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was getting darker by the minute, and the fireworks were set to start right around 9:30. It was a new show this year by a new famous fireworks family. It has always been the Grucci Brothers, but this year it was being put on by a new company. It is sponsored by the casino and the Pequot's, and is one of the largest shows in New England. It's always spectacular and they put the whole show to music, which is really cool. You can hear all of the boat radios echoing the same songs, and everyone singing aloud. The sounds carries really well off the water, so it's pretty cool to hear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's hard to get a clear shot with the GoPro at night unless you have a tripod, but I thought this one came out pretty cool even though it's blurry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the National Anthem, the show finally started! It's so cool to be watching them on the water from a boat. Your feel like you are right underneath it! The pictures don't even do it justice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They were so bright and beautiful! I love the ones that rain down slowly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hooray! It was a great show and did not disappoint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sweet cousin! Best friends since birth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My blue eyed boy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the fire works we were all pretty tired from a long day in the sun, so we hit the hay pretty early on. We woke up to another gorgeous day on Sunday, and right to the beach we headed. We did not want to waste a single minute of this awesome weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the beach, Nick had to take off in order to get home and get ready for another long week at the Fire academy. I decided to stay down through dinner, because why would you ever want to leave this view any earlier than you had to!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the neighbors let us borrow his Stand-up paddle board, so I took a nice paddle from the hosue over to the sand bar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sand bar has changed so much over the years. Its completely different than how it was when I was a kid, and that was even different from how it was when my parents were kids! It has moved and shifted and grown and shrunk every which way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And that's that! The end to my FABULOUSLY favorite weekend of the year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks for following along! We have been up to lots of other stuff this summer, so there will likely be another "random" summer photo dump type post up sometime soon. Hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather and sun shiny days to the fullest, before they are gone!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-73899529866873701632015-07-27T14:59:00.001-07:002015-07-27T15:14:05.249-07:00Moosehead Maine: Part two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And looked at the stars each night,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I'd bet they'd live a lot differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">When you look into infinity, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">You realize there are more important things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Than what people do all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Calvin and Hobbes (One of my Papa's favorite comic strips)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hey there! Where were we? Oh yes... rest, relaxation, and nothingness in Moosehead Lake Maine! Just what the Doctor ordered during an otherwise very busy summer. If you missed Part One of our Moosehead adventure, you can check that out <a href="http://www.nauticalnomad.com/2015/07/moosehead-maine-part-one.html">HERE</a> before reading onto Part Two. Friday afternoon was another beautiful day spent down at the dock. After climbing Mt. Kineo in the morning, we were in need of some serious relaxing. I think we all sat in separate areas for a good two hours, practically in silence just reading our books or magazines, soaking up the sun, and listening to Dave Matthews on Pandora. It was pure bliss!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I also took this time as an opportunity to walk around the grounds a little bit with my big camera and get some nice photos of the lake and the flowers, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The main house is so beautiful. I love the all-wood cabin feel and the big A-Frame with floor to ceiling windows. It lets in so much light and is the perfect spot for a nice view of the yard and lake down below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As I mentioned previously, Maine is the land of Lupines, and they were out in full force when we were there! I think we have been too late the past few years, so I was so happy to get to photograph them in their prime. There are some really pretty little patches throughout the property in the gardens and down by the lakeside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this photo peering through the light pink lupines down to the boat house and the lake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before dinner, we decided we needed to head down to town in order to pick up some more supplies at the grocery store. Mid way through the drive, I happened to glance over to the right and saw a HUGE field completely filled with Lupines! I begged and pleaded boy the boys to stop so that I could take some picture with Lindsay. They unhappily obliged, and I was in heaven! My Step-Grandmother said that this field was not planted and is not maintained by anyone, so it is completely wild. Amazing how they can grow and spread so plentifully in a place that is hardened with ice and snow for majority of the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks to Linds for taking these photos of me in the flower field. Excuse my heinous Kayne West inspired outfit (<a href="http://johnnyurban.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kanye-skirt.jpg">click here</a>), I did have just the black dress on originally but threw on the leggings in order to not be freezing in the grocery store. Moosehead is not really a place where you have to worry about impressing anyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love these colors, deep purple and light pink. When I was little, 'pink & purple' was always my answer when people asked me my favorite color, as if it was a single color in itself. Until I was about 9 or 10, and then I became strangely obsessed with Orange, which is still my fave to this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Look at them! There was thousands. These pictures don't even really do the field justice. It was so secluded and a little ways down a logging road, so I was so lucky to have even spotted it. I guarantee most people drive by it every day not knowing what they are missing just beyond the trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'd like to see these used in a bridal bouquet someday! Just a few simple strands tied together with a nice velvet ribbon. It would be so simple but very elegant. 250 weddings and I have yet to see them used!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After groceries, we were hanging out up at the main cabin, and caught this pesky little red squirrel going in for some bird seed! Papa and Kathy have all kinds of critters and animals that wander onto the property throughout the year. My Grandfather is also an avid bird lover and wood carver, so he often combines the two and creates beautiful carved and painted wooden birds that you could easily mistake for being real, they are so life-like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our sweet little "Blue" Camp! We love you so. Really goes to show you that you don't need much in life, and that tons of space, size, and grandeur isn't always the key to a good home or life. We have all we need in this little cabin, and are more than happy to stay there for weeks at a time. Really hoping to be able to come up for a much longer stay within the next couple of years. Especially with my Grandfather getting older, I want to spend as much quality time with him as possible in the place he loves the most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today also happened to be the day the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 States! We celebrated by lighting some rainbow colored sparklers on the front deck at sunset. Hooray for equality! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After grilling up some burgers and hot dogs for dinner, we headed down to the dock for another night of bonfire coziness. I was getting SO excited, as Nick was set to arrive at any time! Unfortunately for him, he hit some pretty gnarly traffic right off the bat in massachusetts, so his four and a half hour trip turned into a six hour trip. I felt so bad; but luckily after the initial jam-up, the rest of the drive was smooth sailing. We got the logs burning and anxiously awaited his arrival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Awful photo, but it is the first sighting of Nick! Those are his flop-flopped feet! He finally made it and I couldn't have been happier! We showered him with hugs and kisses and food and beers, trying our best to make up for his long solo journey up North. I was so so so happy to have him there and couldn't believe he still made the effort and wanted to come up, even if it was for just 36 hours. Shows what kind of guy he is, and also that he really does love Moosehead just as much as I do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturday we woke up to, praise the Lord, another GORGEOUS day! The third beautiful day in a row! I had hoped and prayed that if we got any sun during our trip, that it PLEASE be for the one day that Nick was there. And for once, my prayers were answered. We celebrated with some breakfast down at the dock and a nice batch of Mimosas to celebrate and to get Nick into vacation-mode as quickly as possible. We were also giving him a big cheers for completing his first full week at the Fire Academy. Only 8 more week to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And I timed it just right! You can see the cork mid-air if you look closely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If there is one beverage I love in this world, it's a mimosa. Forget beer, wine or cocktails. Forget soda. Forget water. Just GIVE ME ALL THE MIMOSAS!! Even in a red solo cup- a "Maine-mosa"- you just can't go wrong. So fresh and bubbly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick had learned a lot during his first week at 'Fire Camp', specifically a lot about knots! He had a dozen that he had learned and had to have memorized. So we found some extra rope in the boat shed and he got to practicing. He even taught me a few, and I was able to pick up on it pretty quickly. We want to take sailing class together next year, so he will be one step ahead of the game! Nick, pop quiz, what is this one called?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a couple hours of relaxing by the dock, we asked Papa if he would take us for a ride on the bigger boat to the back side of Mt. Kineo. He happily agreed and got the boat started and warmed up with my Brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Papa's German Shepard Lexi came along for the ride. She has gotten a lot sweeter in her older age! I still wouldn't mess with her though. She is a great watch dog, and very protective of her turf and of Papa and Kathy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Papa has had German Shepard's for as long as I can remember, and even before I was born. I don't think he would ever get any other type of dog. My family used to have them as well, and I miss it! They are great dogs, so smart and loyal and loving to their families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We drove past the front of Mt. Kineo, but it was the back side we were really after. The "ass", if you will! Mt. Kineo has a lot of junk-in-the-trunk, and a beautiful back side that we try to go to at least once a trip. It's so beautiful, and really a sight you could never tire of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Approaching our destination! The back side of Mt. Kineo is an 800ft sheer cliff into 250+ feet deep water. It is the deepest point of the lake, and a very popular place for people to swim, jump, and admire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The lower ledge in this photo is a popular jumping off spot. The photo is deceiving as it is about 30 ft above water- a good sized jump. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The cliff is more than just straight down, it is actually inverted! Again, the photos don't do it justice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The boys decided they were going to be brave and go for it! The first step, and maybe the hardest, was jumping off the boat into the ice cold water. It took a lot of "gearing up", but they finally did it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And there he goes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And then Kevin makes a leap for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin.... better know as Jesus, can apparently walk on water!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick decided to sit it out as well, which was a smart idea. He had worked so hard and so long to get into the Fire Department and had only finished his first week at the academy. If he was to get hurt in any way, it would totally ruin his current position and only set him back that much further. Mike and Kevin made a swim for the cliff-side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pretty Lexi, just watching the boys in angst! She doesn't like it when people do things they shouldn't be doing either!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soon, the boys started their attempt at climbing up the ledge to get to the spot where they would jump off. It was proving to be far more difficult than it looked, however. The water was a little higher than usual, so the rocks were wet and super slippery, and there wasn't anywhere to grab on like there normally is. They tried and tried, but would just repeatedly slip back down and couldn't pull themselves up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The poor guys! The struggle was REAL! We couldn't help but laugh at their misfortune, and try to coach them from the boat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin even looks a little scared in this one! I think he knew that it probably just wasn't going to happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a good 15-20 minutes of them trying and failing, Nick, being the awesome guy he is, dove into the water and swam over to try and help them. He is pretty strong and agile, and has some good recent training in climbing from the Fire Academy. He assessed the situation and started to give them tips on where to put their hands/feet in order to maybe pull themselves up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sure enough, Nick was able to get up a little ways, and was able to reach back and help pull Mike up. Leave it to the guy who shouldn't have been doing this! But, Nick was good and got back down into the water. Any other day, I know he would have been right up there jumping off with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At last! Mike had made it to the top, and was ready to jump. It's a lot higher up once you are actually up there and staring down at the water. I haven't done it in years, but remember that feeling of "OH MAN, that's a LOT higher than it looks!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike was ready to jump.... we started the countdown from the boat. (DISCLAIMER: Never jump off of something or into water that you don't know well, or haven't checked the depth! We know this spot well and know with 100% surety that it is over 200ft deep.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kev finally gave up and decided to just take a nice lounge on this shallow rock close to shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Kineo, Papa took us back over to another spot we had visited last year, a small island at the mouth of the Moose River that is home to a family of Bald Eagles. We were able to see them last year, but they were still so young they didn't even have their white feather hats yet. This year though, they were in much better view and had grown the white feathers on their heads! So amazing to see Bald Eagles in the wild and to know that we have conserved them enough to bring them back from being an endangered species. They are huge, beautiful birds and it was really cool to get to see them close up once again. We can't get too close with the boat due to rocks, but the camera was able to zoom enough to get a pretty good view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We headed back towards the cove afterwards, in order to get ready for our big Saturday dinner down at the dock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lindsay and I shucked all of the corn for dinner, so we jokingly sent this photo to the boys and said that their pieces were to be the three on the end since they didn't help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was Lobster Dinner night! We had gone into town and picked up lobsters that morning, and were so excited to have our first big lobster dinner of the season down on the dock with our Grandparents. Papa was so cute and had had the table set up since about 9am that morning, gingham table cloth and everything!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also asked Papa if he could make his FAMOUS caesar salad! It is the best recipe and only he can make it. It just never tastes the same if he doesn't, so we always ask for it when we are up there. I think its romaine, anchovies, garlic, lemon, mustard, oil, parmesan cheese, and pepper- but don't quote me on that! Whatever it is, it's out of this world!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gotta have broth and butter cups for lobster!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My favorite sight! Family and friends together by the water for a delicious meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The salads were portioned out and ready to go, so we ate them first as the lobsters and corn were finishing up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">God's gift to Earth!! Who would think such an odd looking creature would taste so darn good! It is one of my favorite foods ever and being the first one of the season, it was even that much better! I had missed it so. Dinner was fabulous and we had a great time chatting with Papa and Kathy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, we had a little impromptu photo shoot down at the dock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So glad he got to come!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And now for some Tomfoolery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is why we can't have nice things, Michael.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More lupine love. I have a packet of seeds at home that I keep forgetting to plant! I will have to spread them next year, as it's already too late for this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is a photo of the barn, and of Papa and Kathy's veggie garden. We used the lettuce for our sandwiches every day and it was delicious. Also note the grandchild totem pole on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As I have explained in previous years, Papa carved this totem pole, with an animal to represent each grand child in chronological birth order. Yours truly at the top. Native Americans believed that each person had a spirit animal that they were connected to, that guided them through their life. A person could have up to nine animals to guide them through different stages or phases or their lives, but there was still one animal overall that they were most connected with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am a lynx, and right below me is Michael…. a raccoon. And yes, we chose our own animals. According to Native American traditions, the Lynx represents a keeper of secrets, guardian, listener, and guide. Maybe thats why I like to write blog posts and travel so much?! The raccoon symbolizes curiosity and cleanliness- which is actually very true for Michael!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's such a special and symbolic piece of our family! I love it. And especially since my Grandfather made it by hand himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturday night was our last night, so why stray from the norm? We made one last bonfire and spent the evening getting warm, making s'mores, laughing our butts off, and drinking some brews while checking out the millions of stars above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All of our clothes smelled like camp fire by the end of the trip- love that scent! Has Yankee Candle made that yet? If so, I need to get one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin has officially been fully initiated into the world of Moosehead and all of it's traditions! We think and hope he had a great time, and hopefully it won't be his last. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The wish lanterns take patience. You have to wait and wait until they are just perfect to set off. Wait until you think it can't be any more ready if it tried, and then wait some more. Letting go too early could result in casualty. Last year, Lindsays took a plunge into the lake, and this year, it was mine. Bummer! If only I had followed my own darn advice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Very cool to see them fly off into the night sky, to the point where you can no longer see it and it just blends into the stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hope all of your wishes come true, Nick!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday morning, we woke up to our first day of clouds and rain. Luckily, it was our last day and we weren't doing much besides packing and cleaning to head home. One the way home, we stopped in the coastal town of Portland Maine to meet our cousin Chase for dinner. It is always great seeing her, and we all enjoyed some comfort food and beers at a restaurant called Great Lost Bear. They had over 70 beers on top, so a few of us did a sampler flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made it home without issue, but it's always a bummer to go to work the next day after vacation. I definitely had the post-vacation blues for a few days when we got back. I wish we were able to stay longer, but it just wasn't in the cards this year. I think we definitely made the most of our time, though, and it was an awesome trip. Hope to see you again next year, Moosehead! And with that I will leave you with this beautiful panorama trifecta of Moosehead Lake!</span><br />
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<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-28530682035693101382015-07-23T14:54:00.002-07:002015-07-23T14:54:31.140-07:00Moosehead Maine: Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The mountains are calling, and I must go…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After many years of -not- going to Moosehead every year, I am happy to say that we have now gone up three years in a row! This year was also by far the best weather we have had since going up with the cousins in 2013. Every day was perfect, sunny, warm, and beautiful! Unfortunately, Nick was enduring his first week of a nine week stint at the Massachusetts Fire Academy, or "Fire Camp" as he likes to call it. He started his new position as a firefighter in May and it is requirement to go through the nine week training program at the facility. He doesn't live close enough to commute, so unfortunately he also has to live out there from Monday-Friday every week. All this being said, there was no way he was going to be able to come up to Moosehead with us during the week, as we were leaving Wednesday night after work. As a silver lining, though, he was going to be able to come Friday through Sunday as the academy is only about 4.5hrs from where we stay in Moosehead, so I was really excited that he would at least get to be up there for a couple of days! It's not the same without him. Also, fun fact: the tagline of my blog was thought of by Nick, and is a play on words from the John Muir quote that I used for this post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a "first-timer" with us this year! My brothers best friend Kevin was able to get the days off of work, so he was coming up with us and we were really excited. Kev is practically part of our family, and we have ALWAYS talked about Moosehead in front of him and/or have said that he has to go some day, and now was finally the time! So come Wednesday evening, my brother, his girlfriend Lindsay, Kevin and myself loaded up my brothers Altima and hit the road around 5:30pm. We knew it was going to be a late night of driving as it's about 7.5 hours from home, but we wanted to just get it out of the way and be able to wake up Thursday morning and just be there ready to have fun and relax. After a much need coffee pitstop, we were en route North! Anyone ever play the license plate game? We actually ended up getting a ton of plates, I think between 25-30. It's amazing how many different states you can see even just driving through New England. Thank you tractor trailer trucks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And to top of off, we saw THREE Moose on our way up! These are terrible pictures but it was pitch dark and late at night. We knew this was a sign that it was going to be a great trip because in the last two times we went we only saw one Moose combined. We saw two adult females and a baby! It was so adorable. They were off to the side of the road and then right as we got close they darted right in front of our car and started running down the road in front of us. Luckily we had seen their glowing eyes beforehand so we slowed down and were able to react with plenty of time to them running out. Just goes to show how easily those moose accidents can happen that we always here about and are repeatedly warned of. Hitting a moose is no joke!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally! After a long, but easy, drive and 7 hours of listening to Michael ask "what-if?" questions, we were there! "What if our car stalled right now and we broke down?" "What if a serial killer came out of the woods and started running towards us with a chainsaw?" "Kev what if we just killed you right now and dumped you in the woods?" "How much money would it take for us to get all the way there and then have to drive right home?" "What if we saw those two escaped convicts in orange jumpsuits run across the road ahead of us?"….. I could keep going. Per tradition, we had a celebratory drink upon arrival, just this time it was at about 1:30am! Cheers to being in Moosehead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got to stay in the Blue Camp this year, which is our favorite spot on my grandparents property. It's a small, more secluded cabin right down by the water but it's so cute and cozy and just the epitome of lakeside cabin living! All of the furniture is the same as it's been since forever, as well as most of the appliances and decor. It's so charming and it just has that cabin smell that brings back instant nostalgia and childhood memories. A mixture of wood, mothballs, fire, and musty cabin air. In other words, heaven!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the view of the lake from the Blue Camp's front porch. So beautiful and picturesque. It instantly calms you and puts you in a good mood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of the trees have been cut back to allow for this perfectly framed view of the glassy blue water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got ready for the day and tested out Lindsay's new "Selfie-stick" for good measure. Yep, it works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This trip was proving to be a total wildlife score pretty quickly. We stepped outside the first morning to this beautiful giant Luna Moth on the front steps, just slowly flapping it's wings. It was huge and fluorescent green. We made sure to tell Kevin not to worry, it was only in his bed on the front porch for HALF of the night. He was loving Moosehead already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made our way up to the main cabin to say hi to our grandparents! Since we had arrived late at night, we did not see them until the morning. It was really nice to finally be there and get to spend some time with them as we do not get to see them too often. They live up there year round so we only see them if we go up to visit or if they come down to CT. Check out how amazingly beautiful their view is! As nice as the view from the Blue Camp is, this takes the cake!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the forecast was a picture-perfect sky, so our only plans were to have a relaxing and fun day down at the dock. The past two years we have barely even been able to be in swimsuits, so this year we wanted nothing more than to soak up every ounce of the warm and sun shiny weather. We made a quick drive into town to pick up some groceries and beer, and then it was right on down to the dock. It's amazing how fast you can settle into vacation-mode. Just the day before we were all slaving away at our respective jobs and within 24 hours- total bliss and relaxation in one of the most remote parts of the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am a total boat girl! Just don't confuse that with cruise girl! Boats- yes! Cruises- no! We love the Boston Whaler at my Grandparents, they have had it since the 70's and it still runs like a charm! So fun to take out and just whip around the lake. They have a larger boat for farther trips, as well as a sailboat, but we love the Whaler for cruising around the cove and getting some wind in your hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The boys dropped Lindsay and I off at the neighbors and we were able to borrow their paddle boards for a few hours. My grandfathers best friend lives a couple properties down, and they are also from CT and have kids our age who we have known very well since childhood. We love being up there at the same time as them, it makes for twice as many "toys" to play with. The lake was super calm, so we had a really nice paddle and didn't have to get wet at all. The lake was still pretty darn chilly, seeing as the last of the ice left in May, and it was only the last week of June at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The neighbors also have a floating raft that you can see in this photo- great for swimming to and laying out on. It's pretty much endless fun and activities up there. We are all spoiled to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How many men does it take to back a Whaler into a boathouse? Two. It takes two. Note other fun finds in this pic: rope swing, canoe, rafts, kayaks, sky chair, windsurfer. All the activities!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Moosehead Lake is gorgeous! It's about 40 miles long, and is the largest lake in maine. It's not your typical round or oval lake either. It has tons of inlets, coves, and rivers stemming from every direction. I love that my Grandparents live in a small cove, it's very private and secluded and they are friends with just about everyone else who lives in the vicinity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paddle boarding is a good way to get a little workout in while your on vacation, because it's fun, but also takes some arm strength and endurance. We were at it for a good hour paddle all around the cove.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kev was holding this Corona over his head lined up with the sun with his wrist tilted back and his thumb blocking the pressure of the beer so that it wouldn't flow out. I made sure it only took me ten long, slow minutes to take the photo, to the point where his whole arm was shaking and sweat was dripping from his brow while the sun was beating in his eyes. You're welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lovebirds on paddle boards. Mike and Lindsay are their names, PDA is not their game. But, I caught it when they weren't paying attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next it was both of the boys' turn to take a spin on the lake. Kev was getting some serious MPH's. Paddle board lake speed record: broken. I think I could have water skied behind him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lindsay once again getting artsy. Might have to hire her as my assistant for weddings next year once Pam retires.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Leave it to Michael to need to bring a drink on the paddle board. Just when you thought mayyybe he was going to attempt to burn some calories… nope. He made sure to be simultaneously taking some in at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike and Lindsay have been dating so long, Linds is more of a sister than a friend. All four of us have the exact same humor too, so we really have a great time together. It's constant laughing and inside jokes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I spy with my little eye… a flipper! Fun fact: I have a webbed toe and was innately cheating at competitive swimming all those years. Part frog actually. See if you can spot it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you haven't realized yet, the entire vacation was actually a Corona commercial and photo shoot. They hired us to take Corona from "the beach beer" to "the lake lager" as they try to expand their market. Just kidding. But Corona, if you're reading, I'm your gal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Whats better than sitting in a Sky Chair on a hot summer day overlooking the lake sipping a cold beer when you should be at work?? Nothing, thats what. Trick question.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you read the blog posts from last years Moosehead trip, you may remember the beaver incident of 2014. Well, the beaver is back. We were all just sitting minding our own business and Mike happened to hear a rustling in the brush. He looked over past the boat house and sure enough, the same beaver was back in the same spot! It had no idea we were there and was just chilling on the rocks. Moose, Deer, Luna Moths, and now Beavers and we have only been here half a day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was literally this close and it had NO idea. None. Are beavers deaf? They must be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a little bit, he dove in and swam away. I was able to catch a picture of him in action under water. Just wish I had the GoPro with me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Maine is famous for having spectaular Lupine flowers all around, and we had come during prime Lupine season. They are one of my favorite flowers and I just love them! Especially because they are wild and grow in such abundance and stunning colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I call this one "The Three Sisters" after my Mom and her two sisters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was the perfect day by the lake, and so very welcomed from the not-so great June weather we had been having back home up this point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CAUGHT: Kevin being gourmet. Punishment: six semesters straight of Ralph Grays accounting class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Having a day", as I like to say. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We just HAD to send this next photo to Nick. Last year, we were all down at the dock in the pitch black late at night to send off some wish lanterns. There is approximately 75ft of solid dock railing to lean on, put beers on, or what have you. There is also one small 18-inch gap so that you can get onto a boat if it pulls up to the dock. Where is the one spot that Nick leans? You guessed it. Right into the drink. Luckily he is very strong and agile, so he was able to catch himself at the last minute without getting too wet. Do you think we will ever let him live it down? Probably not. But, hopefully it made him smile at Fire Camp and got him excited to come up the next day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin braved the chilly waters and made a dive into the lake! Picture perfect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once the sun started to set, we packed it up at the dock and decided to head into "town" for dinner as my grandparents had had other plans for the night. We went to a hole-in-the-wall spot called Flatlanders Restaurant in Greenville, famous for their "broasted" chicken invention. I think it is a combination between broiled and roasted- broasted. Whatever it is, it's darn good. The portions are huge, country style, and you better believe we didn't have a scrap left to show for it. We were all so hungry from a day in the sun and absolutely demolished our meals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, since we were already down in Greenville, we had to make a quick pit stop at the ever amazing and extremely gorgeous Blair Hill Inn to show Kevin a glimpse of their sunset view. It did not disappoint. It wasn't in the budget to eat there this year (see: $550 bill from last years Moosehead post), but it was still well worth it to watch the sunset from their front lawn. If you are ever in the Moosehead Lake region, you MUST dine at Blair Hill Inn. Worth every benjamin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner and the sunset, we made a quick pit stop for Ice Cream at the Dairy Bar before heading back to "camp". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we were back, we spent some time up at the main house with Papa and Kathy, and got to see more of the lingering sunset and summer light. It was right around the longest day of the year, so it was still very well light out past 8:30/9pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The moon was small, but was peaking through the trees and casting just a tiny bit of light on the lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Papa found this perfectly good fire pit at the dump a couple years ago! It's awesome, and perfect size for the dock. One mans trash is another mans treasure, case and point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There is plenty of dry wood to get the fire raging. We put the boys on fire tending duty and I got to roasting some mallows for smores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The definition of the perfect mallow! Golden brown, bubbling, and totally melted inside. I caught it on my graham cracker just before it fell off the stick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We woke up Friday morning with one plan and one plan only: climb Mt. Kineo. This is a right of passage and initiation to Moosehead, so we had to have Kevin do it and experience it. Mike and I have climbed it more times than we can remember, and Lindsay has done it once or twice before on previous trips. <span style="text-align: center;">The lake was calm again, so we loaded up the Whaler and headed on over to the mountain. Mt. Kineo is on a large peninsula that is only accessible by one small piece of land on the other side of the lake. So pretty much, the only way to get there in any reasonable amount of time is by boat. There is a shuttle from the town we stay in, but if you have your own boat its easy enough to get over there yourself and not have to wait for the shuttle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first views of Kineo, just outside of the cove.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We docked the boat and started the trek over to the Summit Trail. There is a big rock right before starting the trail where we always take photos, so why stray from tradition? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Could not stop laughing at this twig that was getting in EVERY one of our selfies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is the start of the trail, and also the start of a one mile incline! Much of the initial summit is literal on-your-hands-and-knees climbing. The mountain itself isn't huge, but the way it is formed has you getting really high, really fast! Within about 20 minutes you are almost 800ft up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the first spots on the trail to stop and admire the view!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can get a sense for how high we are by checking out how small that boat looks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Also, this is where you start to realize just how huge the lake is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see some of the trail that leads up to the summit path down below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Verrrrry high. Not a good place to lose your footing! You can bet there were plenty of "What-if's?" coming from Michael! "What if you got near the edge and your foot slipped on a loose rock?" "What if someone brought you up here as a trick and pushed you off?" "What if you had to climb this at night with no flash light?" "What if you jumped out and hung onto that branch like Tony from Heavyweights?" and on and on and on….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CAUGHT: Mike being gourmet. Punishment: three hours of absolutely NO "What-if" questions!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We kept on our ascent, getting higher and higher and sweatier and sweatier with each step. You appreciate a hot summer day every day except the day you climb a mountain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is another really pretty lookout spot. You can see all of Kineo island and part of the famous golf course down below. This was also once home to a grand hotel where presidents, queens and the like would stay prior to it burning down many years ago. The mountain is made of Rhyolite, a really good material for making fire, which made this a popular home for Native Americans. Many artifacts and arrowheads have been found on the property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How pretty is this place!? I hope it stays as unspoiled as it is. They recently rebranded this entire region of Moosehead Lake as the "America's Crown Jewel". I hope it doesn't lead to it becoming a big tourist destination! It has to stay desolate so that we can retreat and hide here if there is ever a zombie-apocalyse or something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We met a nice young couple on the hike up, and they offered to take some photos of us if we did the same for them. They were from Detriot and were on a long road trip through Canada and Maine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We finally got to the highest point, which is another great vista for photos. We met another older couple and we all started chatting and laughing together. Lindsay had the idea that we should all take a selfie together with her selfie-stick. They all obliged and it was too funny! A real stranger-selfie. Funny how you can meet some really cool people in the most unusual of places. We got their phone numbers and were able to text the picture to them all as a memento.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once you hit the summit, you hike about another half mile into the woods towards the center of the mountain. There is a big steel fire tower that you wouldn't otherwise know about unless someone told you. The couple we met would have totally missed it and gone down the other trail if we hadn't told them about it. It boasts the best views in all of Moosehead Lake. 360 degrees of lake and forest. You have to be willing and able to make the scary 7 story climb, however! Whatever you do, just don't look down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We wondered how often they "test" the structure to make sure it's still safe!? Who knows? Definitely a risk you have to be willing to take. Mike had plenty of "What-ifs" to go along with the climb as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The reward! The most beautiful views. I took a photo and then rotated and took another photo until I made it all the way around in a circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Photos of us to prove we were up there! You can feel the structure swaying and blowing in the strong winds. It's definitely not for anyone with the least bit fear of heights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The couple we met thought I was a police officer. Wonder why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They said don't look down…. I looked down. Ahhhh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CAUGHT: Linds being a tourist with a selfie-stick. Punishment: you have to stay with my brother forever :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made our way down from the tower and then took the Bridle Trail down the back side of the mountain. Longer, but less steep and a little easier on the ole knees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Unless of course, you roll you ankle like I did. Once more ounce of pressure, and it would have totally snapped. I caught my weight at the very last split second before doom. Luckily it was just sore for the next couple days, and not sprained or twisted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There used to be a little cottage at the end of the trail, but it was burned down! So sad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The trail markers. We went up the Indian trail to the summit, then to the fire tower, and back down the Bridle trail. All in all in was a little over 2 miles and about an hour and a half with the stop at the fire tower. It's a really good hike that won't take up the entirety of your day but is still challenging and beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Back on flat land! Woo-hoo! It was tiring, but worth it! Every year, we say we aren't going to climb it again. And then here we are, finishing the trail once again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some pretty wild flowers blooming along the trail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the Kineo shuttle I mentioned that we could have taken over from town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mt. Kineo is also home to an amazingly beautiful golf course. It is the second oldest course in New England and is 9 holes and 36 par. Mike and I spent many a long day out here tagging along with our Dad and Uncles back in the day when Mom had had enough of us and wanted some relaxation on her vacation! Driving the golf cart was always the best treat as a kid!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There is also a golf lodge that sells some souvenirs and has food and drinks and golf necessities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Back to our sweet Whaler! We most definitely parked at the wrong dock, but oh well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This dock would be a good spot for a wedding photo! Just have to make sure no one falls in- we've all seen those YouTube wedding photo fail videos before! Ten years and 250 weddings in with pam and we have yet to have a bride fall off a dock, but we still have a few more to go before she retires this fall, so there's still a chance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sweaty, frizzy hair is proof that we just climbed a mountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some nice candids by Lindsay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And with that I am going to cut off Part One of our Moosehead trip! We have been here a day and a half already, and have another half day/full day/ half day left to go! I started to get really excited at this point because Nick would be on his way up later that evening. I was missing my man and couldn't wait for him to arrive. The forecast was looking beautiful and I know he was ready to relax after a long and tiring first week at the Fire Academy. Stay tuned!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-91026078149749545672015-07-09T13:17:00.003-07:002015-07-09T13:17:34.859-07:00Chicago Girls Trip: Part Two<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">She is always a novelty; </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Mark Twain</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">We woke up the next morning for day 2 of our adventure and my very first swallow at 7:30am felt like knives and was some of the worst sore throat pain I have ever had. My worst travel fears had come to life, I was sick on vacation. And not only was I sick, but I had what I hate more than any other cold symptom- a sore throat. Give me a runny nose, give me chills, give me a cough, even a fever, but do NOT give me a sore throat. There is nothing I hate more and I was SO upset. We still had so much exploring planned and I did not want this to get in the way of it. I decided to tough it out, so I took some Advil and got ready for the day. We took a nice walk thinking that maybe some fresh air and breakfast would ease my throat a bit. We stopped at a really cute coffee shop called Bourgeois Pig Cafe. It was so neat and had really delicious, strong coffee.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We strolled through some of the nice ritzy neighborhoods (close to where Oprah lives!), and I loved all of the beautiful and grandiose brownstones.The details were so innate and many had stained glass other other unique features. We looked up a few of them on Zillow and the prices were well over $2million at a minimum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were lush gardens everywhere, and we swear the flowers in Chicago are on steroids! They were all so big and so perfect! Check out these giant peonies just bursting with color and scent!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next we took a long stroll to the Lincoln Park Conservatory to walk through the green houses and flowers. They have tons of different species of plants and it is free to enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A little neat secret is that hundreds of little miniature dinosaur statues are hidden all throughout the conservatory and greenhouses! We spotted as many as we could but a lot of them are really well blended into the greenery. They were too cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They also had hundreds of koi in large man-made ponds. Some of the fish were huge! They also warn you not to throw in lucky pennies as it can really harm the fish and plant life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Me trying to act like I am not in serious pain and discomfort! I ended up having the longest and worst sore throat I have ever had, it lasted about 5 days strong. I am cringing now just thinking about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo which is just adjacent to the conservatory. This is also free to the public and is a really neat thing that Chicago offers! Here we saw some Black Rhinos, an endangered species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then we saw some wild hogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And even wild dogs! They were really pretty and I loved their fur patterns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A funny type of monkey/primate with long hair. He wouldn't turn around to show us his face!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The lonely little rhino! We felt bad for him and think he really needs a friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the cutest…. the meerkats! They were ADORABLE, and were playing with Easter eggs! EASTER EGGS!!! Can it get any cuter? They even looked at me and posed for the camera a few times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just look at those sweet faces! I wanted to take one home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of my other favorites, giraffes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A small exotic breed of antelope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Big cats! This leopard was pacing back and forth, I think he was hungry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the best for last, the apes and gorillas! They had huge areas of both indoor and outdoor spaces where they could roam and play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is part of the indoor space. I am glad they had both so they can get out of the bad or cold weather if they want to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These babies are now two years old! When Kat came to visit the first time, they were infants! Now there are playful and energetic two year olds and they were having fun playing with hay and throwing it at each other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And, amazingly and luck for us, another one of the Moms had just had their first baby! It was only about a week or two old and was the size of a human infant! It was so precious, but was farther in the back resting with it's mom, so it was hard to see. The camera was able to get in a little closer, so you can kind of see it resting on it's back. So cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The zoo was really neat and I was so amazed that it was a free attraction. Such a good family activity and a must-do if you are ever in Chicago. They are doing a lot of construction and I think they are bringing in other new species soon such as polar bears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After to zoo we walked around through a nice park nearby, and I was able to actually meet up briefly with one of my best friends from Freshmen year of college at RWU! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is my gal pal Erin! We swam together at RWU and hung out just about every day at practice and in the dorms. I am so glad we have kept in touch and she seems to be doing really well and loving life out in Chicago. She is from CT too, so whenever she comes home to visit we try to make time to see each other as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After saying goodbye to Erin, it was on to The Field Museum of Natural History! It is one of the largest Natural History museums in the world and has so many cool exhibits and things to offer. Not to mention it's a beautiful architectural structure in itself,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Across from the Field Museum is the Soldier Field Football Stadium where the Bears play! I always think of that SNL skit whenever I hear about the bears…. DA BEARS…DAAAA BEARS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once inside, we ended up scoring a big deal on getting in! A membership woman helped us and for $75, we got all three of us in with tickets to the special Vikings exhibit AND a membership for Jackeyln! It would have been about $36 per person for the admissions and the Vikings tickets separately, and would not have included a membership. So we each paid $25 and now Jackelyn is a member and can go whenever she wants! She gets all kinds of other benefits and discounts now too and she was so excited about it, it really made her day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The infamous "Sue"! Sue is the most-complete T-Rex skeleton ever found, and she is huge! Definitiely a sight to see, I can't imagine these things running around on Earth today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This shot reminds me of the movie Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller. A great flick if you have never seen it! We ended up watching it late at night one of the nights we were there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is Sue's actual head. The head that is on her skeleton in the atrium is a replica, as her real head is too damaged and fragile to be used. Since right now is Shark Week on TV I found myself wondering if I would rather choose to be eaten by a shark or by a T-Rex. I actually think I'd go with T-Rex since while you are getting eaten by a shark you are also simultaneously drowning and that just sounds downright awful. So, T-Rex it is. Things are getting a little morbid around here on Nautical Nomad today! Onto brighter things...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our admission came with free tickets to the Vikings exhibit, which is only running for a limited time. It had tons of artifacts and clothing, weapons, and boats from the Vikings era and was really neat to see. They were certainly a badass group of people who have a reputation in todays world of being brutal hunters and killers. But, the exhibit was done very well and brought out the more everyday side of Viking life. It showed them as a hardworking group of people and hunters/farmers/fisherman who made and built almost everything by hand. Intricate weaponry, fishing gear, jewelry, and tools were all on display in cases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I'll take one of these solid gold and silver necklaces, please!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This was a cool piece to show all of the handmade nails that went into making one of their infamous viking ship hulls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They used to sleep 20-60 people in these wigwams! Talk about a giant sleepover every night, what if people snore? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then we explored ancient Egypt, one of my favorites! They had so many neat artifacts and mummies on display. I always loved learned about Egyptians in schools, their way of life and burial processes are fascinating. They spent more time focusing on being dead than being alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we headed downstairs and were "Shrunk" in order to explore under the Earth and in the soil. By this point I think my throat was practically bleeding, it felt like I was swallowing glass shards. Kat and I both discovered that we are weird and we actually like to eat things that are crunchy and hard when we have sore throats! I though I was the only one! Normally people want ice cream and yogurt and jello when they have sore throats. No way! I want chips and granola bars and tacos. The scratchier the better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">LOVED this lit up photographic display. It was so colorful and pretty, and I loved the quote in the middle by Charles Darwin, "…from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lastly, we toured several other exhibits including a Lichen exhibit, Gemstones exhibit, Asian exhibit and a Polynesian exhibit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kat walked over New Zealand on the floor map and had to point it out to her hubby Marcel. They want to go within the next couple of years. Can I please tag along!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The outside of the Field Museum was just as beautiful as the inside, and the weather was absolutely perfect that day. You could see perfectly clear views of the lake and of the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We could see a lighthouse off in the distance on the lake. If I didn't know better, I would have swore that we were in fact on the ocean! Can't get over how big the Lake is, and this is just a tiny piece of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we left the museum, we made a much needed trek to Walgreens so that I could load up on sore throat and cold medicines. Jackelyn then showed us the Second City Theater where she used to work and do shows. We decided to have dinner at a really good mexican spot right outside the theater called Adobo. The guacamole and margaritas were excellent! This is also the spot where I may have left and lost my sunglasses…. I am not positive, but it is one of the possibilities. Between waking up with a nasty cold and losing my sunglasses, I was striking out left and right. But, we still managed to do a lot that day and I am glad I stuck through it. Give me allll the crunchy throat-scrtaching chips!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner we took a nice walk through Old Town. It was such a picturesque little area, full of farmers markets, little boutiques, shops and restaurants. We stopped in at a cigar shop so that Kat could get a little gift for her husband. I had already gotten Nick something from the museum earlier, a little jade elephant for our collection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved this 50's mural on one of the buildings. So much character and charm in Old Town. I can see Sinatra hanging out here in his heyday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I looked down a random set of stairs and there was a large elephant, trunk up, at the bottom of the stairs! So random! But definitely a wink from above letting me know that I would be okay. It is hard not feeling well when you are away from home and I was pretty upset and discouraged, but this made me feel better, even for a brief moment. Nick and I love elephants with their trunks up, too bad the darn picture didn't focus. I swear I'm not a photographer or anything..:-).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a nice long walk at dusk, we headed back to Jackelyns apartment and just hung out and drank some wine and watched Night at the Museum. I really needed a little time to rest and try and get better, so I really appreciated the girls staying in for the night, it meant a lot. I felt bad that we couldn't go out on the town again but after a long day of exploring I was really not feeling well. I laid in bed while they chatted and soon enough we all fell asleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday morning was our final day in Chicago. Much to my disappointment, I wasn't feeling any better and my sore throat had not let up at all. But, it was the final day and I was determined to make it through! We went for breakfast at a place called Fork not too far from Jackelyn's neighborhood. The girls had great meals but unfortunately the waiter totally butchered my order and got everything wrong. What should have been two eggs over medium with toast, hash browns and sausage (kind of standard and easy right?) came out as two watery-to-the-point-of-being-clear eggs. Nothing else. Nothing. I asked where my other sides were, and he pretty much disappeared and never came back until everyone else was done eating and it was too late anyways. I said it was fine, but that I didn't want to pay for the items I didn't get. We get the bill, and my full meal is charged on it. Ohhhh no. No way jose. I marched right up and put him in his place. My entire meal ended up being free (if you can even call it a meal)! I did treat myself to a mimosa though, so the alcohol did somewhat take my mind off of my sore throat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackelyn took us on a walking tour of her neighborhood after breakfast. There are tons of parks close by to her house, and this is her favorite gazebo. I can see why, it was really unique and pretty! Not your average gazebo at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday around lunch time we took the bus to the INFAMOUS Green Mill bar. We had wanted to go the night before for live music, but since I was sick we ended up staying in. We were still determined to get there though so we decided to stop in for a drink on Sunday. This is the very famous place and former hangout of bad-boy and the ultimate gangster- Al Capone. After thirty seconds though the door, you can easily see why!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The place just exudes that old-time jazz club feel. The decor has never been changed, and it is relatively the exact same today as it was some 70 years ago when Capone ruled the prohibition-era streets as a crime boss. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of Capone's main guys, Jack McGurn, took over as part owner in the 1920's, giving Capone a "Safe" place to hang and discuss business. Capone's favorite booth is still there, just west of the short end of the bar. He liked that particular booth because you could see both the front and rear exits at all times. If anything happened, he had the most time to react. There were also secret trap doors located near his booth under the bar, with a tunnel that led out under the street to the next building. Nowadays, the Green Mill is still very popular, but as a local jazz bar and place for upcoming musicians to play gigs. It is such a cool place and has so much history and stories within it's walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Standing in the far corner is a statue of Ceres, the goddess of harvest. She has since been given the nickname "Stella by Starlight" by some of the old performers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had almost the whole place to ourselves! We sat in one of the famous green booths and ordered a round of drinks. There was a group of older men at the bar and they ended up being hysterical and really nice! Turns out they were the tour bus and equipment drivers for Godsmack, who were in town for two nights for shows. Had we been staying another night, they definitely would have given us tickets to the show. I didn't even know Godsmack was still around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All of the decor is very dark and art deco/art nouveau. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a great time and I am so glad we got to see it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the last things on our to-do list before we had to leave was to see Wrigley Field! We took the subway to the stop and walked a bit before getting to the stadium. Sure enough, a game had just started, so we were able to see and hear it in action. Such an iconic location, similar to the feeling I get when I go to Fenway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am so glad that we got to check off just about everything on our list for this trip! There is certainly plenty more to explore in Chicago but I think we did and saw a TON for only being there two and a half days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our last few sights of Jackelyns neighborhood before heading home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had such a great time and did not want to leave! Jackelyn was an amazing host and tour guide, I couldn't have asked for anything better. It was a total bummer that I got sick but, hey, what are you gonna do. I eventually started to feel better a few days later and my cold lasted for about 2 weeks. Kat was a great travel buddy and we can't wait to plan another girls trip in the future. Until next time, Chicago! Thanks for following along .</span></div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-86756538267831879742015-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:002015-07-07T13:26:13.741-07:00Chicago Girls Trip: Part One<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Chicago, Chicago<br />That toddlin' town<br />Chicago, Chicago<br />I'll show you around<br />I love it<br />Bet your bottom dollar you'll lose the blues<br />In Chicago, Chicago</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soooo, can we all just pretend that we are still back in May and I am not actually blogging about Chicago two months late?! Things have been so busy and fun and I am so in love with summer that blogging has unfortunately taken a back seat for the last few weeks. I had meant to post about my Chicago girls trip at the end of May but LIFE got in the way and here I am at almost the second week of July. Better late than never I guess!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Our first stop Downtown, the enormously tall Sears Tower! We didn't end up going inside, just admired from the street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here is Jackelyn! She was THE BEST tour guide! She really knew everything about everything and could get around the whole city like it was nothing. It was very impressive! We learned so much stuff from her and got some great tips and recommendations. She has done it all and is happy to show others around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> She told us we had to walk through this one random building because it was really beautiful inside, and yes indeed it was! Gotta love the indoor palm trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We continued walking around in the downtown area taking in the sights and city vibes. It was so clean and "calm" for a large city! I was thoroughly impressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We walked past and checked out the famous 'Flamingo' Sculpture by Alexander Calder. I am always down for some art, and it turned out to be a big theme for our visit and for Chicago as a whole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We stopped in to check out the Chicago public library. It was a huge ten floors (one of the largest in the country) and amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The ninth level hosts an indoor winter garden and a complete glass skylight ceiling. It was really pretty and bright and such a cool and quiet spot to study or hang out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Chicago had such a pretty city skyline! The GoPro was able to get some sweet wide angle pictures of many of the skyscrapers and buildings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Love these sassy ladies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The Famous Congress Hotel that has been open since 1893.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Chicago's landscaping was some of the most beautiful I have ever seen! It was very close to that of D.C.. Tulips and immaculate gardens everywhere that lined the streets and parks. They were so full and vibrant and our visit was at just the right time to get everything in full bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made it to the lake shore and got to see Buckingham fountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I took this Chicago Fire picture for Nick in honor of his new job that he just recently started at NFD!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The fountain was huge and spouted water at least 50 feet into the air. You could feel the mist from so far away and on a hot day it was really nice. The sky was overcast at this point of the day but it was still pretty warm outside and with all the walking we were doing we were definitely hot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We walked over to the lakefront and I was so surprised by how much it looked like the ocean! All that was missing was the salt air smell, other than that you couldn't tell the difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The water was so blue and it looked so enticing to jump in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So excited to be in Chicago with this gal! I love her like a sister.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like I said, beautiful flowers and landscaping were around every corner in Chi-town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next we took a stroll through Millennium Park, a state of the art park right in the downtown area. It had tons of cools things for families and kids to do and was so clean and pristine. There was rock climbing, running paths, gardens, and playscapes to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Such a beautiful city!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then as we were walking through the park, I noticed what looked like a sculpture and by the style I knew immediately it had to be a Frank Gehry piece. I had been to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain that was also designed by him. His style is so particular I knew that it had to be him. Sure enough, he had designed this Pritzker Bandshell and it was built between 1999 and 2004. It's such a unique and one of a kind structure and they host many concerts throughout the year here. His designs were initially though to be architecturally and structurally impossible to build, but he has disproven many with his eye catching and mysteriously funky buildings that stand the test of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'd love to see a show here someday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gardens and gardens galore. Every street corner, terrace, median and walkway was covered!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we just HAD to make a stop at the infamous "Bean" sculpture! The actual name of the sculpture is Cloud Gate, and it was created by artist Anish Kapoor but has since been given the nickname of The Bean. The sculpture is meant to reflect and distort the city skyline and create all different types of new views and angles depending on how close/far you are from it. It has become an iconic Chicago landmark!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sculpture sits right above the Park Grill at The Plaza... talk about a nice view from you routdoor table!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We walked under it and it was really cool! You could see hundreds of reflections of yourself and it was pretty mind boggling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More sculptures in Millennium Park. These are giant heads by Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa and are titled "Looking into my dreams, Awilda." They were created and installed as a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the park we walked over to check out the grounds of The Art Institute. We would be going to an event there later on that evening so we wanted to check it out for a bit during the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The grounds and landscaping was designed by landscape architect Dan Kiley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This ten ton solid steel statue called "Horse and Rider" by Charles Ray is installed outside in the gardens and has a full-time guard next to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the entrance to the Art Institute, guarded by the famous lion statues! This one of the most visited museums in the entire world and the second largest in the US. It has amazing galleries and exhibits and there is no wonder why it holds such ranking in the art world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the Art Institute, Jackelyn said that we had to peak inside the Cultural Center to see it's beautiful architecture and mosaic work. We are so glad we did, it was amazing! So intricate and colorful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This large glass dome was so pretty and let in such beautiful light!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Check out all that detail in the mosaic work! It spans the entire walls and ceilings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got another nice surprise when the Cultural Center happened to be hosting a retro pop art exhibit! I love this style of art and it was so cool to see all of these pieces blown up in giant form. We definitely had to take a tour and ended up spending almost an hour in there checking everything out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We loved these faces! They were so cool and were all of famous people. We of course had to put our faces through the holes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was another exhibit in the next room over of a Jazz Age Modernist artist by the name of Archibald Motley. Here he is in a self portrait, painting his nude wife. His work was really neat, funky, and colorful. Definitely felt the vibes of the jazz era. I also loved this one because of the trunk-up elephant on the nightstand. That is Nick and I's favorite good luck symbol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved this quote! It was by the artist himself, Archibald Motley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackelyn is an actress and had an audition for a TV commercial that day around 2pm. We helped her rehearse her line all day and then when it came time for her to go, she set Kat and I off to walk the "Magnificent Mile" on Michigan Avenue. It is a famous one-mile straight stretch with countless upscale shops, department stores, restaurants, bars, and office buildings. It is also Home to the John Hancock building which is the 8th largest building in the country and the trump Tower which is the 5th largest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved these inner city rivers and waterways! They were so pretty and snaked all throughout the streets and buildings leading into Lake Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A mobile on-the-go puppet stage! This guy bikes around the city doing puppet shows on the streets from his bike. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The trump is so friggan tall! Can't even fit in the photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More gardens everywhere you look. I couldn't get over how clean and beautiful this City was. Nothing like the dirty streets of NYC. Also way less crowded and way more friendly! Chicago was quickly becoming one of my new favorite major cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I mean, really? Not a speck of trash anywhere in sight, not even a cigarette butt to be seen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We saw a trolley go by and an entire film crew was on the top level, we think they were maybe filming a scene from the new hit series Empire!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Towards the end of the Maginifcent Mile is the Old Chicago Water Tower. Kat and I checked it out and toured the inside. We kept wondering how Jackie was doing at her interview and couldn't wait to hear how it went!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kat had mentioned another cool thing she remembered from her previous trip and wanted to show me. On the side of the Chicago Tribune Building is a collection of different rocks from around the country and world cemented into the side of the building. They were really cool and I was surprised to have seen a lot more than I expected in real life . There are 149 different rocks in total.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We still had some time to kill so we decided to make a much further than expected walk down to Navy Pier. We finally made it after a long and hot stroll, but it was worth it to see it and be by the lake again to get a cool breeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is a classic pier setting, complete with a carnival, rides, restaurants and shops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were tempted to ride the Ferris Wheel, but the line was long and Jackelyn called to say she had finished, so we decided to skip it and go meet back up with her for some celebratory drinks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackelyn took us to the famous John Hancock Tower, where they have a restaurant and bar on the 95th floor called the "Signature Room". It boats the best views in all of Chicago, and from the women's bathroom of all places! The men's room doesn't have any windows and all, and this is what the women get to see, so cool! Girls were just hanging out in the bathroom not to use it but to just check out and take photos of the view. The windows are floor-to-ceiling and make for some great photos and panoramas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So amazing! One of the best city views I have ever seen for sure. It was pretty scary to get close and look down though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had such a great time and it was a much needed drink and rest for our feet. We had already walked at least 10 miles that day and were feeling the burn! I was starting to feel a little woozy from being so high up, and you could feel the building actually swaying back and forth, so I was a little green in the face, but after staring at the horizon and talking for a bit I started to feel a lot better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jackelyn was so excited because the chairs we so short and just her size!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The view of the lounge and bar area on the 95th floor. The elevator ride up was also pretty scary! Super fast and your ears pop the whole way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There is also a fine dining restaurant on the 95th with a 180 degree view of the lake. It was breathtaking! Literally eating above the clouds. You could definitely impress on a first date by taking someone here, it was amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For dinner, we ate at an award winning and Michelin noted Thai restaurant called Oaprt Thai. Kat and Jackie had eaten there on her last visit and were talking it up all day. It lived up to the expectation and was SO good and fresh, definitely go if you ever get the chance. We rushed back to Jackie's apartment and started to get ready for our big night out. Her friend is the event coordinator/director at the Art Institute and they host sporadic events called "Art After Dark" in the modern wing. Jackelyn was able to score us free tickets(!!) and we were so excited to get dressed up and go. It is an attempt to get the younger crowd to the Art Museum and I'd say it is definitely working. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All dressed and ready to go! My hair did not fair well in the days humidity, so up it went! I curled Kat's hair and it came out great, so looked so pretty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The theme for this nights event was "Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840". It was PACKED, and was such a good crowd of young, hip and trendy folk. Everyone gathered in the modern wing atrium and there were bars galore, hors d'oeuvres, a band and DJ, and even live performance acts. A bagpiper and fife drummer started playing overhead and a circle was formed in the middle of the dance floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Irish step-dancers in traditional garb broke out into some serious step-dance routines! It felt like we were in the belly of the Titanic during that one famous scene where Jack takes Rose to the steerage party. Very energetic and really cool and unexpected. Everyone was watching and clapping along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After hanging out in the atrium and getting some drinks, we decided to head into the exhibit to check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here we are.... in Ireland!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had a lot of beautiful pieces in the collection, and it made me appreciate Irish art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Photo-bombed by Jackelyn's friend Cindy! We kept getting in trouble in the exhibit either for taking photos in the wrong area, for getting to close to things, and even for 'accidentally' leaning on a glass case. Jackelyn said it best when she said "You can't give adults unlimited alcohol and send them into an art exhibit late at night and expect things not to be touched!" True that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made or way through the entirety of the exhibit, and then decided to head back out to the atrium party area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was so packed! The did a great job of getting the word out for the event and making it something that young people actually want to attend that has to do with art. Hats off to the Institute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They also had a unique photo booth set up inside of one of the freight elevators. We were channeling our inner Desperate Housewives, and I think we nailed it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the event ended, they even had an after party at a bar down the street. We got a wrist band which allowed for another free drink, and made the walk to a bar called 'Gage' on S. Michigan Ave. We spent the rest of the night chatting and laughing, and eventually Jackie's friend drove us home. It was such an activity filled and fun first day in Chicago! Not a minute was wasted and we were able to see so much and check so many things off of the list. We were so tired and ready for bed! Stay tuned for Day 2 and 3 in Part Two of my Chicago Girls Trip, soon to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">And love, such a silly game we play<br /> Oh, like a summer's day in May<br /> What is love, what is love?<br /> I just wanted to be loved, oh, oh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">And I, I, I, I, I, I can feel it in your kiss<br /> It just gives me tender bliss<br /> What is love, what is love?<br /> I just wanted to be loved, oh, oh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally getting around</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to posting more of my May happenings, even though it's already June! Time is FLYING by! Since I wasn't going to be around for Mothers day besides dinner, I helped my Mom earlier in the week with a project she had wanted to do in her garden. We went to Lowes and picked out some succulents and some different colors of spray paint. We had an old bird bath in the garden that was looking pretty drab and was never really used. She wanted to create it into a bright and colorful succulent garden. We laid out the map of how they should be planted, and then I got to spray painting. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a few coats, it was finished and the final product looked great! It was totally refreshed and made for a very happy Mommy for Mothers Day. It came out really cute and was a fun DIY project that we did together. Now there is a nice pop of color in the garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mothers day morning Nick and I went out to breakfast and we had to take one of our traditional Nick-holding-mug-at-diner photos. I think we have at least a dozen by now! Also, our service was terrible so we got free breakfast! They sat us in the corner and then completely forgot about us. We sat their without even waters or ordering for a good 25 minutes. FINALLY we got her attention and she knew she had made a big mistake. The food was pretty good so that helped, and then they comped our entire bill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For lunch on Mothers Day we went to Nicks Mom's to see his Mom and grandmother. His sister had brought lobsters for everyone, so it was a really nice treat! It was nice to see everyone and spend time with his family and the important women in his life. After that, we ran a few errands and then decided to play some mini golf. Sadly, I lost by a couple strokes but it was really fun. It was actually the same mini golf course where we went on one of our first dates. I beat him that first time, even though we somehow only played 17 holes (no idea)! This time we played all 18, go figure. Next we headed down to CT to have dinner with my Mom and family. My Aunt made her famous Whiskey Sours and they were so good. Nick doesn't even really like whiskey and he LOVED them as well. If you are interested in making some, the recipe for a small pitcher is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a nice salad and cheesy-pesto pasta dish for Mothers Day dinner and it was yummy! My Mom was happy to have us all there together celebrating her day, she is a great Mommy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Mom buys this lemon sour at Whole Foods and I got the idea that it might be perfect for Nick and I to use to recreate our own version of Fishers Island Lemonade, an expensive drink that we both are obsessed with. We were looking to make a more budget friendly version at home that tastes just like the original. Our final recipe came out great! Its 1.5oz Vodka, 1.5oz Whiskey, 8oz lemonade (we used the lemon sour mixed with water), and 1oz soda water for a tiny bit of bubble. Try it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To go with our home made Fishers Island Lemonade, I made a BOMB dinner that my Aunt had made for us a few years ago- BGT's! That's a bacon, guacamole, and tomato sandwich and man oh man is it heaven! You have to try this! Recipe is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-2-3 slices of thick-cut bacon per sandwich</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-Home made guacamole (Avocados, sliced tomato's, cilantro, lime, garlic)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Mom and Dave ordered this HUGE gallery wrap of one of my old wave photos from sunset at Harkness Beach in Waterford. It looks great on their newly repainted walls in the office. I am expecting my royalty check in the mail any day now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The third weekend in May, I went to Chicago for a girls trip with Nick's sister to visit their cousin Jackelyn! It was SO much fun and I cant wait to blog about my first trip to the Windy City. I am still working on it and am waiting to incorporate Nick's sisters photos into it as well, so look out for that post in the next week or so! The weekend after that was memorial day weekend and there was lots in store. Friday night, I went down to PB as Nick had to work on Saturday at the hospital so I figured I would go down and spend time with my Aunt/Uncle and Cousin Jen. I got there Friday evening just in time for sunset and happy hour out by the fire!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The fire pit is new this year as the house was just built last year. It is a gas fire and is so awesome! It keeps the bugs at bay and is great once the sun goes down and it starts to get a little cooler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trust me, it's not a bad place to be.... ever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This dog named Buddy from a few houses down ventured over and I just could not even. It was a hairless Chinese Crested dog and just about the ugliest thing you have ever seen. A face only a mother could love, and I could not stop laughing at it's misfortune. Terrible, I know. It even has to wear a shirt year round because it gets sunburn and has serious skin issues. It had warts and dry skin all over and was just so ugly it was almost cute! Looks aside, Buddy was a very sweet dog! Behind Buddy is Jen's cousins dog Roxie (pit/lab/pointer mix). They were also down visiting as they all had a family wedding to attend on Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love getting my toes warmed up by the fire. We sipped our drinks and chatted and just relaxed from our busy weeks. It was a great start to the three day weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a wonderful, relaxing night in my favorite place with some of my favorite people. PB for life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next morning we woke up to a beautiful day. As I said before, Jen's family had a wedding to go to that day so I just hung around and helped do Jen's hair in curls for the wedding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once they left for the wedding, I headed home as my Mom and Aunt had planned one of my favorite dinners, Salmon BLT's, so I knew I had to be there. They did not disappoint per usual, and Nick was extra jealous when I sent him these pictures because it is one of his faves as well and he somehow always seems to miss it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, I unfortunately had to make the two-hour trek up to the South Shore of Boston as I had a wedding to photograph on Sunday with Pam. (It was shaping up to be a weekend with lots of driving! 9 hrs total!) It was a bummer that Nick had to work Saturday and I had to work Sunday but we had big plans to spend all of Monday together for Memorial Day. After the wedding, I was tired but drove back to Western Mass and went right to bed. We woke up early on Monday and headed to our favorite local coffee shop, Shelburne Falls, for some iced joes and breakfast sandwiches. No better way to start the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He always gets the hazelnut, and I always get the coconut. Couple o' nuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our Memorial Day plans included something new that we had never done before! My brothers girlfriend Lindsay's Mom and Step-Dad belong to the Westbrook Elks Club on the CT Shore and had invited us all down there for the day! They get free unlimited guests and it has its own private beach, CHEAP bar, restaurant, parking and live music. There is also a big grassy area to sit on above the beach which was really nice and a good place to play games and hang out in the sunshine. The forecast, even up to that morning, was looking bleak. Clouds and showers and thunderstorms threatened our one day off together, but magically and miraculously once we got down to the CT shore it was crystal clear skies and warm and beautiful with no signs of changing. We couldn't believe how wrong the weathermen were, but we were very happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was one of the best weather days we have had yet this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicks Sister Kat and her husband Marcel, and his cousin Dan and girlfriend Chelsea also came down with us! It is so nice that our two families blend so well and we all love hanging out with each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The whole gang! I love this photo, it is a framer for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's Sister Kat! Tune in to the blog next week for our Chicago girls trip recap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My boo! Thanks for letting me wear one of your million pairs of sunglasses!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chelsea! She is currently kicking law schools butt and it was nice for her to be able to take a break from studying to join us for the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nice, Michael..... this is why we can't go nice places!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lindsay sister Carly, Lindsay, and Kat. Like I said, I love when all of our families can get together and have fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The elks club was really nice! We really had no idea what to expect but it FAR surpassed our expectations or preconceived notions of what an Elks club might be like. This was like no elks we had ever seen! Gorgeous! Fun! On the beach! The membership is actually only $120 per year too. For what you get, it is so worth it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lest we not forget what that day was really all about- remembering and celebrating our past and present military and service members. Thank you to any and all who serve our country. I am so grateful and thankful for you! Land of the free, because of the brave. We are all so lucky to live here and enjoy the freedoms of the United States. You will never be forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were able to get our hands on -some- cards. I say some because the deck we were given only had about 39 cards but, beggars can't be choosers! We were able to play a couple rounds of our favorite game, Mafia, as well as a round of Kings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike and Dan- two peas in a pod. Dangerous when combined, but we love them anyhow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soon, once the band started playing, we heard a new singers voice on the mic. We all looked up and to our surprise, Lindsay's sister Carly was on the Microphone! Her favorite Carly Simon song had come on and she went up and just started singing with the band. She has a great voice and we all started cheering and singing along. Girl has guts! There was a couple hundred people there at least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carly killed it! A standing ovation! The band was even surprised at how good she was. Their graduation aprty is coming up in a few weeks and we can't wait for the karaoke DJ!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you couldn't already tell, we were all having SO much fun! The whole day really was a blast. So many laughs and good memories, just what life is all about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Michael fell victim to classic beer+the sun=nap equation, and we all chuckled as his misfortune. Lindsay's Mom was nice enough to come over and rub some more sunscreen on him in his sleep so that he wouldn't get burned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see here how the grassy level is just above a nice private beach! The tide was low most of the day so we had great views of the sand and sandbars right off shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is the face of a boy who no doubt just said something FRESH. Why I oughta....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My sweet boy! I only dislike him a little bit because he tans faster than anyone I know and never gets burnt. One day in the sun and you'd think he was from Jamaica. Humph. I do get tan as well, but with much more effort and sun burns along the way. If you can see from this photo I had already had to put on my cover up on because my back was getting burned, even with multiple applications of sunscreen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That man in the jeans is Lindsay's step-dad's Uncle- and he is 91! He's absolutely killing it and looks great. You would never guess he was a day over 70. A legend for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we all got really hot sitting in the sun, we decided to head down to the beach for a bit for a walk and to feel the water and cool down. So nice to feel the sand in my toes once again! The water is still pretty chilly but it actually wasn't as bad as I expected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Couldn't help but stop for a quick photo shoot on the beach with the gals! Nick was typical wise-guy Nick and took about 78 shots in a row of the same thing. Thanks hunny! You make editing so fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Who says CT doesn't have beaches! Here is your proof, as far as the eyes can see. CT has a beautiful coastline and while it's not the surfers paradise, the beaches are clean and gorgeous and almost always calm. A great place to relax and soak up the sun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Far off into the other direction as well. I haven't been to Westport in so long. It is further West from Waterford but is a really nice area as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A nice iPhone pano from the Elks Club lawn. This place is awesome folks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just love these siblings! Not positive but I think both of their eyes may be closed in every pic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Group shot. This was such a fun day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">MERICA baby! We are so lucky we get to enjoy views and days like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once it started to get later, we went up to the deck and restaurant and got some food for dinner. Besides dealing with the rudest bartender known to mankind, we had a nice time and tried to not let her ruin our day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, we sadly packed up and headed back home. We all had a great time and were so thankful to Lindsay's family for having all of us down! Can't wait to do it again sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The aftermath of a strappy bathing suit and bad sunscreen. Luckily it only lasted about a day before turning to tan and we had a big bottle of aloe in the fridge to soothe the pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is air conditioner my parents bought. No words.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is what Nick did to said air conditioner when said parents were gone. Always making us laugh, that one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mikes sunburn aftermath from sleeping in the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick yet again making me laugh/trying to annoy me by putting the seat of my car into gangster lean and bumping the radio trying to get me to notice. I noticed alright....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Memorial day was also our aunt Izzy's birthday, but unfortunately we missed her as they went out to dinner at a family friends house. A day or two later though we had a big family dinner for her with cheese fondue! Happy birthday Izzy! We love you to pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">May was great but it flew by! Can't believe how fast this summer is already going. Makes me sad and it isn't even officially "summer" yet! Stay tuned for my Chicago trip post and for some more Bither Bungalow renovation posts! Thanks for reading.</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-49841481238103415732015-06-04T06:19:00.000-07:002015-06-04T06:19:10.624-07:00Tales From The Sea: Crocodile Pocket-Knife<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Second star to the right and straight on til morning.
//Peter Pan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">**<i>Tales From The Sea</i> will be a reoccurring series of
stories, memories, and happenings from my life. These are things I wish to have
written down as a preservation of memory, but also to hopefully inspire others,
maybe make you chuckle, improve my writing skills, and let you know a little
more about what makes me, me!**<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Being children of the 90’s, my brother and I loved and
adored all things Disney. We had ALL of the VHS tapes, and watched many of them
over and over again likely while dressed in the past year’s Halloween costumes or hugging stuffed animals of whichever character was currently on top. We both had our respective favorites, but one movie that we both
really enjoyed equally was Peter Pan. In 1997, at the peak of our Neverland
obsession and much to the dismay of our Mom, McDonalds came out with a line of
Peter Pan inspired Happy Meal toys. A trip to McDonalds was definitely a treat
for us as kids, and I’d say we probably got to go maybe once a month, if that,
to get Happy Meals or play in the Playscape with either our parents or our babysitter. When the commercials came out for the Peter Pan toys, we were
in awe. MUST HAVE THEM ALL quickly became our mentality and I am sure the
begging and pleading to Mom and Dad began shortly afterwards. There was one
toy, in particular, that we both were absolutely jonesing for and were dying to
have. It was the ‘Crocodile Pocket-knife’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It just looked so incredibly cool from the commercials and we both
latched onto the thoughts of having it and would not let go. Just by the name
of it, you can totally tell that something like this would in no way fly in
today’s 2015 society. A toy pocket-knife? For kids to play with?! H-E-double L
to the no, I can hear the lawsuits already. But thankfully, we were kids of the
90’s and this was just one of the BAJILLION reasons why it was the absolute
best era to grow up in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, days went by and after some serious pleading and
promising to do our chores and whatnot, we were on our way to McDonalds.
Michael ALWAYS got the cheeseburger Happy Meal, and I ALWAYS got the Nuggets
Happy Meal. Never straying, we were both ride-til-we-die to our respective fake
meats. Mom went through the drive through and from the backseat we were eagerly
awaiting our boxes and the Peter Pan toy that lied within. We tore them open,
bypassing the food and going right for the greasy plastic packages at the
bottom. We both take them out simultaneously and much to our disappointment, we
each pull out the “Smee Flashlight” toy which was hands down the worst and
least-cool toy of the lot. Smee was the short and stumpy and not-so smart first
mate of Captain Hook and the toy we got was just a small replica of his round
body in flashlight form. Booooooo. It’s okay though, this was only the first
week, and must have been the first toy in the rotation to be given out to
patrons. Our need and want for the Crocodile Pocket-knife only increased from
that moment out, and there was just no question that we absolutely had to have
it. Mom was in for a rough month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With lots more begging and pleading, the next few trips to
Mickey D’s went as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trip #2<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike: Smee Flashlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ash: Smee Flashlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ugh! What the heck! Another Smee Flashlight!? How dare
they!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trip #3<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike: Captain Hook Telescope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ash: Smee Flashlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Okay, at least one of us got a different toy this time, so
maybe they have changed the rotation. But I still got the flashlight again.
Maybe it’s because I got chicken nuggets and he got the cheeseburger. Maybe I
should suck it up get the burger next time. Maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trip#4<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike: Wendy Magnifier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ash (orders same Cheeseburger meal as Mike): Smee
Flashlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Okay, this is really not fair. The tears were welling up
in my eyes. Again, Michael got one of the different toys and I was stuck with
my THIRD Smee flashlight in a row. At least we both had still not gotten the
Crocodile Pocket-Knife, but if you can in any way relate to childhood
relationships with your siblings, my misfortune was NOT overlooked by my
younger Brother. He was basking in the fact that he had 3 of the 7 toys in the
set and making sure to rub it in and show off/brag in any way he could. My Mom
was starting to get sick of hearing it, and we had also been to McDonalds about
four times in two weeks so she decided that we could go ONE last time if we
were on our 100% BEST behavior all week. Mike and I knew this was the end-all-be-all,
so we put on our angel faces and a couple days later we were headed back for
the 5<sup>th</sup> and final attempt at the Crocodile Pocket-Knife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trip#5<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike: CROCODILE POCKET-KNIFE!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ash: ……………..Smee Flashlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">No lie folks. I couldn’t decide if I was happy that we at
least got one, or absolutely devastated that my little brother got the big
coveted prize and all I had to show for it was a hoarder’s sized collection of
Smee flashlights. I was the latter. Totally and utterly devastated. I cried and
begged and complained to my Mom. Couldn’t she just go in and ask to exchange
mine? They had to have more! It wasn’t fair! Nope. She had given us fair
warning that this was the last time. And besides, Michael had “gotten the
Crocodile Pocket-Knife and we were to ‘share it’”. Sharing was not one of
Michaels strongest suits, and plus, it just wasn’t the same as having my own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For whatever reason, this was something that just <u>stuck
with me</u>. One of those things that just stays in the back of your mind,
popping out from time to time when certain things remind you of it. I could
never look at Peter Pan the same. Michael and I would talk and joke about it
from time to time, even as we got much older. That friggan Smee Flashlight…..
If I ever saw one again it would be too soon. I’m sure many other ‘unfair’
instances happened to me while growing up, brother and sister quarrels and
fights over toys, but they all came and passed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for whatever reason, thoughts of that darn Crocodile
Pocket-Knife just wouldn’t leave me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fast forward 18 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I meet a boy named Nick on vacation in 2013. We start
dating and are in the season of “getting to know each other” on a deeper level.
It takes time and effort to figure out who the other person really is. We spent the
first 25 years of our lives NOT knowing each other. A lot had happened during
that time that made us into the people we are today who really care for and
love each other. We were both very eager to learn more about each other and our pasts, so
we would often stay up late telling each other stories from our childhoods and
teen years in hopes of getting to know each other better. And also because we both
truly cared about where the other person came from and what they had
experienced and gone through up to that point of us meeting in 2013. Somewhere
along in conversation within those first few months of dating, the Crocodile
Pocket-Knife story came up. I am not sure who said what that caused me to
remember it, but I gave Nick the full story and play by play of that damn Smee
Flashlight and the Crocodile Pocket-Knife I never got. The conversation kept
going after that and it was right on to the next topic, never to be talked
about again beyond that one instance. I’d say it was maybe August. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fast forward again another 4 months to December 24<sup>th</sup>.
Nick came over on Christmas Eve as we had planned to open our gifts for each
other that night since we had busy days planned for Christmas with our
families. There was lots of excitement and anticipation for the gifts we had
gotten each other, and by some of the things Nick had already gotten me up to
that point throughout the year, I knew it was going to be good. Just how good
though? I had no idea. I opened a few of the things from him. A leather-bound journal
since he knew I wanted to start blogging and organizing my ideas, a pair of new
slippers I had really been wanting, a fake license plate that read TINSEL
because I had seen it on a car one day and though it was the cutest thing ever,
and a large nautical duffel bag with a luggage tag that had the coordinates to
my favorite beach on it; just to name a few. I then came to an odd shaped
present that seemed to flop around a bit and not hold its shape. I had
absolutely NO idea what it was. And then I opened it. Six small plastic bags,
unopened, each containing one of the 7 toys from the 1997 McDonalds Peter Pan
Happy Meal Collection. There was another smaller wrapped gift attached to them.
I opened that as well. It was the 7<sup>th</sup> toy in the collection, the
Crocodile Pocket-Knife. Cue the ugly-cry. I really could not believe it. “How!?
Wait, WHAT?! Where did you get these!?” finally came out of my mouth as I wiped
away the tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, you CAN find
just about anything online these days. I just could not get over it. I had only
told him the story that one time, months earlier! But somehow he knew and took
from the conversation just how much I had wanted that Crocodile Pocket-Knife,
and how disappointed I was to not have had it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had finally gotten it, my very own Crocodile
Pocket-knife, almost 20 years later. I know how lucky I am to have a guy like
Nick in my life and I hope he knows how much that gift means to me. He makes my dreams come true, and is the most thoughtful and
caring person I know. For him to pick up on something small like that in our conversation and to think and plan and search and save it for me for Christmas speaks volumes to the kind of guy he is. Thank you, thank you, thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A few things that I learned from this whole Crocodile
Pocket-Knife saga is that a lot of the times, life is not fair. Other people
will get the Captain Hook Telescope and the Wendy Magnifier and the Crocodile
Pocket-Knife, and you will be stuck sitting there with the Smee flashlight for
what seems like no apparent reason. But, in the same jest, I have since learned that
bad luck now may very well lead to good luck in the future. So whatever you may
be going through, big or small, hang tight! There really are reasons for
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-14219183058124943452015-05-20T18:51:00.001-07:002015-05-20T18:51:04.089-07:00Happy Birthday: Nautical Nomad Turns 1! <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It takes a long time to become young.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Happy 1st Birthday to Nautical Nomad! Exactly one year ago today I posted my first ever blog post. It has been such a great year and I am so glad I have stuck with it thus far. I love having this online journal full of memories that I can always look back on. I have done 51 posts and received over 27,000 page views in year one with absolutely no publicizing. I have NO idea who they have come from seeing as I don't tell anyone about the blog except for my immediate family and friends. My plan for year 2 is to push the blog more and hopefully gain even more of a following and a larger audience. I am planning to start an Instagram account solely for the blog in the coming weeks in hopes that it will draw more people to the site. I want to send a big THANK YOU to everyone that has read my posts so far and I hope you continue to follow on my adventures. I really do love life and everything it has to offer. When I started I had no idea where this blog would go and am so glad that I have stuck with it this long. Can't wait to see where year 2 takes me!</span><br />
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<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-65511104313206199142015-05-13T13:01:00.003-07:002015-05-18T08:35:52.636-07:00Bither Bungalow: Sun Porch Redo<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you wait until you</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">have enough money to decorate and make your home your own, </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">it will never happen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">If you wait until you can afford to buy everything new,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It is the old, the new, the made, the hand-me-down,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">the collected, the worn -but loved- things in your home that make it your own.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Stacy Risenmay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am very excited to start the first of many renovation/redo posts for the 'Bither Bunglaow'. As you may know, Nick bought his Grandmothers house last November and we have been slowly but surely redoing each and every room both inside and out. Neither of us have very much free time as we both have two jobs, but every day we have been able we work hard and long to get things done. It is definitely a process, but it is slowly coming along and starting to really take shape. The house has great bones as his Grandfather was a carpenter and built everything extra strong and took meticulous care of everything in the home. Because of this, we are lucky in that most of the renovations are purely cosmetic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The quote I posted above really resonates with me and is something I strongly believe in. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to order the entire Pottery barn catalog and have it delivered and installed without lifting a finger but unless we hit Powerball next Wednesday *fingers crossed*, that just isn't in the cards. I also think that sometimes those "catalog homes" just seem so sterile and boring and as if you can't even touch or use the furniture in fear of "messing it up". I absolutely LOVE homes filled with character and decor that tells a story and actually MEANS something to you in one way or another. We have tried to incorporate as many things as possible that have special meaning to us or have been passed down or given to us from family or friends. Making a house a home can be really fun, and it doesn't have to happen all at once. We have taken bits and pieces and memories from here and there and have started to put each room together piece by piece. I know that most of it is just 'things' and material possessions that we can't take with us, but the memories attached to them make us love and cherish them even more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the first rooms to be "finished" is the front sun porch on the second floor. Nick's Mom told us that this porch was her parents' (Nick's Grandma and Grandpa) favorite place in the house and that they spent more time out there than any other room. That right there in itself is so nice to know, and makes us want to take the upmost care of it and treasure our time there because it is so special to his family. Nick made my wishes come true as he always does and granted me carte blanche to redo and decorate it however I wanted! It was going to be my little project and I couldn't wait to get started. My dream has always been to have a house on the water with a big front porch with the ceiling painted the traditional Cape Cod sea-foam blue. While the ocean front property is still a ways away, he said I could paint the sun porch ceiling blue! I started brainstorming for the color scheme and the over feel I wanted for the room. I decided on a bright and airy coastal-cool theme but didn't want to make it too nautical as we already have a nautical theme going on in some of the other rooms yet I still wanted it to tie in with the rest of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's Mom sent me these awesome old photos of the sun porch from when Nick was a little boy. They are so cute and you can really tell they spent a lot of time out there! Here is Nick and his sister Kat sitting together on the old furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love these next two! Nick with his Grandma who he absolutely adores and loves. She is so sweet and I am so glad to have gotten to know her over the past few years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and Kat with their Grandma and Granapa. I am sure this is a photo they now cherish as sadly their Grandfather passed away last year. I think we need to get another frame and hang this one in the room as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is Auntie Susan with their cousin Jackelyn sitting and reading on the porch, something I am sure we will be using it for going forward, it is the perfect reading spot. Thanks so much to Nick's Mom for these photos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is my initial thoughts on how to lay it out. The final space ended up being pretty close to what I had originally planned! Considering that I work in construction my "blueprinting" skills are clearly lacking...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here are some newer "before" photos of the porch a few weeks ago before we started doing any of the renovation. The walls and ceiling were a dull white and a portion of one wall was painted beige. There was a yellow rug on the floor and a few miscellaneous decor items leftover that we moved out. Everything was coated in a layer of dirt and dust since it hadn't been used in quite a few years, so it was due for a really good cleaning and scrub down! We had to dust, clean, wipe, windex, and vacuum every square inch in order to get it ready to redo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's Mom and Stepdad Art surprised Nick with a new dark colored ceiling fan! It was a great gift that we really needed and one less thing that we had to purchase for the new room which was a BIG help. Just starting out, the budget is pretty tight so we were trying to make it as nice as possible while being as budget-concious and thrifty/DIY as possible. Sometimes it takes some extra searching and work, but it is worth it in the long run to not break the bank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From on the porch looking toward the house this is the larger wall space to the left where I had planned to hang a small gallery wall. To the right is the carpet that was in the room which had some serious fading due to the constant sunlight the room gets during the day. It definitely need to be replaced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We ripped up the carpet and lo and behold, hardwood floors! Yippee! We felt like real life HGTVers getting extremely excited over hidden hardwoods. The back porch is linoleum tile so we assumed the front would maybe be the same but had no idea what was underneath and were very surprised. We had initially planned to maybe put down some pergo that Nick had gotten from a friend at the gym, but we decided to stick with the real deal and just paint them! They were a dark grey but one strip had been replaced as well as some paint stains around the edges, so we decided to paint it all white.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love that the entire space is windows! It is so bright and lets in so much natural light, and at night you can open them all up to the screens and feel the cool cross breezes blow through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I decided to work from the top down so after a trip to Home depot I picked up the perfect paint color for the Cape Cod ceiling and a gallon of pure white for the rest of the room. I wanted it as light and bright as possible! The ceiling was a LOT of work because it is not a flat ceiling, it has wainscoting which is GREAT visually and to go along with the Cape Code porch motif but a pain in the neck (literally) to paint! It took me about four hours to do the 5x10 room ceiling. It came out great and I love that it looks a different shade at all different times of day and in different light. The paint is Behr color Mirador M420-3 in eggshell finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love the wainscotting! It's just that small extra attention to detail that makes the porch look all the better. Nicks grandfather definitely knew what he was doing and all of the woodwork is great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next step was for Nick to install the ceiling fan! He got it up pretty quickly without really knowing "how" to hang a fan and make it work, but he did it and I was really proud! It looks beautiful and we LOVE the dark wood color against the seafoam ceiling, it is one of our favorite features of the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up was to repaint ALL of the rest of the woodwork, window sills, railings and walls a fresh coat of white. This also took quite longer than expected because most if it had to be painted by hand and not with a roller. But it was well worth it as the fresh white just made it look so clean and new. Here you can see Nick going over what I did with a second coat as I am definitely not the most skilled painter in the world...."just slap it on" is the name of my game and that really doesn't fly with my perfectionist man. I actually am a perfectionist, just in different ways, so we balance each other out. He re-paints where I painted and I re-dust where he dusted.... it works!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We used Behr Eggshell paint in pure white from Home Depot. Paint is one thing you really can't/shouldn't be too cheap on. It's worth it to spend a few extra bucks to go for quality over having to redo it every few years or have it not cover well or need multiple coats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After all of the walls, wainscoting, and window sills were painted, it was time for the floor! I gave it a thorough vacuum and sweep to get up most of the dirt and dust, and then we each started at one side and met in the middle. We had to paint ourselves out of the room!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick finished the last little bit of the first coat and then we had to let it dry well. It was definitely going to need a second coat to cover the grey but we wanted it to dry overnight first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I woke up the next morning to leave for work and snapped this picture, I loved how the colors looked in the bright morning light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first coat was dry, and Nick was going to add the second coat to the floor later that evening while I was back in CT for the week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He sent me this photo once he was done, it looked perfect with a second coat and the painting was finally finished! It definitely has character and that Cape Code weathered porch feel, my dreams were starting to come to life. And now came the fun part- furnishing and decor!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick re-hung the old blinds that were in the sun porch from before. We liked the beachy style and the color matched the overall theme so we decided to stick with them! Also, the window lengths are odd and they are likely custom sizes, so it would have been hard to find new ones that would fit or we would have had to maybe go with curtains which I wasn't too amped on so I am glad we stuck with the old! I liked keeping a bit of it's old charm and character. Also, notice those hooks on the ceiling that we decided to keep as I had some ideas for how to use them in the new space. I made sure to paint them with the ceiling paint as well so that they didn't stand out too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up it was time to find the larger furnishings for the room... the couch, the rug and the coffee table. I wanted to get these three bigger items done first, and then work on bringing in some smaller décor and accent pieces later on. Keeping to our thrifty budget we turned to one of our favorite places, Craigslist. We have gotten some GREAT stuff over the last year so I was really hopeful and optimistic that we would be able to find something. The room is small, so I was looking for preferably a white loveseat or small settee in a more casual style. There was nothing in either of our immediate areas, but the below loveseat came up in Cambridge MA and it was the perfect style and size. Just needed a little ironing and fluffing up! Although it was a far drive, I had to be in the greater Boston area to photograph a wedding anyways, so I took my Moms SUV and made a pit stop early in the morning before the wedding. I don't recommend picking things up on your own, especially as a female, but desperate times called for desperate measures and I was willing to take a chance that "Kyle" was not a serial killer. Turns about she was a female weighing about 100lbs and all was fine! I got the couch for $80 and it still is available online at Ikea for a retail price of $380. She also gave me an extra set of the white slipcover which costs an additional $40 at Ikea. So I got a $420 piece that had barely been used in excellent condition for $80... not bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The measurements were the exact width of the room, so we were hoping and praying that it would just fit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All loaded up! Also... getting a sofa down a three story walk up with a spiral staircase is NOT easy. I was sweating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Now that the couch was taken care of, I decided to focus on a rug. Rugs are hard because they are SO expensive and they are hard to come by on sites like Craigslist. It's not an item that is often sold second hand and if it is it's usually gross, worn, or completely out of style. Instead of going to a million rugs stores, I decided to try my luck online even though its hard to visualize the true color from online. I knew I either wanted to go for a natural color rug or a seafoam color to play up the ceiling and I was able to narrow it down to these two choices. I wanted something about 5x8 in size and either a braided or jute material that would be good for a porch and more durable. I was so torn between the two but after taking a vote with our families and thinking about how I really wanted the room to look, the natural rug on the right won hands down! I really wanted the ceiling color to stand out on it's own and be the main focal point, so I decided to ditch the blue rug and go with the more natural color. It was about $100 on Amazon Prime with the free two day shipping which is always great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up was the coffee table. I knew I wanted something fairly small, and either a white or natural wood color or combination. I browsed sites like Target and Ikea and found a few options that I thought would work, but still wasn't fully decided on what to get. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I went to dinner at my house in CT when I remembered that I had my old side tables from my bedroom that my Mom had said I could have. Upon further look, we figured one of them would make a perfect coffee table for the porch. It was just the right size, style, and shape and we figured we could paint it white and give it a mini makeover. It was also FREE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick touched up some of the other areas and we both took turns putting coats of white on the coffee table using the same paint from the walls and floor. I was loving all of the white and how the room was going to be SO bright and airy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The rug arrived from amazon prime two days later and we now had the three main furniture pieces in the room! It was started to look like a room again and it was finally time for my favorite part of the redo process- the decorating! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For the décor I wanted to keep it fairly minimal and coastal feeling, but wanted to bring in some pops of color and warmth. I decided to use the seafoam ceiling color as one of the main accents, with a salmon/coral color as a secondary accent and some gold and white tones mixed in as well. I made a trip to one of my favorite places, Homegoods, and I got extremely lucky that these colors just happened to be in stock! I found some really great items that all tied in together really well, and I spent about $120 on some pillows, a throw blanket, frames, candles, art and accents. I could see it all together in my head and was really excited to put it all into the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another idea I had to utilize some of the wall space on the larger wall was to create a small gallery wall of photos and accents that have meaning to Nick and I. Creating a meaningful home is important to both of us, so I started to gather and put together items that were special to us. My Mom and Step Dad had recently got us this rustic Fleur-de-lis to remind us of our trip to New Orleans that we had loved so much. It hangs on the wall and the small bulbs even light up, so I knew this would be a perfect piece for part of the gallery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I collected a few frames and things from my house in CT that I thought might work. I ended up using the two prints on the top left! It took quite a bit of mixing and matching to get it right but I am so happy with how it all turned out as you will see below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I wanted to incorporate some photos from our Hawaii trip so I got several different 4x6 frames in our color combo and printed some matte photos at Wal-Mart. The only frame color I absolutely could not find was a salmon/coral frame... so I decided to make one! I got a wooden frame for $1 at Wal-Mart and then just spray painted it with coral spray paint from Home Depot and it came out great. Sometimes when you can't find exactly what you need you just have to improvise and DIY it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since the room is a sun porch that would be getting tons of natural light, I also wanted to incorporate some live plants. I do NOT have a green thumb, so I am sure these plants will have an untimely death at some point, but I am determined to at least try to keep them alive. Call me old fashioned but I absolutely HAD to have some of those 60's style Macramé plant hangers. We had multiple hooks already in the ceiling so I really wanted to have some hanging plants and I felt that those would give it that natural and coastal feel. Turns out I got really lucky again and my area Home Depot carried some in just the perfect colors! I got two Dracaena plants and one Jade plant. The Jade came in a terra cotta pot that I loved but I knew I had to find two planters to repot the Dracaenas. Check out the Macramé hangers... they had a natural color, a green, and an orange... perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Turns out I found two perfect white planters at Wal-Mart and took the plants outside to repot them. They were the last two at the store and were the perfect style and color, I loved them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They looked SO good in the new white pots! That is until, catastrophe struck and one of them slipped from my hands while I was bringing them back inside. I was so mad! Especially because they were the last two at that store! I had to go to three other Wal-Marts with no luck of finding another! I finally went back to the original store I had gone to and they had ONE left, but in black. I bought it and figured I would just have to spray paint it white. It was such a headache from a dumb mistake, but it ended up working out fine in the end and you can't even tell that one of them is spray painted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also needed a small side table that would be used as a TV stand. We are lucky in that there is cable already run out to the porch! Nick took his small bedroom TV that we don't use and decided that we would put it out on the porch. It would be the perfect spot to cozy up and watch TV at night or on weekend mornings. We turned to our best friend Craigslist once again and I found a couple small tables that looked like they would be perfect! I went with the one on the right as it had straighter and cleaner lines, but they were almost exactly the same. It has a small crack in the top so I was able to get it for only $10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another CL success story! I showed up to pick this one up with my brother and his friend Kevin who is about 6'4". The guy answered the door with a surprised look and said, "The tables not that big...." it was too funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The last décor project was to put together all of the pieces for the gallery wall into a shape that would fit the space and be appealing to the eyes. It turned out to be a mixture of framed photos, prints, and accents pieces that all have special meaning to us. I went through a few different layouts and ended on this! I think it was a good balance and looked great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The frame in the top right was a 5x7 so I had to get a photo for that one as I had only printed 4x6's. We had a photo of Nick and I from a wedding we went to in Austin Texas that we love, so we decided to use that as you will see later!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each piece of the gallery has a story behind it and/or significance and meaning to us. The piece in the left photo below is an antique thermometer, clock and barometer that was given to me by my Godparents from their old beach house in Waterford that I have spent many many wonderful days of my life at and is my favorite place on Earth. Nick got to be a part of it in the beginning of our relationship but recently the old house was knocked down to be rebuilt. The house was over 100 years old and I am so grateful to have this piece that came from it. The best and CRAZIEST thing about it, is that the brand/maker of the piece is "Springfield"!! How wild and coincidental is that!!?? I really feel that it was just truly meant to be. The center piece in the right photo is a Nautical Star that Nick and I bought together a little while back. We both love all things nautical, and it also represents a travelers way home when they are lost, as well as the stars on our American flag and the pattern of a compass rose. All of these things combined make it a really special piece for us that we love! Below and above the star are three photos from our trip to Oahu and Kauai.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the photo on the left below, the top picture is an 11x14 watercolor print of my favorite beach in the world that Nick and I go to every summer, Pleasure Beach. I bought it many years ago from the yearly firehouse fair across from the house my Dad grew up in where my Grandfather lived until he passed when I was in high school. My Grandfather once even saved the old Buffalo Fire Truck from being destroyed when the Firehouse it self was burning down! I just needed to still get a frame for it! The bottom is a print that my Mom had given me for my birthday a few years ago with one of my favorite quotes that reads "The cure for anything is salt water; sweat, tears or the sea"... so true! In the photo on the right, the D represents Nicks last name. The sunset photo in the middle is the first sunset we saw in Hawaii, and on the bottom is the Fleur-de-lis that we got from my Mom and Step-dad to represent our trip to New Orleans. Each of these items brings back great memories for us and I was really excited to get it hung up on the wall. Nick is the best helper for hanging things and we got it done together in record time. I would measure, and then he would nail and hang. It was good practice for when we redo the entire stairwell in black and white photos this fall...!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After putting it all together, we are so happy with the way it turned out and it was such a fun project. I brought my Nikon over to take some good shots of the finished product! Check it out!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Can't wait to light up these yummy candles! They both have wooden wicks that crackle as they burn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We scored this GORGEOUS white hydrangea arrangement from Chris and Christina's wedding! I wish it would last forever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I brought in a couple accent pieces from my bedroom in CT that I no longer use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We love the rug! It fit the room perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This lamp also comes from my godparents old beach house, filled with jingle shells from Pleasure Beach!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The hooks on the ceiling worked out perfectly for the hanging plants! Speaking of which, I need to water!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We LOVE the dark ceiling fan on the colored ceiling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another new vase from Homegoods, I just need some more flowers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A tiny pop of nautical with this cute fishy accent pillow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got this glass hurricane ball after seeing and loving the ones my Grandparents have on their deck up in Moosehead Maine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The TV stand has been put to good use and after a quick visit from Comcast, the cable is up and running.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I stacked a few of our favorite coffee table books on the TV stand as well. The top book I gave to Nick at the beginning of our relationship and listed him as #14,001! The bottom Shel Silverstein poem book Nick gave to me the first month we met.... it has my favorite poem in it and he even put an elephant (our favorite lucky animal) bookmark on the exact page! The middle book is some travel inspiration for all the places we want to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got this gallery wrap at Homegoods that ties in with our coastal/nautical theme and is the perfect colors for the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The view to the East and the view to the West! Yay, it's done!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some up close shots of the gallery wall installed. You can kind of see where it says "Springfield" on it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunset beach and the Napali Coast where we took a helicopter ride and hiked 8 miles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the photo of us from the wedding in Texas I was talking about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Always there to guide us home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And a few final photos at night. I love how the colors all change from day to night in different lighting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We absolutely love how it all turned out and it's the best place to sit in the evenings and when you first wake up with coffee. Its so warm and cozy and you can just sit, relax, and read or watch TV. We are a little sad that we will only be able to use it from April-Octoberish as it's not heated, but maybe I will get a space heater if I really miss it in the winter months :-). Can't wait to show you more of the Bither Bungalow reno's and redo's, so please stayed tuned and thanks for reading!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-64585310451657316032015-05-11T07:25:00.001-07:002015-05-11T18:07:46.085-07:00Spring Has Sprung, At Last!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Look at that sea, girls-- all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">//L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Why hello</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">there! It's been awhile. Things have been busy over here now that it is finally nice out and we can all actually go outside and enjoy ourselves. I have some updates on some recent Spring happenings to fill you in on life lately, as well as tons of home-improvement blog posts planned for the near future. A little over a month ago, my Mom, Aunt and myself got the chance to meet one of our Instagram idols, @yogagirl. Her name is Rachel Brathen and she is just amazing! None of us even do yoga, but she is just so uplifting, positive, and motivational that she can really help and impact your life no matter what your physical or yoga abilities are. She started from the ground up just a few years ago and now has over 1.3 million followers. She recently wrote a book and started off on a US book tour (She is from Sweden and lives in Aruba!)! LUCKY for us, one of the first stops was actually in Connecticut! We often get skipped over being one of the smaller states and part of New England, but we had our very own book signing and meet and greet in Madison CT hosted by RJ Julia Bookstore. We knew this was probably one of our only chances to see her, so we jumped on the registration and got there nice and early to get good seats up front. She has a dog named Ringo that has his own Instagram which everyone adores, sadly he couldn't be there that night but the shadow on the wall in the right photo looks JUST like him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soon enough, Rachel was announced in and we were so excited to see her in the flesh! It is a weird yet cool experience to finally see someone that you feel like you "know" through virtual means. Turns out this is not the only person I would be seeing that I am obsessed with on Instagram this Spring (read on)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She answered some audience questions and just spoke about her life and her new book. My question got asked! I asked what her favorite places she has traveled are. My Mom had purchased the book so she got to go up and give her a big hug and get the book signed. She is so relatable and just such a real, down to Earth person. She doesn't put on a front or act fake, and is completely humble and genuine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We all even got to pose with her sweet and cute husband Dennis! They make a great team and I love following them on their adventures through their blog and on IG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Later than week I had an urge to see PB, so I headed down to Waterford for a night and even though my stay was less than 24 hours, it was SO worth it to see my Aunt and cousin and this amazing view that I love so much. No green grass or leaves at this point, but it was just starting to show signs of life. Here is the evening when I arrived:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the morning before I left:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That next day instead of going home I drove to New Haven to meet up with my family to eat lunch with and pick up my cousin from Yale. He was coming to visit us for the night and we had been dying to try this spot called <a href="http://caseusnewhaven.com/">Caseus</a>, so we decided to make a family trip out of it and all met down there for some grub. The restaurant was BEYOND amazing! Everything was SO good, and there are so many more things I was to try. I had their famous grilled cheese with bacon lardons, and it was out of this world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Look at those thick juicy bacon chunks! My mouth is watering again just looking at it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had a cute cheese/gift shop as well, so we picked up a few things and cheeses to bring home for happy hour later on. It was a fun day with the fam and it is so nice to have my cousin here in CT at school. They live in Colorado during the year so we don't get to see them often but since he has been in CT for school it has been great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday of that weekend it was my college roommate Deanna's son's 3rd birthday party! Cole is SO cute and I am very happy to be one of the "Aunties"! We knew we had to spoil him, so Lea and I went in on this kitchen set. I just remember how much fun my brother and I used to have with our kitchen set when we were little. It is imagination at it's finest and I am excited to watch him play, "cook", and learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Deanna did such a great job on his 'Octopod' themed party. I literally have NO idea what any of the kid shows/fads are nowadays. I have never heard of Octopods or Big hero 6 until that day…. but now I know. It's kind of a mix between Spongebob and Ninja Turtles, but less risqué.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Deanna has always been AMAZING at making cakes. She had recently made that samoa cake for Nick and my birthdays in the Vermont post and it was the bomb. Check out this Octopod cake she made for Cole! I think she needs to open up a cake shop, she does it all by hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nothing beats presents where you're a little kid! He'd open one up and look at it for a second and then it was right on to the next! He has very good manners though and made sure to thank each person individually for their gift and for coming to the party. He is really too cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yayy for the kitchen! Deanna says he loves making her "coffee".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cake time! Can't believe he is already three…. time really does fly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Happy birthday Cole! Auntie loves you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The following weekend was easter weekend! I was tasked with making and bringing a dessert to Nick's Moms house. It's tradition to go to her house on Easter with all of his immediate and extended family. It is really a fun day and we eat and drink and play games into the wee hours of the night. I love Easter because everyone gets to get together as a family without the pressure of having to get gifts and all that other jazz. I decided that it would be the perfect time to make my families 'Dirt Cake' recipe that we have been making for decades. It's always a big hit and the recipe is really delicious (read: fattening). I went all out and even got a traditional 'flower pot' and some faux Easter tulips. The ingredients are basically oreos, vanilla pudding, cool whip, and powdered sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You mix the soft ingredients tougher into a large mixing bowl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So then you have your three bowls… Crushed oreos, the empty flower pot, and the pudding mixture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Start with a layer of oreo, then add a thick layer of pudding, then back to oreo, pudding, oreo, pudding until you get to the top of the bowl. I saved some oreo tops off to the side and crushed those separately without the frosting on them to create some "topsoil" that wouldn't have any white chunks in it. I wanted it to be as realistic looking as possible. And I think it was! No one ate it for a good 20 minutes because they thought it was real.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The easter bunny (thanks Mom!) was good to me at home too! Munson galore! My FAVORITE chocolate shop. I get the craziest craving for <a href="https://www.munsonschocolates.com/">Munsons</a> sometimes and it is right off my exit coming home from work. Occasionally I will stop in for a few pieces but Mom really hooked me up with the Motherload!! No pun intended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had a couple Easter treats to bring up to nick as well. I love celebrating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is all the girl cousins being goofy after Easter dinner. I love all of Nicks family so much! They always make me feel so welcome and a part of the fam. He is so lucky to have so many great cousins around his age and area that he got to grow up with. They have such close bonds and you can just tell that family is so important to all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tuesday after easter was an epically epic day! My brothers girlfriend had scored tickets to a live Jimmy Fallon taping in NYC and had invited us to go! A once in a lifetime opportunity, you just can't say no! We took the train into the city and it was an awesome day! We walked around, had lunch and some drinks, and visited Lindsay's cousin who works in the city. After picking up our tickets and getting in line and waiting forever and going through a crazy process that I am pretty sure can be made 100 times easier and following a maze through 30 Rockefeller we finally made it in to the show. They are SUPER strict about photos and such so I didn't even dare try. It was such a cool experience and nothing like anything I had ever done before. Jimmy was hysterical as always and the guests were Sophia Bush, Louis CK, and musical guest I Am Fancy. It was so neat to see everything that goes into putting out one single episode. There were at least 15-20 people on stage behind view at all times…. lighting guys, sound guys, video guys, camera guys, make up gals, producers, editors, cue card hold guy, cue card flipper guy, the Roots, etc etc. It was really cool to see it all come together and I am so glad we got to experience it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The following weekend I headed up to Nicks as we had a weekend full of house and yard work planned. When I got up there, he said he had a surprise for me. At first he tricked me into thinking he had gotten me a twelve pack of the most disgusting beer I had ever tasted, Blood Orange Gose, so I was a little annoyed that he got me thinking I was really getting a surprise. But then a few minutes later he was in the laundry room and pulled a box out of the cabinet. I had NO idea what it was but was so surprised and happy when I opened a Daniel Wellington watch! I have been wanting one for a long time and he picked the perfect colors and rose gold face. I love it so much and it was such a surprise and the most generous gift. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love the big simplistic face, and the band is interchangeable! This one is perfect for spring/summer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Maybe the real reason he got the gift for me was because for the next two days we did a grueling amount of yard work, filling over 20 bags with weeds, sticks, and dead plants. I was so sore for the next couple of days afterwards, I felt like an old lady with an aching back!! But it was worth it because the yard was already starting to look SO much better and was finally getting prepped so that we could re-mulch and replant everything in the coming weeks (more on the yard in a post to come!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Later that next week I did a paint night at <a href="http://musepaintbar.com/muse-west-hartford/">Muse</a> in West Hartford with my brothers girlfriend and our friend Alisa. I had never been there before and it was really fun. We sipped some wine and did a nice beachy painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The weather was starting to get really nice so I decided one day to go for a bike ride on my beach cruiser that Nick had gotten me for Christmas. Epic fail. Not only did the tire on my new bike IMPLODE for no reason, my phone fell out of the basket and shattered. So a trip to AT&T and $650 later.... I now have the iPhone 6. We still need to go and get my bike tire fixed... all I am thinking is that it must have been overfilled with air and since it was the first hot day of the year it must have expanded in the heat and blew up. Just my luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">April 19th was my first wedding to photograph of the year! It was up in Dover New Hampshire at a cool old mill building called <a href="http://rivermillnh.com/weddings/">Rivermill</a>, and it ended up being a really nice couple and a beautiful day. A great start to the wedding season for 2015. One down and 13 to go, not including 4 other weddings that I am attending this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first wedding I was attending as a guest was on April 25h, and it was my dear friends Chris and Cristina's big day. You may remember I photographed <a href="http://www.nauticalnomad.com/2014/06/chris-and-cristina-engagement-session.html">their engagement session</a> last summer. Nick and I went with a blue theme and I loved my dress from Nordstrom. Nick looked especially handsome in his suit and I love having him as my date. Also a big thanks to him for driving me to about ten stores to find a gold and navy necklace.....You'd think I was looking for a piece of the moon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We headed down to the southern part of CT for the ceremony at St. Marks in Shelton. The ceremony was beautiful and really personal. The deacon did a great job and it was a very nice mass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cristina looked absolutely gorgeous and so so happy coming down the aisle with her Dad. You could tell it was such a proud moment for him to be giving his daughter away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the kiss they were officially Mr and Mrs Toussaint! They were both glowing and smiling form ear to ear! They are truly meant for each other and I know they will make a great team as husband and wife. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The "OH MY GOSH, WE'RE MARRIED!!!!" faces!! Happy happy happy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chris spiffed up his Miata for their getaway car! Check out how beautiful of a day they got, it was perfect! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We joke about April 25th from this famous scene from Miss Congeniality.... It truly is the perfect date!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the ceremony we headed to our hotel a few minutes away and checked in. This is where the fun really started! We had a shuttle to and from the reception so it was really nice to not have to worry about driving anywhere so we could really let loose and party. We went down to my coworkers hotel room and had a little pregame before it was time to get on the shuttle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chris and Cristina provided all of the guests with adorable welcome bags with all the stuff you would need for the weekend including an itinerary, water, soda, snacks, candy, and most importantly....Tylenol!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We then headed to the <a href="http://greatrivergolfclub.com/">Great River Golf Club</a> which is where the reception was held. The cocktail hour was out on the veranda overlooking this beautiful view! They could not have scored a better day and I can't wait to see all of their professional wedding photos. I did my best to just be a guest and pretty much only took a few snaps on my iPhone throughout the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Their grand entrance as Mr. and Mrs. Toussaint!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dinner was delicious! Nick and I both got the salmon and it was so flavorful and moist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chris's friend Sam's girlfriend Hope! She was really nice and fun to sit next to for the evening. She really knows how to get the party started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sam to the left, and my coworkers Ryan and Cody to the right! I work with some great people and we have a lot of fun. I never thought I would be working in the construction industry. It is a very male-dominated industry so it is often tough to go far or feel respected as a female but my team is the best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chris and Cristina had some really cute details throughout the reception. Shoutout to table 14!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The night got blurry from here on out but we had a BLAST! Sam and I even sung Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker" to Chris and Cristina and the end of the night and it was too funny and a great memory. Hopefully no one got it on video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some other recent happenings included: my chubby dog getting stuck under our deck for a good hour! Poor thing had to literally be dug out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">May day lei day!! Anything to remind me of Hawaii.... Happy May 1st everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">May 2nd was Kentucky Derby day! It was also Nicks last weekend before starting his new job as a firefighter, so I had planned a fun day to celebrate in Newport. A sign of a good day below when we parked in back of a car with the license plate 'Lu', which is our name for each other. We also ended up parking at a meter that was broken so after calling the city we found out we basically got free parking for the day! Woo hoo! We also stopped in at the small casino in Newport at the start of the day to hit up the OTB and place some small bets on some of the derby horses. Gave us something to look forward to later on and hopefully win some cash money!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a GORGEOUS day to be in Newport with not a cloud in the sky. It still wasn't the hottest out but it was warm enough to wear a dress and a jean jacket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another month and these marinas will be PACKED to the brims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I hadn't been to Newport over a year and it is one of my favorite places in New England, I was so happy to be back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We went with Nicks cousin Dan and his girlfriend Chelsea. We love spending time with them and always have so much fun. We stopped at <a href="http://www.41north.com/">41North</a>, a swanky inn/bar right on the water and played some outdoor chess and lounged in their luxurious patio furniture. This place gets elbow to elbow in the heat of summer, so it was nice to actually have the place to ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got a table for 6 on their second level patio and right in the sunshine. It was perfect! Dan's college roommate and his wife ended up meeting up with us as well, and they were really nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Midtown Oyster we decided to make a drive a few miles further down Newport past the mansion to the infamous <a href="http://www.castlehillinn.com/">Castle Hill Inn</a>. A pristine 40 acre property right on the ocean with gorgeous unobstructed views. It costs a pretty penny to dine or stay here in the hotel, but we just went to their terrace bar for drinks and to watch the Kentucky Derby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were sitting out on the lawn when after a good ten minutes Nick realized that one of my Instagram idols, <a href="https://kieljamespatrick.com/">Kiel James Patrick</a>, was actually their as well! I was so surprised and knew I had to get the courage to go over and say hi! I finally got up the guts and he ended up being so nice! We got some sweet photos and it really made my day. Him and his fiancé have a nautically inspired American-made lifestyle brand out of Rhode Island and are becoming more and more popular by the minute. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of his friends took about 20 photos for us, so it was totally awesome and made my day. Between seeing Yoga Girl and now KJP I have now met both of my instagram faves in less than a month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the KJP meeting we headed inside to the terrace bar and I busted out my bid white derby hat to get ready for the race. I absolutely love the Kentucky Derby and it is the most exciting two minutes I sports. I love everything about the derby culture and it is a definite bucket list item to get there one day and see the actual race in person! Maybe next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick is finally learning how to master it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Checking out our bets from earlier. We were rooting for Danzig Moon, Bolo, Ocho Ocho and War Story. We had placed a couple "Win" bets, and a couple win-place-show bets, so we were really hoping to win something!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sadly, we came up empty handed and the favorite, American Pharoah, took the crown. I love when an underdog wins but this year that wasn't the case. We had a great time watching it though and cheering on our horses. Better luck next year and congrats to the winner!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Such a beautiful spot! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Castle Hill we went back into downtown and had a great dinner at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.bannistersnewport.com/clarke_cooke_house.html">Clarke Cooke House</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. We had wanted to go to Diego's but the wait was too long. We went to Cooke House instead and it ended up being fabulous. It was such a fun day with the best company and I can't wait to do it again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I knew I had to do something new on the chalkboard so on Sunday while Nick was out getting his new bike I surprised him and did a chalk drawing of his soon-to-be new patch at the Fire Department. I think it came out pretty spot on and he was SO excited and surprised! We love our chalk wall and I have a feeling this one will be up for quite awhile! #chalkboardchronicles (Check it out on instagram to see our previous drawings!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">NFD here you come! He ended up having a GREAT first week and already loves it. I can tell he is already so much happier here and can't wait to see where this takes him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">May 5th was of course CINCO DE MAYO so a margarita was definitely in order after a long day at work. Sadly I didn't have the ingredients to make Nick's and my recipe (the best ever in my biased opinion) so I had to settle for the mix but it was still a yummy treat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That is just a little bit of what has been going on lately so I hope you enjoyed the updates, I know it's been a while! We have been doing a TON of house and yard work behind the scenes and I have a ton of great home improvement and DIY posts planned for the near future. First up will be our front sun porch redo and I just can't wait to show you! Stay tuned and thank for following along!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-76066742417709266942015-04-16T09:14:00.000-07:002015-04-16T11:19:32.790-07:00Cher, Mo L'aime Toi: New Orleans, Part Three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a short walk, we had reached our breakfast spot, <i>Fleur-de-lis</i>. The Fleur-de-lis is known as the "lilly flower", and can be seen EVERYWHERE in Nola. The Fleur-de-lis has been a symbol of New Orleans since it's founding in 1717 and today is most commonly seen as a symbol of pride, support, and unity for the city.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a cute little cafe right on Chartes Street in the quarter, and serves three types of bloody mary's: original, shrimp, and crawfish!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like I said, neither of us are big Bloody mary fans, so I went with the mimosa, which was huge! I think this was about the 25th mimosa I had had on the trip, I can't help it that they make them so darn good down there!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I ordered the french toast, and Nick ordered the two-eggs, bacon and hash combo. Everything was really delicious! My french toast was made with a challah bread and it was so good and had a different texture than regular french toast I have had in the past.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We are VERY critical of restaurant bacon, and hardly ever order it because 99 times out of 100, it doesn't live up to our bacon standards. Cafe Fleur-de-lis, however, did have some pretty good bacon for a restaurant! It was thick and juicy, just how we like it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first stop on our bike tour was Lafayette Cemetery No 1, located in the Garden District. We were SO happy to be on bikes, you don't realize how much ground you can really cover! With the traffic being pretty heavy in Nola, it was just about as good as having a car. We locked them up on a side street and made our way into the cemetery. The cemeteries in New Orleans are all above ground, crypt-type cemeteries, and cemetery No 1 is the oldest of 7 located in the city and holds more than 7,000 people. It is also non-segreagted and non-denominational, so people from all walks of life have been laid to rest here. New Orleans is obviously known for being below sea-level, so these above-ground tombs are necessary in order to keep those laid to rest safe and contained. I always feel a bit weird walking around cemeteries, but it was pleasantly serene and uniquely beautiful. Many of the tombs looked like miniature churches, and I couldn't believe how large and intricate some of them were.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was really a beautiful place, and many people were walking around the aisles looking at and reading the tombs one by one. They also had guided tours though the cemetery, which I am sure are very informative and give lots of historical background. We didn't have time on our side being that it was our last day, so we just did our own walk- through down each of the rows.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How much do these cost!? I can only imagine. I know that our small headstones up North here can range into the thousands, so I can't even begin to guess how much some of these must have cost. A lot of them were also "family" tombs, so entire families are buried together within them, which is nice.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One thing I now know for sure, my tomb will have a champagne bottle holder!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One the left the name is Brennen, which was the only thing close to a name from my family- I come from the Brennan's, with and A... so it was close. On the right is the tomb of Hugh grant!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the tombs happened to be oped, so we couldn't help the curiosity and had to take a look inside. There wasn't much to see and it really wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was looking for any tomb that had a name that I knew, I found one that said "Wolf" which is the last name of my Step siblings Mother. But other than that I really didn't see or find any names that I recognized.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved all of thee trees in Lafayette that lined and covered the pathways. It was getting more and more crowded as time went on, so we decided it was time to move onwards.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was SO hot, and we were sweating bullets. Our only plan for the time being was to ride around and explore the Bywater and 9th ward, so we decided to look on Yelp for a nearby coffee shop so that we could get some iced joes. A place called "Solo" came up on the map and had good reviews, so we headed there. Without further explanation or small-business-bashing, just don't go to Solo.....Don't. Besides having a good location, cute decor, and a coffee shop dog, the coffee was AWFUL! Super sour iced coffee, just foul. Right in the trash... AND there was a $.75 additional charge for using a credit card on an already overpriced item. Nick and I are baffled that all of the reviews online are glowing...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">BJ's was awesome. It was a total dive with a locals-only vibe, kitschy decor, and a CASH only policy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bartender happened to be from Cohassett, MA originally! One of my favorite preppy coastal towns, he totally did not fit the Cohassett vibe, so I was not surprised when he expressed his "distaste" for it. He said he left when he was 17 and never looked back. Other interesting topics of conversation that we overheard were: A complete and utter hatred for Jimmy Buffet, how the bartender is going to start doing heroin, -again-, when he is in his 80's because he will "likely have cancer and be on morphine by then anyways", and how AirBNB sucks and is destroying cities like New Orleans and driving up real estate prices like crazy.... among other things! Needless to say it was a great place to people watch and "listen-in" on the locals.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We did not fit in at BJ's at all, but we were well-paying customers, and we loved it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As we were leaving, one of the patrons (likely a local) turned to us quickly and kinddd of rudely said "How did you find out about this place?!". I was tempted to piss him off and say "Oh, we were just hanging out down the street at our AirBNB listening to Jimmy Buffet, and we searched for 'good local bars to ruin' in the area on Yelp and this came up", but instead I was honest and said "Um, we didn't. We were just riding our bikes by and saw it, so don't worry." Jerk. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After we left BJ's, we got back to cruising the streets of the 9th Ward. We did not ride our bikes down to the Lower 9th Ward because we had been advised not to do so by several people. It is still really devastated and is not a safe area to be in unless you are in a car or on a guided tour. The Upper 9th, however, still had it's fair share of destruction during the hurricane, so we were able to see many house like this with the infamous "X-Codes". These codes were developed by rescue groups after Katrina to help police and other agencies like FEMA take inventory and survey each of the damaged properties. There are four different sections of the X, and they can be interpreted as follows: In the top section of the X is the time and date that the rescue team left the structure. So for this house below, it was on September 6th (Katrina hit New orleans around August 29th). The left side of the X represents the Rescue Team that searched the home. In this case it says "TX", which signifies Texas National Guard. Other teams could be agencies like New Orleans Police, FEMA, or the DEA. The right side of the X represents any Hazards that may be present, and there is an abundance of different abbreviations of the hazards that they encountered. Here is says NE, which means No Entry, and that they actually did not go into this house. An finally, the bottom of the X is the piece that is the most chilling, and represents the amount of bodies in the house, both live or dead. 0-0 would mean zero alive, zero dead. 0-3 would mean zero alive, and three dead. LB meant live bodies, and DB meant dead bodies. A total of 1,833 people lost their lives in Katrina, many of them being from the Lower 9th Ward. These X's on people homes are a symbol of what they went through, and a reminder of just how deadly and devastating the hurricane was. Even though a lot of homes have been rebuilt or repainted, a lot of them have left the X code untouched.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The steamboat looked pretty neat, and it is actually the very last authentic Steamboat on the Mississippi river, so it's also historic in that sense.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This was the only time during our trip that I brought along my big Nikon camera. It's pretty heavy, so I had not wanted to bring it with us during the previous days and had stuck to my small point and shoot for most of the trip. I am glad I brought it though because I was able to get some really nice shots of the boat and of our ride.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They do brunch cruises, lunch cruises and afternoon jazz cruises, as well as a full dinner and jazz cruise. We chose the two-hour jazz cruise from 2:30-4:30pm where they would be playing live jazz in the main hall of the boat.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As we set sail down the Mississippi, the captain would come over the loudspeaker occasionally, pointing out landmarks and giving some facts about the boat and the Mississippi river. It is a huge shipping port, and there are tons of huge freight liners and tankers that cruise up and down delivering huge loads of goods and commodities from all over the world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On a lot of the ships we passed, the crew members are aboard the boats for months without being allowed to get off. So a lot of them will come out to the main decks of their ships to look and wave at people as we passed by. It must be exciting for them and give them something to do, especially being from other countries, like this ship from Hong Kong.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This ship was from Singapore, another example to show you just how long of a voyage some of them have been on! And to think, I almost died on an 8 day cruise to the Caribbean….</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also passed by the Domino Sugar refining factory headquarters, where they produce more than 7 million pounds of sugar a day! I couldn't believe that number! They account for about 19% of our countries cane sugar, and produce 2 billion pounds on an annual basis as the largest producer in the Western hemisphere. I use about 3 packets a day in my iced coffee, so I am definitely contributing to the cause!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My point and shoot camera actually has a 20x zoom, and when some of the workers on this rigger came out to look at us and wave, I was able to get some pretty close up shots! They were definitely Asian as well, but I forget exactly what country the ship was from. Random thought but it's kind of weird that they will likely never know I took these photos of them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Looking back on the New Orleans skyline. It's not the "tallest" city, or the largest city, but it is very charming and quaint and there is a lot that goes on within those streets!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Passing by the 15th ward of Algiers, which is directly across the river from New Orleans even though it is technically still part of the city, and can only be accessed by the ferry or by bridge. The bike shop owner had told us that they have some great bike paths and trails over there, but unfortunately we did not have the time to make it over.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved these shots of the sun poking through the clouds!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A school in the lower 9th ward that was completely devastated in Katrina and is no longer in use. You can see the Levee along the riverfront below as well, which are what let go/broke during the hurricane. Not this particular one in my photo, but that is what they look like.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We decided to use the jazz cruise as our very own "happy hour", and had brought some nips on board to make drinks with. They had full bars on board, but why pay when you can bring for own! You see this face in the photo below? That is the face of a boy who just did something very FRESH! Although I can't remember what it was, I am sure it was something wise or awful or a prank! He loves to be fresh.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I only made Nick suffer through a few selfies this trip, I did pretty good! We were having a great time sitting out in the sun with the wind blowing, sipping our cocktails on the river.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eventually our drinks caught up to us and we had to use the bathroom, so we made our way inside. They had a big dining and seating area on the main level, which is where the jazz band was set up and playing. They play over a loudspeaker so you can hear it from any part of the boat, but it was nice to see and hear it live as well. It looked like a scene out of an old movie, complete with the dim lights and tin ceilings.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Come to find out, they actually used to race steamboats! They don't do it often anymore, but they still have them occasionally for charity events and whatnot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just me, Nick, and the old timers! Having a ball on the <i>Natchez</i>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Watching a GINORMOUS container ship pass by, holdings thousands of tons of cargo. The boat was called Lesotho and was out of Liberia. Amazing how New Orleans harbor is an access point to the entire world.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hard to comprehend that each of those little lego looking things is the BACK OF AN 18 WHEELER! I didn't know that for the longest time….</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The steamboat then made a turnaround right by the newly built outdoor shopping center along the river in order to head back over to the dock. The river walk has tons of new shops and outlets… Nick and I stayed far, far away in fear of spending all <strike>our</strike> my (read: I have a clothes buying problem) money on things we don't need.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Back at port! The mate yelled out some docking terms and soon enough it was time to get off. We had a really nice time on the <i>Natchez</i> and learned and saw some cool things. For the $20pp we paid, it was definitely worth it! It was relaxing and a change of pace/scene from the busy streets of the French Quarter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trolley cars passing by! One thing we never got a chance to do! Its only $1.25 to pretty much get anywhere in the city, but we were never in the right place at the right time and if we were, they were too crowded to pick anyone else up. Gotta save something for next time, right!?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was such a mix of old and new in New Orleans, so charming.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"And we'll never be…" Lorde anyone? We loved how all of the street names were also tiled onto the sidewalks. Another nice touch adding to the NOLA charm.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of my favorite streets in the quarter- Royal!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saints pride everywhere! Can't imagine how crazy it must be when they win the Superbowl.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another favorite touch in NOLA was all of the old original horse tie-ups that are still all throughout the city. Some have been jazzed up and decorated, while others remain plain and traditional. They also had old water troughs all throughout the city for the horses as well. Some are still used, others just collected garbage unfortunately.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of Nicks friends had told him about this place called Cane & Table, so we stopped by but unfortunately no one was in there at the time so we didn't stay. It was small plates, which I love, so we will have to make sure to go at a better time if we ever come back.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stopped in at another one of the oldest bars in town called the "Old Absinthe House", and the entire bar areas walls are covered with thousands of business cards, so that was pretty neat. All the while, the sky was starting to get darker and darker grey off in the disatnce, and we were feeling the occasional rain drop.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After happy hour we went back to the hotel to pack a bit and changed clothes for our final dinner. We decided on another place that came highly recommended to us, call Peche. It ended up being pretty close to our hotel, which was nice! There was a little bit of a wait so we sat at the bar and got an appetizer to share of swordfish ceviche! I was nervous to try it but it was actually really good! Soon we were seated and everything on the menu looked and sounded delicious. I order the Drum entree, which is a white fish, and a side of beans and bacon that came in a really cute mini Le Creuset dish! Both dishes were excellent and I had never tried Drum before, so that was a new item on my list.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner, we had no real plans and just decided to bar hop around on our last night! We wanted to go to this BBQ spot called "the Joint" to at least get a photo of the sign, because we have an inside joke with my family about the word. It looked and smelled delicious and I wish we had an extra day to be able to go there to eat, but I was happy to get a picture of the sign to Instagram for my brother.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After, we stopped in again at BJ's lunge, the dive bar we had found earlier that day in the Bywater district. There was a totally different crowd than earlier in the day, and our bartender friend was no longer there either. We had a couple drinks and both of us had to use the bathroom. I came out and was all like "Oh my gosh, the girls bathroom had the BEST collage on the wall!!! It was all good looking men and celebrities, it was like porn for women!" And Nick was like, "Oh, well, the boys bathroom had something too..." And then he proceeds to show me the photo on the right. Goes to show the difference between what men like and what women like! Porn for women vs porn for men. Side note: If you are female and you don't follow @pornforwomen on instagram, do so now and thank me later!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made our way back to the french Quarter and I had been dying all week to sit out on one of the infamous balcony bars on Bourbon Street, just to say we did it. We found one that looked like there were spots open, and we headed upstairs. We were greeted by a shirtless, oily chested bartender thinking nothing of it and each got a drink before taking a seat at a balcony table outside. I was loving it, and totally in my glory people watching from above and feeling the cool nights breeze blow over me. We looked to the right and the bar happened to be projecting music videos on the wall on the building across the street.... Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, "Safety Dance" by Men Without hats, hmmm.... Interesting. I sense a theme here, but hadn't quite put my finger on it yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before calling it a night and marking the end of our trip, we stopped back in at Lafitte Blacksmith Shop, the first bar we had gone to on night one and one of the oldest buildings in the city, and carved our initials into the table. We made such great memories on this trip and we will definitely be back again some day. There are other places we have gone where it's more of a "one and done" type of place, but not New Orleans, we have to come back. Someday!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thank you for following along on our NOLA trip, and I hope you got some good ideas for what to do if you ever make the trek down there! It was an easy 2 hour 20 minute flight from JFK, and you instantly feel like you are in another world. We love you New Orleans! Laissez les bon temps rouler!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-17640159789605436352015-04-08T11:39:00.002-07:002015-04-08T16:37:18.891-07:00Jacomo Fi Nou Wa Nan Né: New Orleans, Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Wish I was back on the bayou rollin' with some Cajun Queen. <br />Wishin' I were a freight train, oh, just a-chooglin' on down to New Orleans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick was able to snag a table right next to the bakery window and I waited in line to order. It was another place where you wait in line, order at the counter, take a number, find your own table and wait to be called. I really liked this system and we saw it at so many of the restaurants in NOLA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had a pretty decent sized menu with all sorts of breakfast items, sandwiches, bakery treats and of course, beignets. I ordered a breakfast sandwich on a croissant and Nick ordered an Andouille sausage omelet. We both got iced coffee's and an order of beignets to share!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The long awaited beignets! They were delicious, and I love anything and everything sweet so these were right up my alley. They are like a more dense version of Fried Dough that we would get up here in New England. I was really glad we got a chance to try this New Orleans staple that we had heard so much about. Our breakfast food was really good as well, with the exception of neither of us being a big fan of the side of grits, but I guess it's an acquired taste that we did not grow up with or learn to love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After breakfast we took a cab to Enterprise Rent-A-Car in the business district as today was the day we had arranged for an airboat tour of the Louisiana swamp/bayou area. We had changed our airboat reservation from 4pm to noon as the weather was looking iffy/stormy for the afternoon and the woman said that they can't take the boats out if there is lightning because they are pretty much 100% aluminum and that just would not be a good mix. If you can't tell from the below, I was very excited to be heading to the bayou, and even decided to bust out a New Orleans style head scarf for the occasion. We got upgraded to a Jetta and really enjoyed the ride and getting out of the city to see more of the Louisiana countryside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Crossing a big bridge over the Mississippi River, a bridge that was in several scenes and panos from one of our favorite HBO series, True Detective. We LOVED all of the Louisiana scenes and cinematography from the show, so I was really excited to be in some of the exact locations of the filming. If you have not yet seen this series, I suggest you do so ASAP!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Long roads through the countryside, with farms, greenery, and swamps along either side of the highways. The further out we got, the more few and far between we would see other cars and people. We were only going about 45 minutes from the city, so it really was a stark contrast to bustling New Orleans in just a short amount of time from leaving the city limits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally we spotted the signs for where we needed to be, Arthur Matherne Airboat Tours. They have nothing but five star reviews online, and we also saw them on a Vice: Munchies segment with Action Bronson when he was doing a food tour of Nola and it looked like a great time with real-deal Louisiana guides. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was an interesting property composed of several small outbuildings, and the office was this blue building right on the river stream. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Signs of good times ahead. We were officially in down south redneck land, and I was so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pretty sweet locale for an office if ya ask me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As we were waiting to get started, we saw a small cage off to the side and after peeking in we saw the cutest little rodents! They were actually called fisher rats, but they were adorable and their names were Mac and Cheese! Too cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Adorbale! They loved being next to each other and the smaller the space, the better! They took a joint bath in a cool whip carton and it was so cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a few more minutes our Captain for the day, Greg, pulled up the airboat to get it ready to ride. He had a pretty darn thick Louisiana accent, but he was still understandable and seemed like a really nice guy. He hosed down the boat and loaded it up with some raw chicken, which I assume meant we would be trying to attract and/or feed some alligators!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Camo isn't usually my thing but the airboat did look pretty badass, and would easily blend in with the swamp and swamp grass. Neither of us had ever been on a airboat before so we were both really excited and didn't have to much of an idea of what to expect. We had scheduled an hour and a half tour, and there would be one other couple joining us for the ride because in order to have one of the smaller boats you need a minimum of three guests, so we were actually happy that another couple booked so that we didn't have to go on the larger and less personalized 15 person airboat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Almost ready to rock! Greg put all of our headsets out on our seats and asked us all to get in the boat. He told Nick and I to sit in the front two seats (Score!) and the other couple Michelle and Larry were to sit in the middle. Greg would be in the back manning the wheel. There were no seat belts or anything, which kind of surprised me, but then again I don't think I have ever seen a seatbelt on a boat so I don't know why I was so surprised.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And just like that we were off, heading down a small inlet out into the swamp land and open waters. I was thinking to myself "Oh, this is nice, the people here must get to swim and waterski/tube on this nice glassy water", that is until about thirty seconds after leaving the dock when we saw our first alligator sink under the surface up ahead! I don't know what I was thinking, but I had NO idea that they were EVERYWHERE. I though that maybe they just hung out deep in the swamps or in certain areas away from civilization and people, but nope, they are all over and none of the waters are safe or guaranteed to not have a gator close by. Needless to say I will NEVER be swimming or even sticking a toe into the Louisiana waters. My fears of falling in/off the boat were even more heightened now, and I was extra nervous of not having a seatbelt! I couldn't imagine the fear that would rush through me if we tipped over or if I fell in, I know humans can't walk on water, but I have a pretty good feeling I would come close and probably set record swim speeds for trying to get out....! Any who, I had to set my fears aside and just enjoy the ride. It was so beautiful out, and the glassy waters and surrounding landscape were picturesque. The airboat ride itself was so smooth and we were gliding over the water so effortlessly. It was somewhat loud, but not as loud as I had imagined, and our earmuffs helped a lot to subside the noise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see the first Alligator we saw in this photo below swimming away, just before he ducked under the water. This was only a minute or two after leaving the dock and not even close to the bayou area. Scary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We passed by an old run down building that looked as if it could have been straight out of a scene from True Detective! We were so excited! The creepier the better, bring on the Carcosa!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After coming out of the channel, Capt. Greg told us to "hold on", as he would be putting it into high gear! The boat took off and we were totally hauling! It was so much fun and we couldn't wipe the dumb smiles off our faces if you paid us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I would only use one word to describe Greg's driving style, and that word would be RAW. It would look as if we were heading 50mph into a giant tree or brush pile, to the point where we were both thinking to ourselves "It is an airboat, maybe we just drive over it? Right?" and at the LITERAL last tenth of a second, he would cut the wheel and we would come so close to the trees or poles, the side of the boat would literally lightly scrape up against it. It was the most 'In-Control-Out-of-Control' driving I have ever experienced, if that even makes sense. He had airboat driving down to a SCIENCE, and you could tell he knew these waters like the back of his hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After about ten minutes, we cut a corner and headed under some trees through a small inlet which led us to one of the most beautiful spots I have seen in awhile. A huge canopy of Spanish moss trees curved overhead and casted gorgeous reflections off the green algae-tinted waters. Greg stopped the boat and we all took off our earmuffs and were able to just take in the scene in silence. Greg gave us some facts about this area and about the nature surrounding us; the types of trees, the Spanish moss, the wildlife that lives here, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is Nick's photo from Instagram! Quite the photographer if you ask me.... such a beautiful shot. Who knew the swamp could be so gorgeous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had brought the GoPro with me since I didn't know if we would be getting wet or not, so I was able to get a few shots with that as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved the draping of the Spanish Moss trees, we got to touch some of the moss and it was really soft and apparently also really strong. They actually used to use it for sewing and even for stitches and medical procedures back in the day. However, Greg said that sometimes it can overgrow during conducive weather conditions, and end up suffocating the tree!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were all just in awe of the scenery and asking Greg question after question about the bayou and swamp areas. He was really informative but had a lot of jokes and wise cracks up his sleeve as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before leaving this area, Greg asked if he could take pictures of us on the boat. Imagine that! I didn't even have to ask or feel like I was bothering someone to take a photo of us, it was so nice. He took turns using everyone's cameras and phones, and they came out really good. The couple with us was from Texas and they were on a pretty epic road trip. They were really nice and great people to share a small boat with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Notice my bright white, thin tank top. This would turn out to be a really bad outfit choice later in the ride, just you wait and see!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was time to head back out into the open waters, so we took a few more snaps and then got our earmuffs back on before speeding up again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We started cruising down a pretty wide channel, zig-zagging every which way with the wind blowing in our faces. Some dark clouds were starting to form up ahead, and I could start to feel and occasional pelt of rain.... uh oh. However, no signs of thunder or lightning so onwards we went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We came to a small built up brush area and there was a pretty boughey hand made wooden ramp for us to go over in the airboat. Once we crossed over, it was like we had entered a different world. We were officially in the swamp lands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shit eating grins because it was so much fun! Greg is probably yelling at me for something in the background, he had a knack for picking on me the most and I think the most threats to be fed to the gators were directed at me. Sweet! Side note: I need teeth whitening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once into the swamp land we soon started seeing gator after gator everywhere we turned, but whenever we would get close they would slink down under the water no where to be seen again. This was super creepy knowing that they could be under/around us at any time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The airboat can drive right over all sorts of vegetation and swamp grass without even a flinch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There is a gator off in the distance in the photo below, but we still hadn't been able to see any up close and personal yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We came to an area filled with a specific type of tree that I cannot seem to remember the name of. They were cool because they could grow under water and their roots shoot upwards and stick out of the water instead of growing down, that way they can still absorb light and the carbon they need to survive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greg said that the Bald Eagle has made a HUGE comeback in this area, and we were able to see several big nests high up in the trees. We even got to see an eagle perched in one guarding it's nest and hunting for food below. Between seeing some in Maine last year and now seeing them again in Louisiana I think it's really great that we have been able to bring our national bird back from almost extinction!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's a pretty dark photo but you can see the eagle perched in the photo above and below. Very cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another animal that we saw probably a hundred of were this other rodent-like thing called a Nutria. It was kind of a cross between a beaver and a muskrat, but is actually it's own species. Greg said that they live a pretty rough life out here in the swamp and between the gators and the eagles they are in a constant state of fear and escapism! The gators and eagles love to feed on them and they fall prey to them on a daily basis. I thought they were cute and was hoping I wouldn't have to witness one being eaten as a gator snack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We headed deeper into the swamp and again more and more gators started to appear, sunning themselves outside of the water. Greg said they are still mostly in a hibernation state this time of year, so not too many of them are out feeding or mating yet. They're just chillin and sun tanning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We finally saw a pretty big one close by up ahead, so I was able to use the zoom on my camera to get some close shots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Still, once we started to get to close, he dove under the water not to be seen again. Greg said this one was about 9ft long. Yikes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shortly up ahead we saw another HUGE gator to the side, and as we started getting closer and close, it did not move a muscle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we got to the point of practically running it over with the boat I thought "Oh, this is cool, they have a big fake gator planted out here so that you can get a feel for what they look like up close and maybe even feel a replica of what they feel like." Literal exact words in my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Running over the fake gator... cool! Up to this point I seriously 100% though it was fake and would have gotten out of the boat and sat on it if someone had asked me to. It was the biggest thing I had ever seen and had not moved a muscle!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greg then explained that this was "Big Al", a 13 ft gator that has been his "pet" for the last 12 years. Wait? What?!!! Like, a fake pet, right? Like a stuffed animal? Taxidermy? And just as I was still in complete denial that this monstrosity could maybe actually possibly be real, I saw Big Al blink his friggan eye. WHAT.THE.SHELL!?!?!? No no no no no. We are parked, ON TOP OF HIM! I can't tell you how many times Greg had to tell me, assure me, promise me, that Big Al was indeed, a real live gator. He said that over the past decade, Big Al has gotten so used to the boats and Greg going close to him, that he no longer feels threatened and knows that Greg will not hurt him. It was so crazy and amazing to me that an animal of that size and lethal capacity could trust a human, it's top predator, so much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The way Greg handled Big Al was amazing, and quite literally the way that any of us would treat one of our pets at home. Greg told us that if anything ever happened to Big Al, he would cry, and I believed him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A man and his dog.... I mean, gator. Greg was able to pull Big Al's gigantic tail up onto the airboat, right in front of where I was sitting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got to pet Big Al's tail and feel his skin and texture. It was really smooth, and he told us that this is often that part that shoes and bags are made out of. Greg and Arthur, his boss, get to hunt every year during a certain period on their land, which goes to show just how much they love Big Al, because they could easily kill him for thousands of dollars, but they don't, and would never. He is a part of the Matherne family, and stays on their property year round because he knows his territory and is so comfortable with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That's me touching Big Al! I should send this into Michel Kors for their next watch ad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Michelle taking a feel. We all got a chance to pet him, and it was really cool. He made a few grunts but other than that pretty much didn't move. Greg was also able to lift one of his feet out of the water so we could see that as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am still only 99% convinced that Big Al was real.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before departing Greg threw Big Al a piece of chicken right on his snout, but he wouldn't eat it. He was still in hibernation mode and just fat and happy as is. In the coming months though, he will be feeding and mating on the regular. Watch out, ladies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We soon came upon another alligator that Greg also knew by name, and he was called Buddy. Buddy was quite the contrast from Big Al. He was younger and not as long at about 10ft, and he was a LOT more feisty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stopped the boat and Greg began to call him over, but Buddy didn't look like he wanted much to do with us so he started to swim away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then, Greg started splashing the water with an oar, as if to imitate something in distress, and that was finally able to get Buddy's attention. He made a 360 turn and then started heading right for the boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Really creepy when he started to come right for the boat, and Greg is leaning out dangling a piece of Chicken just asking for his arm to be bitten off! What if another gator came up from underneath and just chomped?! I was so nervous for him, but obviously he knew what he was doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Buddy came right up and chomped the chicken right from Gregs hands. The sound of his bite was crazy! I can only imagine the amount of pressure and force they bite down with. Greg said it can take your limbs clear off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Poor Buddy had a stick on his head….</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After laughing at him for the stick on his head, he took another huge chomp towards the boat to get another piece of chicken Greg was holding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Up close and personal of Buddy's feeding frenzy! I was amazed at how Greg was handling the gator but I didn't want to get anywhere near those choppers. As usual, he was closest to my seat, so I think I was leaning about as far back as possible without ending up on the couples laps behind me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And now for some GoPro shots of the feeding!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Buddy was happily fed, and stayed around for another minute to hang out and hiss at us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bye bye Buddy! It was starting to sprinkle out a bit more heavily, so we decided to say goodbye to Buddy and move on. There was lots more to see and the tour was only half over at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love how they look like three separate floating parts when they are on top of the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greg drove the boat over to a more grassy area of the swamp, and he explained that this is where a lot of the female gators some to nest and lay their eggs. Sure enough, we found a pod of about 5 babies, and Greg was able to grab one of them with a grabber stick. Ensue one of the best moments of my life!! Anyone who knows me know that I am obsessed with animals, and that obsession is even greater when they happen to be BABY animals. Introducing….. Baby Al! Gahhhh!!!! SO cute! I never though we would actually be able to hold and interact with one of the wild babies! He was making a croaking sound and Greg said that he was calling for his Mom, so we would only have a few minutes to handle him before she came looking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was admiring him from afar and then Greg asked if I wanted to hold him! Ummmm, YESS!!! He was so tiny and smooth feeling and he was pretty much posing for the camera like a celeb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick got a turn at holding Baby Al too! So cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greg took him back and told us a few more things about baby alligators, their gestation period, how many hatch at a time, how long they stay with their mothers, etc. etc. It was all really interesting stuff an I can see how Steve Irwin was so obsessed with these dinosaur-like creatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then we asked Greg, would it hurt if the baby bit you? And he goes, "I don't know, let me see."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ahhhh! Greg said that this actually hurt pretty bad, and if this were even one week later, the baby could DEFINITELY have punctured his skin. Their bite is already so strong even when they are only weeks old. I think he said these gators were about 6-7 weeks old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then, the next cutest thing ever happened, Greg put him in his pocket and Baby Al became Pocket Gator! I officially want a pocket gator to just hang out in my pocket at all times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Goodbye Baby Al! At this point, the rain started coming down harder, and Greg got a call from his sister back at the office saying that she just checked the radar and we were about to get SLAMMED. Great. Greg asked if we wanted to go back, and we all said no, we would stick it out. He drove around a bit more, but the rain was getting harder and harder. When you're traveling at 40mph on an open air boat, the rain feels like bullets! It hurt so bad and and we were just getting pelted like 1000's of BB's at once. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Greg made the executive decision to cut the tour short and head back. We were absolutely soaked to the bone, and my choice of white Tank Top quick became the worst decision I had made all day. Greg, Nick, and Larry all got a free ticket to the 'Bayou Babes Wet T-Shirt Contest', and I officially won. There was nothing I could do but laugh. Epic fail for sure! Despite being soaked we were still all smiles and when we got back to the office it was hot and sunny, so we started to dry off right away. We just had to laugh, only us! If we had kept our original appointment at 4pm, the weather probably would have been fine. Arthur Matherne was great about it though, and even refunded us a portion of our money for cutting the tour a little short.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pulling back up to the dock we saw old Arthur, the owner of the business and the other tour guide, waving us in in his infamous camo Zoobazz pants that we had seen him wear on the Vice episode. Greg had a deep south Louisiana accent, but Arthur was virtually non understandable. Honestly could not make out one word he said, it was like he was speaking another language. Both guys were very nice though, and we totally recommend taking a tour with the Arthur Matherne Airboat company if your are ever in Louisiana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the way back from the airboat tour, we decided to check out a planation in the Louisiana Countryside while we still had the rental car. We looked on Google and <em>Destrehan Plantation</em> was right on our way back to New Orleans, so we decided that would be the one! We didn't want to go on a walking tour or pay to get in, but we did stop in front of the grounds and took some nice photos of the glorious plantation mansion. I loved the hanging trees and big columns. I had really wanted to see the Oak Alley Planation with its famous oak lined street, but it was too far out of the way so this one was a good compromise as it was still really beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A lot of the plantations look like they are straight out of a movie, and a lot of the times movies and scenes are filmed at them! Destrehan has been seen in feature films such as <em>The Vampire Chronicles</em> and most recently, <em>12 Years a Slave</em>. Its a traditional Creole style planation and is one of the oldest homes in Louisiana, rich in history but not without it's fair share of controversy along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved how these giant Spanish moss trees perfectly framed the house from the front of the property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our rental car! Kind of an icky blue, but we really liked the car itself. It had a lot of get-up-and-go and was pretty comfortable and spacious for a sedan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We said goodbye to Destrehan, and decided to head back to New Orleans to hit up a few more places we wanted to see while we had the car that were just out of our walking distance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First up was an epic Dive Bar we had read about called 'Snakes and Jakes Christmas Lounge', but to our disappointment it was closed when we arrived. It's located right in a Garden District neighborhood and is the "diveyest"of dives. It is basically a run down shack and the whole interior is only lit with red colored Christmas lights and holiday décor. It's hour are 7pm-7am!! We really wanted to go so we decided that we would come back later that night. We had been debating to return the car that evening or to keep it overnight. We didn't want to pay an arm and a leg for parking but had seen a lot of spots on the street near our hotel that were open, so we decided to chance it and keep the car overnight. There were other places we wanted to go that were too far to walk, and having the car was much cheaper than paying for cabs, so it ended up working out great. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved driving down the terrace lined, tree covered streets of the garden district. So much pretty everywhere you look!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We decided to stop at another neighborhood dive bar on our list called "Les Bon Temps Rouler", which I previously mentioned, means Let the Good Times Roll! It was mid-day so although we were some of the only people in there, the bartender poured good drinks and it was another cool spot. We fell in love with these neighborhood-style bars, and wish we had some back home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had kitschy décor, a pool table, a big juke box, and even old-style video and arcade games along the walls. We loved the old bungalow style buildings that housed a lot of these bars, complete with the original old wood floors, brick, and beams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After our late liquid lunch, we decided it was time to get some food and maybe actually make it to a happy hour! We made attempt #2 to go to Samuels Blind Pelican for the famous $.25 oysters and crawfish boil, and this time we were successful! We got their right at 4pm for the start of happy hour and got a lovely table outside on the wraparound porch. Again, the restaurant was in a big old house, and we loved the style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had to wait about an hour for the crawfish, but we got probably the best oysters we had had so far on the trip while we waited. I failed to take photos but we got both raw and charbroiled and they were DLEICIOUS. The charbroiled were SO good. We sipped some drinks and just sat back and relaxed while waiting for our crawfish. neither of us had ever had them before so we were really excited. Once they were ready our waiter brought out a big 3lb box filled with crawfish, sausage, potatoes and corn, all wonderfully seasoned and so delish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They are like mini baby lobsters, super sweet and delicious! We weren't too sure on the 'proper' way to eat them, so we pretty much just dug in with our hands and went at it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sausage and potatoes were a nice added touch, and they were both so flavorful and good. We loved the Cajun spices and flavors down there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">THE AFTERMATH. We totally destroyed the 3lbs of crawfish! So worth the wait, and another thing we can check off the bucket list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When we were heading out, I snapped a picture of the big open fire grill basin that they had been cooked in. Really cool! I think I need one of these in my backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After happy hour we were pretty smelly from all of that seafood, and from getting soaking wet in the swamp, so we really need some showers and a change of clothes. We stopped back at Le Pavilion to clean ourselves up and make a plan for the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since we still had the car, we decided to hit up one of the spots we were most excited about for dinner called <em>Bacchanal</em>, which was about 5 miles away in the Bywater district/9th Ward. This place takes the cake for one of the coolest restaurants we have ever been to together. The word Bacchanl itself means "an occasion of wild and drunken revelry".... YES! It is in an old brick home building, complete with original shutters and a totally natural weathered look. The first floor is actually a wine and cheese shop, filled with tons of different wines from all over the world and magnificent cheeses to try and buy. But, it is no ordinary wine shop in that when you buy your wine, they open it for you right then and there if you want to stay and then you can grab glasses and head right outside to the backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The backyard is filled with small trees strung with string lights, along with plenty of tables and seating on a lush patio, and a small performance stage for live bands and musical groups. It was such a neat space with a really cool, relaxed vibe. Everyone was just sitting around, enjoying the music and chatting while sipping wine and eating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the stage! Bacchanal is also a restaurant, so Nick went up to the window at the back of the house where you can order food from. We picked some smaller items off the menu since we were still quite full from all the crawfish, and I set out to find us a spot to sit. It was yet another order-at-the-window and find your own seat style restaurant that we loved. It was pretty packed, and at first there were no tables available expect for some high top standing-only tables off to the far left side. I grabbed a spot of one of those and scanned the crowd. There were several other people looking for a regular table as well, so I knew it was a long shot. I saw from all the way across the yard a couple that looked like they were getting ready to get up and leave, so I bee-lined across, and asked nicely if they were heading out. They were! I scored the PERFECT table right next to the stage with a great view. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had picked out a nice bottle of cabernet from the wine shop, which was recommended from the owner as one of his favorites, and best bang for the buck. They had actually gone out to the vineyard themselves in California and selected a few of the wines to bring back to their store. The guys were so friendly and helpful and I would have been in there for quite some time if it wasn't for their assistance and recommendations. The wine ended up being excellent, and was one of the better Cabs we have had. It wasn't too dry at all and didn't leave you feeling dehydrated or like you needed to chug a huge glass of water. Now that I am home I want to try and order some online- <em>Chasing Lions 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is the view from our table looking back towards the building. The second level had indoor seating, as well as a big second floor balcony overlooking the backyard and patio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had gotten number 26 with our order, which just happens to be my favorite number. Fate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The wait for our food was not long at all. We started with the bacon wrapped dates as an app and we inhaled them so quickly I didn't take a picture. They were sweet and savory and really good. I had also ordered the trout salad, and Nick got the ceviche. They were the perfect size as we weren't overly hungry, and both were really fresh and delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The dressing on the trout salad was great, a buttermilk vinaigrette, and I had never had trout on a salad before so it was nice to try something new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's ceviche was filled with gulf fish, squid, peppers, tomato and cilantro. We both absolutely LOVED Bacchanal and had the best time, we did not want to leave! Towards the end it was getting more and more crowded, and since we were sitting at a table for 4-6, a group of three asked if they could share our table. We said yes and were excited to maybe get to talk to some locals. They ended up being Debbie Downers and although one of the girls lived in Nola now, they were not originally from here and pretty much met our questions with one-word curt answers. After we finished our wine bottle, we decided to move on for the night and left them to the table. OUR table. Word to the wise... if you ask to join others at <strong><em>THEIR </em></strong>table, be nice, be friendly, be kind! You never know who you could be sitting next to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once we left Bacchanal we knew right where we wanted to head back to... the infamous Snakes and Jakes Christmas Lounge that we had stopped at earlier in the day when it wasn't open.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It fully lived up to all of it's dive bar expectations! Check out this interior! So dark and dingy but we loved it. We could tell the crowd was probably about half regulars/locals, and half tourists. We actually ended up meeting and talking to a group of young guys who were on spring break from Massachusetts! I was also sitting next to a guy who had been living in Nola for about ten years, so I was able to ask him about his favorite spots (Mimi's!) and the best bars to hit up late night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Snakes and Jakes even had a friendly dog sleeping on a couch in the corner, and it certainly lived up to it's no-frills dive bar name, and we were really glad we got to experience it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Such a cool little dive right in the middle of a neighborhood street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The night was still young so we headed back to the city center. We took the freeway and passed the infamous Superdome where the Saints play, and where thousands took refuge during Hurricane Katrina. It is really the heart of the city and was lit up in all it's glory! It's huge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The rest of the night we bounced from place to place... a locals music/dance club in Treme, several cool hipster bars in the Marigny although they were a little too smoke filled for us, and then we even hit up Frenchmen Street for some live jazz bars. I think we probably hit at least 10 bars that night! Some we just stopped in, others were too crowded, but it was fun to just bounce around and check out the many different places that NOLA has to offer. I think we even ended up back in the French Quarter at Chart House or Lafitte's again before calling it a night. It was definitely our most "wild" Nola night on the trip, hence the zero photos to show for it after we left Snakes and Jakes much earlier in the evening. Stay tuned for Part Three, the last day of our New Orleans adventure! Thanks for following along!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-47978606907354282232015-03-31T19:19:00.003-07:002015-04-15T14:25:23.099-07:00Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler: New Orleans, Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">The air was so sweet in New Orleans it seemed to come in soft bandannas;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and mud, and molasses, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and every kind of tropical exhalation,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">with your nose suddenly removed from the dry ices of a Northern Winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let the good times roll! We had such a good time in New Orleans, it was definitely one of our favorite trips yet. It was one of those times where we booked the trip kind of randomly and were so busy leading up to it we really didn't have a lot of time to get overly excited and/or build up high expectations. Neither of us had been before and it totally surprised us in the best way possible! I was able to draw a #chalkboardchronicles on the chalk wall just a few days prior to leaving so we were able to start really getting excited for the adventure. I drew one of New Orleans famous French sayings, "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler", which means 'let the good times roll', and it came out really cool! I made sure to use the traditional Mardi Gras Colors too, in order to best represent NOLA. Our trip was planned for Monday-Friday from the 16th to the 20th of March. This was just a few weeks after Mardi Gras had ended, so we were hoping to maybe see some remnants of it still left over, and we would also be there for St. Patrick's Day which we heard was really fun as well, so we were excited about that and all of the other good things we had heard about New Orleans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love using the Dreamdays App for my countdowns! Always gets me excited to see the number of days dropping for things I am looking forward to. You can use one of their stock backgrounds for each or you can even create and/or upload your own picture or one from the web. Once we hit day "0" we were up DARK and early at 2:30am in Connecticut to head to JFK in order to catch our flight at 6:30am. We left the house by 3 and the drive was about 2 hours and 10 minutes. We park in the economy lot which requires an extra 20 minutes on your travel time to park, walk to the AirTran station and take the AirTran train to your correct terminal. So altogether getting to the airport would be about 2 and a half hours which would put us there right at 5:30 with an hour to spare before our flight. We were hoping that was enough time as it was really early and our flight was one of the first flights out that morning. Nick and I also both have TSA PreCheck which has been great for avoiding the long security lines. They have a separate shorter line for TSA Precheck people and we don't have to take off our shoes, belts, jewelry and/or open any of our carryons/luggage. It has really saved us on some of the crazy crowded airport days for other trips, but for this trip it was about the same wait as the regular line as the airport was not yet crowded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">An easy 2 and a half hour flight and we were touched down in The Big Easy... New Orleans! We got to our hotel nice and early around 9:30am as they are one time zone/one hour behind. It was really nice to be there first thing in the morning and not waste a whole day traveling as we would only be there for 4 full days. Although we were tired from getting up so early, our excitement/adrenaline had kicked in and we knew we would be able to make it through day one on little sleep. Our hotel check-in wasn't until later in the afternoon but the hotel staff was really nice and took our bags and let us get some of the check-in process done early so that as soon as our room was ready they would call and let us know. We made a quick outfit change in the hotel bathrooms and then set out on day one of our NOLA adventure. We really had NO plans for this trip except an Airboat Swamp Tour scheduled for Wednesday and a River Steamboat on the Mississippi scheduled for Thursday afternoon, the rest of the time was to be filled however our hearts desired! Some of our other trips have been planned out down to the minute, but this was a really nice change of pace to have nothing to do but explore and follow the wind! We did however, have a three page word document with us filled with recommendations for restaurants, bar, and attractions from friends, family, and the interwebs. I had written down all of the places people told us about and wrote a little blurb about what they were, what the rating was on Yelp, and who we heard it from. I broke it down into sections: Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch/Apps/Treat, Dinner, Bars/Latenight, and To-do/Sightseeing. This made it more organized and easy for us to read through and find a place to go depending on what we were feeling at that moment or based on what time of day it was. Since it was early in the morning our first order of business was breakfast. We looked through our list and decided on Stanley's in Jackson Square/French Quarter. There was a slight wait for a table but it was such a nice day we didn't mind a bit. We took our pager and walked around the beautiful square. There were artists set up all along the perimeter and they were all actually really good! It wasn't the cheap, imitation art that you often see in other cities. It was real artists displaying their unique styles and pieces with all different mediums, and if I was made of money I definitely could have gone home with more than one thing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After only about ten minutes, our table was ready at Stanley! Our word document had it listed as an airy, sun-filled café with all day breakfast. It was right on the corner and the building was gorgeous, it was exactly what I had envisioned as something I would be seeing in NOLA... brick buildings, intricate wrought iron railings, slightly weathered/worn, and lush hanging plants and décor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Airy? Check! Sun-filled? Check! The floor to ceiling windows and white walls made it a very light and beautiful space. We got seated at a table in the corner with a perfect view of the entire restaurant and outdoors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved the dark wooden beams contrasted against the white, and the weathered original brick floors were awesome and very charming!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First order of business was ordering this GIANT Mimosa, but it better have been giant because it was $14! Definitely the most expensive mimosa I have ever had, but it was large and was VERY "champagney", although I still think $14 was a bit much. We were really hoping that this wasn't a reflection of the beverage prices for the rest of the trip or else we'd be broke on Day 2! (Luckily, it wasn't)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were also BAFFLED by the liquor laws, or lack thereof, in Nola. This couple next to us walked in and sat down with drinks from elsewhere in plastic cups..... what???!! You can bring drinks into restaurants? From other restaurants?? Literally mind bottling. And amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had the "Stanley Special" and Nick had the Gumbo. We both made it a point to order things native to NOLA and things that we may not usually order or eat. Both meals were really good and we were stuffed after cleaning our plates so we decided that a nice walk through the city streets would be a good idea. We were already in the French Quarter so we just decided to just stay there and started walking up and down each of the side streets to see what it was all about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved it! Love love loved it! The buildings and architecture are very European looking and influenced. I loved all of the bright colors, the brick, the tile, the painted row houses, the iron railings and balcony's, floor to ceiling windows and doors, the festive decorations and planters. It was so homey and charming and I liked how it was a city but it was so "low", no tall buildings except for in the Central Business District a few miles away. It was a total mix of so many places I have been to or seen before, all coming together to create it's own look and feel. Spain, France, Austin, San Francisco, Provincetown, and San Juan Puerto Rico to name a few...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I could definitely see myself living in one of these adorable row houses or bungalows! SO charming and quaint!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We spotted this sweet Bulldog on a porch and it reminded us of Nick's Cousins Dan and Chelsea's dog Lola, complete with the tongue out and body leaning to one side. We ended up feeling bad for this one though because he was constantly itching up against the railings and it appeared he had some pretty bad hot spots that had gone unattended to. I can't imagine how they feel in the humid 80 degree weather... poor little guy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I would have maybe said something but the same house also had this sign on the door..... so sadly we gave him a few pats on the head and kept on walking! One of the many interesting signs we would see in the streets of NOLA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next we wandered down more towards the water and stumbled upon the GIGANTIC French Open Market. Literally I think it was about a half mile long along the riverfront. It had all different kinds of sections and sold everything from Mardi Gras garb, to trinkets, to Football Memorabilia, to witchcraft, spices, plants, clothes, to food and everything else in between. Vendor upon vendor it seemed to never end! It absolutely blew my mind that every day they have to take it all down and set it all up again and again and again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cajun bacon coffee! One of the many interesting finds at the market. Nick and I collect elephants with their trunk up (goodluck) from every place we visit. The photo on the right is actually the vendor from which we found our NOLA elephant! It was all dark blue glass and she had one of the best prices we had found, just $3.50. I was very excited to add to our collection and was happy we found it so early in the trip so that I didn't have to think about it or search for one the rest of the time- sometimes elephants are hard to come by! She was a sweet old lady and her small cardboard sign in the photo read in part, "This products here bring auspiciousness, good karma, and of course good luck". Just what we need!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After walking through the entirety of the French Open Market, we found ourselves at the edge of the city right along the 'Mighty' Mississippi River. Neither of us had ever seen it or been on it before, except maybe for on a plane, so it was definitely a bucket list item checked off. They had a nice brick walking pathway along the riverfront and you could see the whole cityscape off in the distance where the taller buildings are located in the business district, along with the bridge connecting to Algiers across the river.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was also a lovely collection of vagabonds/hippies/homeless/drug addicts gathered along the waters edge all the way down the path towards the end where it meets the railroad which is where we started walking. It was all fun and games until we heard one ask the other "Do you have any LSD?" to which the other replied "Yeah, here." At which time we felt it was best to move on to the not-so sketchy area further down!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a beautiful bright sunny day and was hotter than hades out, a stark contrast to the 20 degree weather we had left that morning. We knew it was going to be hot, but neither of us expected it to be THAT hot. Nick had packed two sweaters for gosh sake! We were both in jeans and it was getting pretty sweaty with the high humidity and sun beating down on us, so we decided to go get something to cool us down. Nick and I are OBSESSED with 'Vice', a media publication that does news, documentaries, and other publications on the worlds issues and less talked about topics. They also have a spin off site called 'Munchies' that explores different areas of the world and the traditional food that they have to offer through videos and articles. We had seen one video in their 'Al-Kee-Hol' series on the New Orleans Daiquiri and it really sparked our interest into this NOLA staple. They take their Daiquiri's VERY serious down there, and with their being no open container laws or anything of the sort, you can pretty much get them and bring them anywhere. In the Vice video they went to one place in particular, called 'Gene's Curbside Daquiri's', that looked like the quintessential NOLA daiquiri shop. We pulled it up on the GPS and we weren't too far from it so we decided to take a walk to get one of the frozen treats. We passed this sweet old-style movie theater along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also passed by many more brightly colored bungalows, and I just couldn't resist getting a picture in front of this cute watermelon color combo! It reminded me of other photos I have from Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not the outfit I had planned to wear on Day One but we had to change in the hotel lobby so this was the first thing I pulled out. Definitely should have gone with shorts as it was so hot out. Also, side note, I bought this small Steve Madden backpack before the trip to replace a purse and it was literally God's Gift. SO CONVENIENT!! Purse Scmurse, I'll be taking this with me wherever I go from now on, it was a life saver and so much less in the way and/or hassle than a purse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a decent walk, we saw this sign and the bright pink building and we knew we had reached our destination, Gene's Curbside Daquiri's!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had an extensive menu of every fruity flavor combination you could imagine and they also had sizes ranging from a 'small' 12oz cup up to a 2 Gallon milk jug! I kept it traditional and went with the Strawberry Banana Rum combo. Nick went all out and ordered their specialty that we had seen on the Munchies episode called the "What the F***", which is their strongest daiquiri that is a mix of EVERY flavor and rum they have!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They were everything we'd hoped they would be and although neither of us like drinks that are overly sweet, they were icy cold an refreshing and booze-filled, so it was just what we were looking for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We started the walk back towards our hotel on the other side of the quarter, but we stopped into tons of shops along the way. We loved this wood shop where they made custom furniture pieces. We took pictures of a few in order to possibly recreate them sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick also had a mission to find a traditional Cajun hot sauce for one of his friends, and the French Quarter certainly was not lacking in the hot-sauce store department. There was a store on almost every block filled with hundreds of hot sauces! It was so hard to pick but he ended up going with a traditional Cajun hot sauce that was actually made in Louisiana as most of them were made elsewhere. This is not a photo of if but these were some of the other bottles that looked... well... painful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We found our way back to the beautiful Jackson Square adjacent to where we had eaten breakfast. We decided to actually walk through the square this time as we had only walked by it before. It was a lush little park with nice grassy areas and landscaping. The view from one side is of a big old Cathedral, and the view from the opposite side is of the Mississippi River, so it really was a neat little place with lots of historical reference. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you see off to the right of the photo below there was a large group of college spring break girls "tanning" and wearing next-to-nothing. Nick was pleasantly surprised by this welcomed view and made sure that we walked on THAT side of the statue (insert the "why-I-ought-a..." expression emoji here).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once through the park we decided to take a stop into the St. Louis Cathedral. It was really a beautiful building and has a great location in the quarter right at the base of the square.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Outside of the cathedral there were many other vendors and street performers, from poets like the one pictured below, to psychics, tarot readers, musicians and more. Once inside the church, it was surprisingly cool and quiet much to the dismay of everything going on right outside it doors. The ceiling was beautifully painted and it was really serene and peaceful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is one of the oldest Cathedrals in the US, dating back to 1718. It sustained some damage during Hurricane Katrina but was fully restored in recent years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the cathedral we turned down a side street to get back into the heart of the French Quarter. This is basically the Mardi Gras Mecca and where all the craziness goes down. So many homes and business still had their decorations out in full force, and it was really cool to see all of the vibrant colors and hard work everyone puts into this once-a-year celebration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stopped on the street corner of Royal St as there was a street band playing and they were awesome! So musically talented and they had a great, unique sound. They were called the Slick Skillet Serenaders, and their style of music was described as "Pre- World War II Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz". Definitely right up my alley and we stopped and watched for a good 15-20 minutes until we got too hot, I have no idea how they sat there in the blazing heat playing instruments for that long. I want to try and get some of their songs now that I am home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This woman in a bee costume started randomly dancing and twirling around and it took us children of the 90's right to flashbacks of the Blind Melon music video for "No Rain".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved New Orleans because there was so many fun and unique things around every corner that we don't often see here in New England. For example, cats in stores!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And it was exactly that, an actual working and moving carousel that served as a bar. We timed it and it made one full revolution about every 15 or so minutes. It was really colorful and lit up and had all the charm and detail of a real carousel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each of the seat backs were hand painted with a different animal. Our favorite was the elephant, of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We ordered a round of cold beers as we were dying (but certainly not complaining!) of heat exhaustion and really needed something to cool down. I also snapped the handsomest picture of my sweet Nicholas! One of my favorite pictures of him to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just as we finished our beers the hotel called and our room was ready. Our Hotel was called<em> Le Pavillon</em> and was right on the border of the Central Business District and the French Quarter. It was a great location in that it was total walking distance to almost everything, but it wasn't right in the heart of the loud and crazy French Quarter, so we could still sleep quietly at night. I don't know how some people survive at those hotels right in the quarter! Its madness! Our hotel Le Pavillon was an Old World-French inspired hotel and certainly held up to that designation throughout. It is a historic hotel and even has some rumors of being haunted! We loved the hotel and had absolutely no complaints, but we did agree with one cab driver we had in that we couldn't decide if it was indeed really nice or if it was borderline too kitchsy/froo-froo. Everything looked nice aesthetically and from afar, but if you got up close, you started to change your mind. Kind of like a Monet painting! But again, absolutely no complaints, the service and accommodations were wonderful and everything we needed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We dropped our bags and wanted to rest for a minute but also soak up the last couple hours of daylight, so we put our suits on and headed up to the rooftop pool, which was awesome. The water was really warm and it had great 360 degree views of the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Both rockin' our new suits! Nicks from Old Navy and mine from Target. I got so hot so I had to go for some swims, Nick fell fast asleep on the pool deck! Eventually some lounge chairs opened up and we moved onto those, at which point I fell asleep too for a good half hour at least!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At one point during our nap, a hotel staff member came around with warm cookies and fresh lemonade! It was such a nice treat and a total welcomed surprise! We loved Le Pavillon for going above and beyond with little extras such as that, it really makes all the difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After pool time, we showered up and got ready and dressed for the evening. We were determined to make it to happy hour but were cutting it a little short on time. We wanted to get oysters and decided on a place we found on Yelp called Samuel's Blind Pelican where they supposedly had $.25 oysters and a nightly crawfish boil. Count us in. We headed out on our walk following Google maps and it led us through a rotary and by this cool statue of Robert E. Lee in Lee Circle just in time for a pretty sunset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So after walking for about a mile and a half, we see that the destination is up ahead on the GPS. We are so hungry and eager at this point and we see a building all lit up with flags and a bunch of people, so in we go. There is Irish decor everywhere but hey, it was the day before St. Patricks day so that was to be expected. We saw they had a side patio so we asked to be seated out there and they said it was first come first serve. So we head out to the patio and find a table. It was a little odd that there was no smell of seafood or anything of the sort, but we didn't think much of it at first. They were really busy and it took FOREVER for a waitress to come over to us and we only had about 15 minutes left of happy hour as we had seen on Yelp that it was from 4-6. Finally our waitress came over and took our drink orders and gave us menus. It was a small one page menu with all irish fair… bangers and mash, cabbage, corned beef. Hmmm… no oysters? The waitress came back with our beers and of course, Nick's beer was wrong. Before she left again to correct it I said, "Do you have a happy hour menu?" thinking that maybe we were in the wrong area of the restaurant or had the wrong menus. She looked at me somewhat confusedly and said "Ummm, no. We don't do happy hour." and she left before I could ask anything else. She had given me my wine in a small plastic bud light cup. Everything was weird, everything was wrong, this was NOTHING like what we read online. Finally, she brings Nicks correct beer and said she would be back to take our orders. Not two seconds later Nick's stares right at me and yells, "THIS IS THE IRISH HOUSE!!??" I looked down at the menu…. What the hell?! He's right! Where the heck are we!? This is not Samuel's Blind Pelican, it's the friggan Irish House! We had definitely done something wrong with the GPS…. we did not want to eat there so we finished our drinks quickly and paid our tab. The service was so slow, however, that even if we did get to Samuels the happy hour would be over. Epic fail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So we walk TWO BUILDINGS down and there it is, in all it's glory, Samuels Blind Pelican. The smell of oysters wafting in the air, and fresh crawfish steamed up just minutes prior. We went up to try and get a seat and they let us know that the happy hour was closed and that it was about and hour wait for a table. Crying tears of sadness and hunger, we had officially ruined happy hour Night One, but at least we had a somewhat funny story for the books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Starting to get hungry, we looked to the list and decided on one of the dinner spots that was nearby and highly recommended called Cochon. It's been featured on Anthony Bourdain and many other prominent food shows and publications. We go inside and get the news…. hour and a half wait. At this point we were pretty far from out hotel and there wasn't much else around so we decided to put our name on the list as they said something might come up earlier and they would call us. We were pretty HANGRY now, but luckily for us we realized that another spot on the list, Cochon Butcher, was right next door. It was Cochon's butcher/cheese shop adjacent to the restaurant that also served food in a more causal setting. We took a look at the menu and decided to scrap Cochon! The Butcher shop looked great and we were able to quickly order food, wine, and find a spot at a table. We liked the whole order at the counter, take a number, find your own seat concept and turns out we would find it at several more places throughout Nola! Cochon Butcher had a really good crowd and nice atmosphere. A slightly hipster vibe but without being too over the top about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had a delicious BLT and Nick had the Lamb gyro sandwich. We shared a side of Brussel Sprouts in a Chile Oil and they were AMAZING! As someone who used to hate Brussels and is just getting to like them, these were excellent! Totally opened my eyes to the world of how good brussels can be. We were even too hungry to get any food pics so you'll have to just imagine what they looked like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We felt SO much better after eating and started the walk back towards the quarter. We passed a cool copper mill and also saw my same bike Nick got me for Christmas on the side of the street!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At this point we had almost been up for 24 hours, so we were looking for something a little more low-key where we could just sit and relax with some drinks and music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was amazing inside, I loved the vibe and it was JUST what we were looking for. Everything was so rustic and old, I loved all of the wooden beams and stone and brick. And sure enough, there was a piano man in the back and we somehow scored the perfect snuggly spot on a padded bench with a little high top table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone was gathered around listening, requesting songs and singing along to ones they knew. We just sat for hours and chatted, drank, and listened to him play. It was the best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We didn't want to leave! But after a couple hours we were to the point of barely keeping our eyes open and decided to call it a night. HIGHLY recommend LaFitte's Blacksmith Shop if your are ever in NOLA! A great time for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, we made it back to our regal hotel! Check out those columns and statues! Do you see what we mean that it was nice, but maybe a bit too over the top?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We looked to our list and decided on a breakfast spot on the famous Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District called 'District Donuts Sliders Brew'. They promised an interesting mix of good coffee, fresh baked donuts, quirky sliders and breakfast tacos and we were really excited to try it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We loved the decor! Exposed brick and Edison bulbs, our kind of place! There were two little old ladies in front of us in line and this was their second day in a row coming, and they told us we were in for a real treat. They gave us some recommendations and we took their advice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This was the main menu, and they also have a daily/weekly specials menu. I decided on a chocolate sprinkle donut and a Croque Monsieur Croquenut (a croissant donut grilled ham and cheese!), and Nick went with the BLT slider. I got a fresh squeezed lemonade and Nick got a fresh brewed ice coffee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My donut was delicious and so "fresh" tasting, if that is even a word that can be used to describe a donut. None of that artificial junk they put in Dunkin back home. The dough was so fluffy and the chocolate wasn't too sweet, it was delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My lemonade was SO sour, but I loved it! Made my lips pucker but it was nice that it was fresh squeezed and home made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Croque Monsieur was also delish! It was on a pressed glazed croissant donut, and the ham and cheese was perfectly melted and gooey. I was almost too full to eat it all after my big donut, so Nick helped me eat half. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's BLT….. one word….. TO DIE FOR!!!! Oh wait… that was three…. but seriously…. best thing ever!!!!!!! He agreed, the best BLT he has ever had! The bacon was literally half and inch thick! Where the heck do you even get bacon like that? And the tomato was so fresh and the sauce… oh, the sauce! SO GOOD! 100% go go go and get yourself the BLT at District!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not exactly "St Pattys day" dressed, but we were off to a great morning and another gorgeous day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since we were already in that area, we decided to walk to the famous Garden District to check out some of the mansions that line the side streets. This was one of the things people had recommended we do, and First St and Second St in particular promised some of the biggest and most beautiful homes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Green beads all ready for St. Patricks! I never knew if these were free for the taking or not, so I just looked but didn't touch! Everyone had them hung on their fences but I wasn't sure it they were giving them out or if it was part of their decor, or both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We started stumbling upon some of the mansions and they did not disappoint. So beautiful and picturesque! The grounds were so finely manicured and all of the homes were perfectly kept up. Almost all of them had the porch ceiling painted light blue, which up until that point I had though was only a Cape Cod thing, so I was happily surprised to see it in NOLA too! Nicks front sunporch at his house is all white, and we had talked about possibly painting the ceiling a similar blue/green shade, so I took this as a sign that it needs to happen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This house was almost full block wide! What do these people do for a living?! We looked up a few of the addresses on Zillow and most were well over $2 Million.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Look at this porch ceiling! Yaaasssss! I need it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is owned by famous Author Anne Rice, most known for her series The Vampire Chronicles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This light pink house was one of the biggest and most intricate mansions and one of the most recommended to see when you're doing the garden district tour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I think this one was one of my favorites, I loved the French looking style and the floor to ceiling windows. It looked so bright and airy and decorated to perfection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I want it! What do I need to do/be to get it!!??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This guy died on my Dad's birthday! December 6th, but just a few years prior :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We enjoyed our stroll through the garden district and after seeing the mansions we decided to head back to Magazine Street because we didn't really go anywhere besides District Donuts and it was on our list to explore that particular street. It has tons of antique shops, small boutiques, specialty stores and consignment shops and is definitely worth a walk down. So many quirky little details throughout the neighborhood too, like these silverware sets molded into the sidewalk!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More quirky and colorful signs that we loved. It really gave New Orleans some cool character and it was much appreciated. There was something new to look at everywhere you turned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We decided to walk back to the quarter even though it was pretty far. About halfway through our walk, we came upon this old firehouse turned home, and I did not even realize the timing or symbolism of this photo until now. We were oohing and ahhing over how cool this was and how it would be a dream to do something like that some day. There is actually a firehouse down the street from Nick that has been for sale in Mass, and we can't wait to see what someone does with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What I didn't realize about those photos were that they were the last photos I took before we were almost back to quarter when Nick got a missed call on his phone. He listened to the voicemail, and it was a call he had be working towards and waiting for for over a year! We quickly dodged into a nearby hotel lobby so that he could have some quiet to call back. It was the Fire Department he had applied for and had been hoping to get into for months now. I sat and waited anxiously until he was done, but I knew by the look on his face and the sound of his voice that it was good news. He was hired!!!! They gave him an official start date and everything!! He was SO excited and relieved and had literally been working towards this goal for over a year. A Happy St. Patricks day it was indeed, and I was so happy for him and proud of him. It was officially time to celebrate! It was lunch time and we had yet to have oysters on the trip, our cab driver from the morning had told us his favorite spot was Deanie's in the French Quarter. He said (and we saw) there are other places like Acme of Felix's that always have lines out the door and around the block, but he said Deanie's is locally owned and is great if not better than the others. We were sold and made our way there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mimosas and drinks to celebrate! (If you can't tell by now…. I love mimosas) A big cheers was in order for Nick's new career. He got a sweet tea vodka and water, which is a great combo by the way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Congrats Lu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lunch was on me in celebration and we got both raw oysters and char broiled oysters to share. They were great! The raw ones were some of the biggest we had ever seen and we had never had charbroiled before, they were lemony and garlicky and cheesy and they were delish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So good! They need to bring this tradition up North.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After lunch we just kept on walking through the quarter with no real destination in mind, just taking in the sights and stopping into any place that looked interesting along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Another street band! Not as good as the one from the day before, but they still had a nice sound and their variety of instruments was cool. It was even hotter than it was the first day too, so I had no idea how they were out there for hours in long sleeves and jeans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Street performers lined every corner. This guy was a sword swallower! Still don't get how they do it! No gag reflex?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We came across an Irish bar called Pat O'Briens, which happened to also be on our list, so we figured what better day to try it out than St. Patrick's Day! The bar was bustling with a great crowd, but wasn't to the point where it was too overcrowded or uncomfortable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A mimosa for me and a screwdriver for Nick! The bartender was a large African American Woman named "MS. PATRICIA" on her name tag, and she was such a hoot! She would put you right in your place! If she felt you were rushing her…. oooohhh… thats your ass! I can still hear her now…"I CAN SEE YA HUNNY. I AINT FORGOT ABOUT YA. I'M ONLY ONE PERSON, I'LL GET TO YA WHEN I GET TO YA. WAIT YA TURN NOW." I have decided that they officially make the best mimosas in New Orleans, a full glass of champagne with a SPLASH of OJ everywhere I went. Not the other way around that I so often get when ordering in New England. So stingy up here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The building was another cool old building with weathered brick and exposed beams. They had all of these big steins hanging which reminded me of a restaurant we like to go to back home called The Fort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pat O'Briens also has an awesome outdoor area/beer garden with two outdoor bars, music, tables and so on. We got some Pat O'Brien's St. Patricks day swag in the form of hats and beads so we were able to fit in a little better with the Irish folk!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Random but this photo looks EXACTLY like a photographer I work for, I can't wait to show her the picture. It's uncanny. From the 1950's too, so it's definitely not her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this one of us! I am wearing another one of my birthday gifts, coral earrings surrounded with diamonds, that I had randomly said I wanted in Hawaii and he somehow remembered or wrote it down and found some for me for my birthday. He is the best gift giver, I swear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We then came upon the very famous Cafe Du Monde! Most famous for their Beignets, a traditional NOLA staple somewhat similar to a "fried dough" that we would get up North. We really wanted to go but the line was snaked around the inside of the restaurant and then wrapped around outside of the building as well. Only being down there a few days, we just couldn't rationalize spending a few hours in line waiting when there was so much else to see and do. At least we got to see it, smell it, and get some photos!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a walk by the river we once again went back into the French Quarter to do some more St. Patty's Day bar hopping and exploring. Love this photo with the bright colors and the sun glare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stopped in at another Irish bar on our list which is probably on of my favorite dive bars we went to, Erin Rose! There was so much to look at and the decor was awesome. So colorful and all over the ceilings and walls. They also had a great crowd and some of the best drink prices we had seen yet. Mimosas, Bloody's and screwdrivers were $3. Some beers were $2 and they had a secret Frozen Irish Coffee for $3 as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SO cool! No surprise, I got a mimosa, and Nick tried the Frozen Irish Coffee, which was so good! We regret not going back there for another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Erin Rose also gives you sweet to-go cups and has these small high top tables to stand outside the bar and people watch. I think I need one of these at home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved it! Open windows, people sitting on the window sills…. just such a cool place with a great vibe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our next spot was to go back to Arnaud's Fench 75 that was on our list that we had seen the night before walking back to the hotel. This spot is featured on Vice's Muchies platform in a segment about New Orleans obsession with Frozen Daquiris. The segment also goes into the history of the daquiri, and it is thought to have started at this very bar. The original recipe is quite far from the daiquiris we drink today and is not even on their menu. We ordered an "original daiquiri" and a Oaxacan Village which was a drink on the menu with Mezcal, Tequila, lime juice, and pineapple gum. The bartenders are dressed in white coats and take their mixing very seriously! Arnaud's is fine dining and is known as one of the best restaurant in Nola. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Being a quote girl myself, as seen at the beginning of each of my blog posts, I loved the quotes on the napkins at Arnaud's French 75! All drinking related, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Work is the cause of the drinking class" //Oscar Wilde</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading" //Henry Youngman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"I always wake up at the crack of ice" //Joe E Lewis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough" //Mark Twain </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our drinks came, the Oaxacan on the left and the daiquiri on the right. I loved how they kind of had a "slurry" of ice in them rather than cubes. It was like finely crushed ice and I loved the texture. Both were VERY strong, but very good! I preferred the daiquiri which surprised me because typically I prefer tequila over rum. Nick prefered the tequila! (We always like the opposites when it comes to food, it works out amazingly! I like crunchy, he likes soft, I like cake, he likes frosting, I like wings he likes drumsticks etc etc!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The look of Arnaud's is very classy and old world! Rich dark woods and guilder mirrors, I really liked the feel of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Working hard at their craft! They were perfectionists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was almost time for the serious St. Patty's day festivities to begin, so we left Arnaud's and ventured out into the craziness of the Quarter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone was coming out of the woodwork decked to the nines in their green! We had run back to the hotel to change, so we looked a bit more festive than before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This little boy killed it on the drums! He was so good, especially for being so young!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our attempt at getting a photo with the Bourbon Street sign, but this is a terrible upwards angle! We should have asked someone to take it for us, but oh well! At that point in the day everyone was half in the bag anyways and giving them your camera could be pretty risky!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mr. B's! Made me think of my brother since our last name starts with a B! He actually has a photo of this sign in his man cave from when my Mom and Step Dad came here several years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My friend from growing up had lived in NOLA area for a few years and although she recently moved she told us that she spent last years St. Pattys Day at a bar called Ryan's on Decatur St which is right on the parade route and one of the stops of the parade. We figured we should start there! I almost DIED laughing when I saw this ladies shirt. I have been saying this for years ever since <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8">THIS</a> viral youtube video. "I WANNA KNOW WHERE DA GOLDZ AT!? WHER DA GOLD!?". Priceless. Someone get me this for Christmas, please!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had bought a mask at one of the gazillion mask/bead stores, so I was all ready to wear it during the parade. I got a green and gold one in honor of St.Patricks, but it can also work for Mardi Gras if I ever come back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We wound up next to another Fire Station and they had this sign about 'Kickin Ash'… I didn't think it was very funny! And again, totally mind bottled bringing my beer from the restaurant out onto the street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Waiting and waiting, the parade was no where in sight! We were getting antsy and thirsty, so we decided to stop into another bar while we waited. We picked Kerry's, another Irish Pub on Decatur and it was another really cool dive bar with awesome decor. They had dollars hanging from the ceiling everywhere, and police and fire badges hung up all over the bar. It was also the cheapest bar we went to, a beer and a glass of wine for $5! YES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More waiting….. WHERE IS THE PARADE!? The signs said 6:30 but it was well past that by now. We were starting to really feel the effects of our day drinking, hence these ridiculous photos!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sooner than later it was dark, and still no parade. Our Hangryness was starting to creep up again as we hadn't eaten since our oysters at Deanie's and had pretty much been on a liquid lunch ever since. We decided to start walking towards where the parade would be in hopes to maybe catch it at an earlier point. We saw lights up ahead so we kept on moving down Decatur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, we got to where the front of the parade was! It was so slow! No wonder we had been waiting forever, it was moving about 5 feet every ten minutes. We were really hungry at this point and the parade was a little less than what we expected. There wasn't really any floats or anything crazy, at least from what we saw, so we decided to stay for a few more minutes and then head out for dinner before everyone else in order to beat the crowds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tons of people were out, it was pretty crazy and everyone was clearly loving life and indulging in the many vices that new Orleans has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We left the parade on Decatur and headed into the Quarter to start walking to out dinner spot, a recommendation from Nicks friend Evan. We passed this spot K Paul's Kitchen that my Aunt had Recommended but sadly it was closed at the time! I still just wanted to take a photo for her to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And finally we made it to Evan's recommendation, Domenica! It was right near our hotel in the Central Business District within the hip Roosevelt Hotel. We were so excited to eat and everything on the menu sounded amazing. I "changed it up" and got a Blood Orange Belini, and Nick had a stout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As an appetizer we had the 'Clams & Speck', which I think could be in the running for one of the best things I have ever eaten. I love little neck clams, and I absolutely love speck…. combine them in a garlicky broth and give me some buttery crostini to eat it on and dip in the sauce and you have found my glory. Thank you Evan! SO GOOD! It could very well win "Best Bite" for me in my life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After that amazing appetizer we got a really good Calabrese pizza with tomato, spicy salami, mozzarella, capers and olives. Also an A+, but I failed to take a photo of it! The dessert menu had Budino which I have never seen before at a restaurant! My Aunt is famous for hers so I had to get it to see how it compares. I'll admit I like my Aunts better, but it was still good! It was all around a wonderful meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To our surprise, we were at the hotel just in time for their famous PB&J hour! Every night in the lobby from 10-11 they serve gourmet PB&J's, hot cocoa and milk! We figured we would never get to experience it because we would likely be out every night between those hours so it was such perfect timing and treat as Nick really wanted to have one! It's a cool tradition and another reason why Le Pavillon was a great place to stay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After that we ventured out into the night and from there it just gets a little foggy. For example, these photos of Nick's badge hung on a bar wall are next in line with the timestamp but I have no idea/recollection of what bar we went to that he hung them at!?? Maybe he will remember when he reads this and let me know so that I can delete this embarrassing paragraph. Anyways, I was so happy he remembered to bring his patches with him because we have been so many other places where he has forgotten and been bummed (re: Hawaii). Now NPD will be on this wall forever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stopped in at several bars, none of which I can recall. We also walked up and down the quarter again taking in the late night sights and sounds. Babes anyone?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The SWAMP! Didn't go in here, but it was another infamous bead throwing spot and my eyes were forever burned when a man on the street chose to whip out his "member" and flash it to the world for beads. Ewwwwwww.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We also stumbled upon people lighting off paper lanterns, which was cool! This hotel is literally right in the center of the action on Bourbon Street, I don't know how anyone staying there sleeps at all. It's constant noise and loud music and yelling all night long!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After more wandering we decided we wanted to go somewhere to sit down late night. We ended up back at Pat O'Briens in honor of St. Patty's Day because we just can't get enough of piano bars! They had the dueling piano back up and we stayed until close a little after 2am. There was four different singers alternating and they sang a lot of great songs. We were all singing out loud with the entire bar at the top of our lungs and it was pretty darn cool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were seated somewhat in the back so it was hard to get to the piano to request a song but they played most of the ones we would have requested anyways!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was a VERY full day of adventure in New Orleans on St. Patricks Day and I was so glad to spend it with Nick, especially after he found out such good news from the Fire Department. We celebrated into the wee hours of the night in a fabulous new city that we were quickly growing to love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That wraps up day 1 and 2 of our trip! I should have one or two more posts to finish it out, there is still so much more that we did and saw and I can't wait to show you the rest. Thank you for following along on the rather wordy post, but I want to pass on all of the NOLA goodness to you all in hopes that it may help someone else out on their trip to the Big Easy!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-42672881183207868372015-03-27T12:11:00.003-07:002015-03-27T12:27:19.426-07:00March Madness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We are officially sad from being back from our AWESOME trip to new Orleans. Seriously, we had such a great time and I can't wait to get all of those photos edited and up on the blog. However, I am not quite there yet after a busy week of catching up at work, but here are some other photos from a few of the other fun things we did in March. Nick had been very busy building this amazing farm table for the dining room by hand. These couple photos are progress photos from the basement, how beautiful is it! Literally a dream come true.... just wait until you see the finished product! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My best friend Chelsea made a surprise weekend trip home, literally for only 24 hours! It was so nice to see her unexpectedly and we are actually celebrating our 20th year of best friendship this year! We met in first grade and have been inseparable ever since. It's hard not living in the same state, but we always make time to see each other when we can. She is coming home again for Easter so I couldn't be happier!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My Mom and Stepdad were in Pennsylvania for a funeral so my Aunt and I went to my Step Brothers play, <em>Servant of Two Masters</em>, to show him our support and cheer him on! He had one of the lead roles and it is one of his last plays at CCSU. It was really funny and he did a great job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I had our siblings over one Sunday night for the first official "Dinner party" at his house! As you can see, the farm table wasn't ready yet and we only had folding chairs, but you've gotta start somewhere! We knew our sibs wouldn't mind, so we figured they could be the firsts guests. We had a few weeks before we would be hosting a big cousins dinner, so this was a nice trial run to see how things would go and if we needed anything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We scored these Pfaltzgraff plates/dining set at an estate sale for $10! Each plate retails for $10 itself. It was a total score and they match the paint/décor perfectly. We got plates, small plated and bowls and love them! Nick also found that wooden slab in the middle of the table in the basement and it has been great to use for serving apps and such. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicks Grandfather built the amazing hutch in the background it's is so nice to have so much storage for dinnerware, glasses, and bar supplies. Nick also just recently bought the new tri-light hanging above the dining table. Slowly but surely, it is all coming together piece by piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We decided on taco night for siblings dinner, and took full advantage of the butcher block to display all of the taco toppings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The hutch/bar area has so much room to set out all of the glasses and wine/cocktail supplies. Everyone can make what they want and be happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is another fun thing that we made. We had seen these salt and pepper beer bottle tops at Long Trail brewery a few weeks prior, and so we decided to make our own. We love anything anchor/nautical, so we chose these two beers that fit perfectly. The Porter for pepper and the Steam for salt! They are really unique and one of a kind DIY salt and pepper shakers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At one point during dinner, everyone was laughing at me and I had no idea why....LOL! All in all it was a great night with our siblings and a good trial run for the cousins dinner. Nick was ready to kick it into high gear and finish the farm table in time, and we had also been on a big hunt for some chairs via craigslist or estate sales. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, a few days later, we found and scored these beautiful solid wood high back chairs on Craigslist! A set of 6 for $50! We are planning to sand them down and white wash them eventually, but they don't even look bad as is. I love their clean lines and style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My mom also found these awesome solid brass candle holders at my Step Grandparents house and brought them home for us. They will look great on the farm table once it is finished, and we love them even more because they were $FREE.99!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Saturday before we were going to New Orleans, my Brothers girlfriend Lindsay was celebrating her 25th birthday with a huge bash. She had rented a party bus like Nick and I did last year and was having it take us down to the casino for the night. We all got dressed up and met at her house around 8pm. We had some snacks, and pizzas, and of course a celebratory birthday cheers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Me and the birthday girl! Linds looked so pretty and I loved her dress! She definitely can rock the red lips, I never think I can pull it off, so I don't usually try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">About 20 of us loaded onto the party bus around 9 and the fun began. The bus always ends up being the most fun part of the night. Sometimes we wish we could just have it drive us around all night and not go anywhere at all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stephanie and Stephan! Couples who have the same names together, stay together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin and Linds. Don't think I don't see that Burberry Kev... shirt game on point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Me and Nick! With his fresh new haircut! He went short after a long time of having longer hair, it looks great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lots of silliness ensued....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is Lindsay's sister Carly and her boyfriend Alex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And Mike and Linds with Nick's cousins Dan and Chelsea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Doing our RAW faces. Except Dan kind of missed the memo...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All black erryday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My brother and Nicks cousin Dan are very similar people and they get along almost too well! Gotta keep an eye on them at all times...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That's better. Look Mom! A nice pic of your children!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But apparently it was just a front, because they like each other!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CHEERS! Happy 25th Lindsay! How does it feel to be a quarter of a century!? Have fun renting cars! Ten more years until you can become president. "How ya feel how ya feel how ya feel? 25 sittin on 25 mill."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When we finally got to the casino we all jumped out for a big group shot before going inside because who knows where we would all end up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These are Lindsay's cousins, they were so nice and funny! It was my first time meeting them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Scorpion bar has Gogo dancers and they literally have the best moves ever. I am so jealous of their dancing skills! They don't let you take photos, but I "accidentally" tried to take this one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This kid in the middle literally crashed our party ALL NIGHT. Dancing around all the girls and spilling his drinks and hugging us an taking photos with us. He was in his own little world and it was actually quite funny watching him and interacting with him. Everyone got a kick out of it and was posing with him the whole night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All in all in was a really fun night! We got back SO LATE, around 4am, so needless to say most of Sunday was spent sleeping and recovering. Especially since later that day we had a birthday dinner to go to for Nicks coworker at 5pm at Dave and Busters, and then at 2:30am Sunday night we had to be up to drive to JFK for our flight to New Orleans Monday morning at 6:30am. Needless to say it was a long, tiring 48 hours but we didn't mind because we were both officially on VACATION and were so excited to get to NOLA. I should have the posts up for New Orleans next week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some more chairs we scored on Craigslist (have I mentioned we are obsessed with CL??). We got these wooden/wicker high back bar chairs in white, and I really like them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In preparation for our cousins dinner I drew up a nice sketch for the Chalkboard. We have an inside joke of being "raw", so it does not in fact mean that we don't cook our meat lol. Raw means more along the lines of "Badass". I think for my first time drawing an AK-47, it didn't come out half bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My best friend Chelsea's birthday was Sunday, so I couldn't help but share this throwback picture of us both being Princess Jasmine for Halloween in second grade. We were the type of best friends that did EVERYHTING the same! Like literally at recess we would walk at the same cadence holding hands, wearing the same outfits that our Moms bought us at Ames. We were kinddd off the elementary school version of Mean Girls. Oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I made this DIY printable cookbook from ETSY! It was really east and came out nice, and now we have a place for all of our new recipes and family recipes. We decided to make Nicks favorite Chili recipe for the cousins dinner, along with a fixings bar and some salad and cornbread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chili prep all ready to go while Nick was busy putting together the farm table with his Step Dad so that it would be ready just in time for the big dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yay! The farm table made it up from the basement! Not without a few scratches to the wall and some broken windows but hey... it's here! Nick stained it "Early American" from Minwax, and I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I had also given Nick this ship schematic printed on blue printing paper for Christmas over a year ago. I found the image online on Google, and the print was $3.50 to print as a blue print at Staples. He ended up building a pine frame for it and hung it on the wall in the dining room. So, for probably under $10, we have this great big rustic statement piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I found Nick this vintage Old Town canoe oar on Craigslist that will be getting hung somewhere, but for now it's just rested in the corner. And to the right are the high back chairs from CL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The butcher block board.... and the infamous bar gnome! Also, the calendar I made from photos of each of the beaches we visited in Hawaii. It was resting there for now but more recently was hung up in the laundry room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Scored the nautical flags shadow box at an estate sale for $25, and the old radiators we spray painted one coat of white to give them a white wash look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Two more estate sale scores... an old ships wheel barometer and a dinner bell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This map is my birthday gift from Nick this year and is hanging in the living room. From afar it just looks like a framed world map, but it is actually mounted on cork board and if you get close it is pinned with all the places we have been together so far! Can't wait to fill it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The red pin is where we met- the middle of the Caribbean Sea! We have both been to places such as Florida and California, but we haven't been there together, so we are only pinning places that we go together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the hallway Nick hung this big antique copper toned mirror that I love, and to the right is a $3 clearance Navigation Star from Home Goods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's Aunt got him these two captains chairs/college chairs from the same estate sale we went to as a house warming gift. She got the pair for like $80 or $100 and they are awesome!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Coasters made from reclaimed wood on ETSY, and the old brass prop was from my God Parents house and will be used somewhere as a paper/magazine weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The didn't have enough boxes of jiffy at the grocery store so I had to do one small batch of Jiffy and a larger batch of GV brand cornbread. I didn't mix them as I wanted to do a taste test to see what came out the best! I think the jiffy won by a hair in my opinion, but they were pretty close so to save a few dimes I think the GV brand was fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While I was baking the cornbread, Nick and Art got underway to assemble the table in the dining room. There was no way they could get it upstairs in one piece, so the finally assembly had to happen right in the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love to see them working together to build something! Very sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ahhhh! The last screws are in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Flipped it over....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dusted and cleaned it off....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">...and voila! How AMAZING is it!!!! I am in love!! Made by hand by Nick. His grandfather, a carpenter by trade, would be so proud. His Mom started crying when she saw it because he knows how proud he would have been of Nick, and it was a really nice moment. It is a beautiful piece that he will have forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The chairs and candle holders in place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Can't get over how much I love it! Literally a dream come true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I also spent about an HOUR painstakingly drawing my Raw Dinner design on the chalk board. It was so hard to do freehand, but I think it came out pretty...well... pretty RAW!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Around 5pm everyone came over and the apps and cocktails were set out. First time officially using the farm table and it looked so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the guys!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Funny to watch the progression of the guys' photos.... we got about one good one and then it all went downhill form there. But they came out pretty funny and it's not everyday that they are all together for a photo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sweet Noah! And Nick giving a mean mug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Table is set and ready for dinner! We set out the cornbread on two antique trivets that we also got at the state sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had everything ready to load on top of the chili... sour cream, cheese, tortilla strips, salsa and avocado.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner it turned into quite the party and everyone was spread out throughout the apartment. The living room was the more "Quiet"/subdued area...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While the kitchen was bustling with the boys being debaucherous... the "Raw Dinner" concept may have backfired on us a bit, it got a bit too raw for a Sunday night! Thankfully the tenants downstairs are friends, because it was pretty loud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nothing better than family around the dinner table! The food was really good and easy for a large group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And then we all went to the living room to play one of our favorite group games, Mafia. Although this time I think we only managed to play one round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Noah was running around and making everyone laugh with his sweet giggle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Heavy debates over the mafia accusations....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kat and I! She gave me a gorgeous bracelet for helping make her wedding album, it is from Dune Jewelry and is made with sand from my favorite beach, Pleasure Beach. Such a thoughtful gift and it even came in a photo jewelry box she made me using a photo from her wedding. I love it! We had a great night at cousins dinner and can't wait for the next one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Crazy that March is already almost over, but I really can't wait for the warmer weather that Spring will bring. Can't wait to show you the photos from our trip to New Orleans! Thanks for following</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">along!</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-9750452578407118182015-03-10T16:35:00.001-07:002015-03-11T16:02:23.329-07:00Ski the East, Ski the Beast: Killington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How great is Warren Miller? He is definitely the father of modern day Ski/Snowboard films, and I just absolutely love him. His films are so amazing, and have some of the best cinematography out there. And his voice?! Music to my ears, one of my all time favorite narrators. He is like the Yoda of ski wisdom, and life wisdom in general, and I could quote his films all day. If you have never seen a Warren Miller Film I suggest you do so sooner than later. You can find them on Netflix on On Demand sometimes, and I would recommend starting with either 'Higher Ground' or 'Cold Fusion'. I started watching his films during Middle School ski club trips on the two hour bus ride to Mt. Snow, and I have seen almost all of them since. The last weekend of February we headed off on the second annual Ski Trip to Killington Mountain in Vermont. Last year we had gone just before I had started blogging, so those photos never got posted, but this year I wanted to make sure to take some good and fun photos for the blog! Our friends Evan and Brenna planned the entire weekend, and it was such a blast!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Images Via <a href="http://www.vintagewinter.com/collections/vintage-winter-antiques-and-home-decor">1</a>, <a href="http://www.s3boston.com/killington/">2</a>)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Before heading out for the weekend, I made sure to update our #Chalkboardchronicles in order to get excited for the upcoming ski weekend.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I also made one of my (not-so) famous itineraries for the weekend's activities. A few things changed here and there but overall you get the jist of what we did. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Evan and Brenna had gone up early Friday morning to Ski Friday, and the rest of us headed up Friday evening after work. All of the photos in this post are a group effort between everyone! I compiled my photos, along with the photos from the rest of the group to put together this post, so thanks everyone for sending me your pictures. I like to see everyone's different shots and perspectives on the weekend. Here are a few pictures that Evan and Brenna took from skiing together on Friday. They got a great preview of the conditions and said it was some of the best they have ever had there! Made us all the more excited to get out on the slopes on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Evan and Brenna are really great skiiers! Diamonds and Double Diamonds don't phase them a bit! It's really nice that as a couple they both have a hobby that they love and enjoy doing together.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here they are on Outer Limits, one of Killington's steepest and most treacherous slopes! I will do the occasional Diamond trail, but the Double Diamonds are pretty much a No-Go for me- way beyond my skill level! I do my best to not get hurt or break any bones, so staying off the Double D's is one of my rules. Evan and Brenna are great at it though, so it's cool to watch them traverse down the harder slopes while I work my way down the Blue Squares.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A gorgeous panorama from Evan of the cloudless conditions on Friday! Saturday was shaping up to be a similar day weather-wise, so seeing this photo got me all the more excited. The views from the top are gorgeous, and thanks to the good ole iPhone we can get some great pano shots like this!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and myself headed up Friday after work and had planned to meet Evan and Brenna out for dinner if we made it in time. If you know us personally, you may know the story of our EPIC debacle of getting to Killington last year... but that's a post for another day. Luckily we made it up without any big Snafu's this year, and met Evan and Brenna at a casual burger joint called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/JAX-Food-Games/111634915533510">Jax's</a>, just adjacent to the mountain. We had some burgers and beers and it was nice to chat and catch up! After dinner, we followed Evan and Brenna to the cabin they had rented, only to find that Ashley and Steve had just arrived as well. Coincidentally, after we all took our coats off and congregated in the living room, all the girls realized we had almost identical striped shirts on! It was pretty funny, and definitely worth a photo op. What are the chances?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We spent the rest of the evening relaxing on the couches with some drinks and played Yahtzee. There was a wood stove and Evan had said that he had already tried to make a fire and failed, and deemed it impossible. This gave me a sense of determination to get it going, and I spent a good hour try to get it lit, but to no avail. We had logs, and newspaper, but no kindling. So I would light the newspaper but it would burn out before the log had a chance to ignite. I had to call it quits after awhile, but it made me even more determined to get it going the next day. We headed to bed somewhat early, as we had to be up at the crack of dawn the next day to eat breakfast and get ready for the mountain. We made it to the mountain around 9am, which I though was a pretty good accomplishment for a group of 6! It's key to get there early to get a good parking spot and avoid the lines for tickets and lifts, etc. The slopes are also usually much less crowded prior to the noon/after lunch rush. We all got our gear on in the lodge and then headed out for the first run of the day- we were all really pumped, can't you tell! Nick and I were SO worried about it being absolutely freezing, as the past few weeks had seen negative temperatures and even colder wind chills and neither of us do well in the cold at all. To our surprise though, the sky was blue and sunny, the wind was hardly present, and the temperature was in the mid 20's- very mild and we weren't cold at all!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I decided to take one for the team and bring Gus the GoPro out on the slopes for the day. I was able to strap it around my wrist so it really didn't bother me at all and I was excited to get some cool pictures of the mountain and of us skiing. We haven't used it since Hawaii so it was starting to collect dust! Look Mom; a helmet!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We all took turns taking some couples photos at the base of Bear, one of the mountains that make up Killington as a whole. You can see the 'Outer Limits' run behind us but these photos do not do it justice, it literally is almost vertical! Nick is the only snowboarder (Urchin) of the group, the rest of us are skiers (Sky)(Have you seen Johnny TSumani!?). He actually really wants to try skiing too, so next year we are going to make that happen for sure. I am sure the only reason I look way taller than Nick in these pictures is because I have ski boots on.... not at all because I am actually taller than him...;-)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There's my sweet Nicholas shredding down the mountain! He is a really good snowboarder, I don't think he fell all day aside from a few butt-slides which are pretty regular for boarders.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If anyone from our group was going to climb the mound, it was going to be Evan! Lots of props to him for getting up there! This is a great photo from Brenna of him almost at the peak.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love Nick's snowboard gear, it's Burton from head to toe and I love the color! It's always easy for me to spot him going down the mountain, he was going to wear a different jacket but I was like No! Don't! I will lose you!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nice job to Gus GoPro on these wide angles, but a big fail on my part as my mitten was literally in the top corner of 95% of the photos. I had to do a LOT of cropping, but decided to leave it in this one to remind myself for the future to get my damn mitten out of the way!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Waiting for the group! Everyone would ski down for a bit and then usually stop at a good flat spot to wait and make sure everyone else is behind us. It is so easy to get split up on the mountain and so NOT easy to find each other again, so staying together was important and I'm glad no one got split up during the day. One wrong turn and you could end up on the opposite side of the mountain!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Why so serious? I don't know. Nick also seems to be caught up in a #gourmetgaze as we like to call it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love this photo, one of the best of the day, and I like it even better black and white. It could make a really cool print for the wall! Have you ever heard of the photographer <a href="http://www.graymalin.com/photography.html?city=155">Gray Malin</a>? His work is awesome and he has a whole ski series that is fabulous, be sure to check him out. Life goal to be able to afford one of his pieces....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some gorgeous sun glare, and a tunnel up ahead. Great Eastern goes under two roads, and over one, so it's really neat to have tunnels and bridges on a ski slope.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All stopping for a moment on Great Eastern to catch up to each other and soak in the scenery. All of the trees block the wind and the sun was beating down, I was actually a bit warm for once! Almost debated taking off my gaiter... almost.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the afternoon we also made sure to hit up the gondola! It is a 6-8 person gondola but of course I had to go and mess it all up so we all didn't end up on the same one. I heard someone say "disperse" and so I just panicked and got into the one in front of me at the time. Nick jumped in with me at the last second so I wouldn't be alone in my idiocy, so hence the reason we missed out on these gondola group shots and selfies. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was good enough to wave but Nick has a pretty firm death-grip on the lift, he wasn't about to let go! Help! Finally, we started moving again.... who knows what happened. Someone yelled out "We're going to live!", and it was pretty funny. We also all gave Steve a hard time because we just HADDDDD to do one last run!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The afternoon was definitely more crowded than the morning, but still was manageable. You just had to be more aware of your surroundings and the others around you in order to avoid collisions or young kids flying down the mountain. All in all though, no complaints! Once of the better skiing days I have ever had, for sure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After happy hour we headed back to the cabin and the fun began! We ordered pizzas so that we wouldn't have to leave the cabin later on. It was a cute two bedroom duplex right near the mountain and although it was a little dated it had everything we needed (besides a corkscrew) and was a really great deal for the price. <a href="http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p126984">Here is the link</a> to the rental listing if anyone is interested!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We set out a bunch of appetizers and poured some beverages. Nick made our margarita recipe from my previous blog post, and they were super delicious, he is really mastering how to perfect them. The guacamole was also really yummy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you also notice in the photos you can see two snowmen on the walls. The whole house had an underlying theme/obsession with snowmen. We ended up counting 36 in total, and I am sure we missed at least a few. Kind of odd, but kind of charming at the same time. There are worse obsessions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The night rode on and we ended up playing tons of games, a favorite being <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patch-Products-Inc-7363-Buzzword/dp/B000096QN1">Buzzword</a> that I literally think we played for four hours. If you don't have it, get it. It's a great game for a group and it so much fun, really gets you thinking. Evan and Brenna's clue giving and guessing were hysterical, we had a lot of laughs. At one point Brenna went and grabbed this decorative hat off the wall, Evan immediately yelled that there could be lice on it.... Wait... what? Lice? No way. It was priceless though and one of those you-had-to-be-there moments for sure. The phrase of the weekend also came to be "oh my," Evans slogan of choice in times of strife and stress. Too funny! Also, the over-use of semi-colons was on ongoing joke as well;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And Ashley made this Amazing cinnamon raisin French Toast bake! Everything turned out amazing and it really hit the spot. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After breakfast we broke out into one last round of Yahtzee, with much higher scores this time- three of us ended up getting Yahtzee! Here is mine with the 3's. Also note the Bruin's Championship dice! Steve took the big win this time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Around noon we decided to pack up and start the trek back to CT as there was some snow forecasted for later on and Nick and I had to be back for a dinner. I took a few last photos of the interior of the cabin. Here is the living room, which had two futons, perfect for packing in a ton of guests.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last but not least, Tuesday the third was our anniversary! :-) It was a great end to a great weekend.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thank you for following along on our skiing adventure up North! I hope to be able to go skiing more than once next year, and we definitely want to get Nick to ski next year too. Not everyday that a snowboarder WANTS to try skiing! Thanks again to Evan and Brenna for a really fun weekend, let's keep this tradition rolling!</span></div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-50369560166805268082015-02-24T15:18:00.000-08:002015-02-24T15:19:04.308-08:00Sweet Rosalie: Newborn<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">What are little girls made of, made of?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">What are little girls made of?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">Sugar and spice and everything nice;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;">That's what little girls are made of.</span></span><br />
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing a newborn session. Nick's Sister Kat's best friend Renee gave birth to a baby girl, Rosalie Emma, on February 9th. It happens to actually be the same day as Nick's birthday, so it is a great day to be born! Always good to add another Aquarius to the mix! Renee and Francisco welcomed sweet Rosalie at 7.8lbs and 20.5 inches long and she could not be more precious! We had a great time dressing her in adorable outfits and headbands for her newborn photos, and she was a great little model. I have a ton of photos to deliver to them but here are just a few of my favorites from the shoot!</span><br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-57017139031972123012015-02-23T06:16:00.001-08:002015-03-02T11:54:22.089-08:00February Festivies<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">good is the warmth of summer,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well, Winter is surely upon us in New England. We have about five feet of snow in the yard and the temperatures have been BELOW ZERO. I have been bundled up in so many layers that I don't think my skin has even seen the sun in weeks. But alas, on the bright side there is officially just 30 days left until Spring! February is a short and sweet month, and it is also Nick and my birthday month! My birthday is on the 6th and his is on the 9th, and being Aquarius is actually what drew me to talk to him the first time we met. He had a small wave tattoo (the Aquarius symbol) on his back when we were both with our friend groups in a hot tub in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, and in the spirit of making new friends and small talk, I asked if he was an Aquarian. Surprise- he was! And we were only three days apart at that. Well, 362 days actually, I am ALMOST a full year younger than him, but he likes to pretend to forget that. As a tradition now, since our birthdays are so close, we have done joint birthday parties and instead call it a "Same Age Celebration" since for only those two full days out of the year we are actually the same age. Last year we rented a party bus with all of our friends and went down to the casino for the night, and this year we had planned a winter weekend getaway at my Dad's cabin in Vermont with our siblings and a few friends. There are photos to come from that weekend in a bit but we really did not take that many pictures, we were too busy just having fun and relaxing with our friends and family. This February blog post is pretty much just going to be a random photo dump of all the miscellaneous things that have gone on the last few weeks. When I look back through them, the main theme turned out to be food! I guess February is all about staying inside and eating yummy comfort food in the warmth of the house. We are all hibernating and eating! Without further ado, here is a look back at sweet February thus far...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick made us a fabulous paleo chili as some warm comfort food for a chilly night! It was a REALLY good recipe, and we are actually going to make it for an upcoming Sunday family dinner at his house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick's Sister held the first Sunday Dinner, starting off a new tradition. Once a month, or at least every few weeks, one of the cousins in his family is going to host a Sunday Dinner. We have one coming up next weekend, and then the March dinner is going to be at Nicks. Kat did a lasagna night and I made about 80 of these peanut butter blossoms for dessert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> My Aunt made us white chocolate peppermint martinis to go along with our baking and Sunday Funday- so yummy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Chocolate drizzle on top, looked slightly like worms, but was a delicious touch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Lindsay made chocolate candies with pop rocks, something she had seen at Hogwarts in Disney. They were really fun and tasty as well. Dogs and pop-rocks are also a hysterical combination, we learned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Said dog sleeping on the floor with her brother- this moment was too cute not to capture! Both snoring out loud and laying on a hardwood floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Later on that week my Coworker and I decided to hit up the new-ish Bear's Smokehouse in Hartford, a BBQ joint. I had heard lots of good things prior, so I went in with pretty high expectations but boy did it live up to them! It was AMAZING! I definitely have to go back and try more of the menu. I got the pulled pork, and was feeling somewhat healthy so I went with the green beans and sweet potatoes as sides.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And for an extra $.25, a MOINK-BALL had to be ordered.... a bacon wrapped meatball! Yes please! SO good. If you live in the Hartford are and have not been to Bears yet, get your bum there asap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We had a "blizzard" in which we all had to work from home for a day, so my Aunt decided to make us home made pretzels and home made cheese sauce. OH. MY. HEAVENS. Best pretzels we have ever had! They were a labor of love, but love them we did! She needs to open up a food truck, and these have to be included on the menu! I could have eaten 12.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I went to a big fancy yearly work awards dinner for the construction industry, with almost 1000 industry peers in attendance. My company did amazing and it was a total sweep of awards! Many of our projects won for the different categories, including the most coveted "People's Choice Award". I love working for such a great company that sets a high standard within the industry. Our hard work pays off, and our projects prove it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> One of the other project accountants and I holding one of the awards KBE received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And here is part of the project team for the Ellis Tech High School. A great group that I really enjoyed working with. These guys worked diligently and finished the project a whopping 9 months ahead of schedule, almost unheard of!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next weekend, Nick and I decided to do something totally new and random. We had scheduled a "Full Moon Snowshoe Hike" in the Berkshires. It was held at Hilltop Orchards on the Mass/New York border. It was a huge 200+ acre property, and although it was absolutely FREEZING, it was such a clear night and the full moon was really nice. Neither of us had ever done snow shoeing before, so we had NO idea what to expect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was also going to be a bonfire at the end of the hike, so we were each given these two pieces of paper to write on that we would later toss into the fire as part of the bonfire ritual. We had to write something we wanted to attract/wish/dream, and then something we want to release from our life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everyone was getting geared up in the lodge/winery, bundling up was very necessary as the temperatures were well below freezing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Our guide took us on the hike, and I don't want to really say anything bad about her because she was a nice person, but there was a little too much voodoo-esque earthy crunchy chat for our liking. One too many "Mother Earth's" and "Father Sky's"..... I would have rather had the hike be more factual about the orchard or the grounds or even the full moons or moon cycle. Every time we stopped for one of her speeches, I was literally holding my breath and cringing with my eyes closed as to not laugh or show my eyes rolling in extreme fashion. But BESDIES that, the hike was really nice and snow shoeing was actually pretty fun and easy to do and made for a really good cardio workout. It was almost like cross country skiing. The orchard has 3 miles of trails for either snow shoeing or cross country skiing. It was really cool to be weaving in and out throughout the rows of orchard trees and into the woods and meadows. The views looking down over the valley from the meadow were really breathtaking, especially with the full moon casting a light blue glow on everything, it was really serene, romantic and beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After the hike we stopped at the bonfire for a closing ritual and to toss our pieces of paper with our wishes and demons into it. Although the fire was raging, it still wasn't warm enough for us to stay outside very long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After the hike, everyone went back into the lodge to get warm and get out of the snow shoes. Hilltop Orchards is also a winery, so they had a wine tasting, fire, and live music going on inside afterwards which was really nice! We love looking for new and different things and experiences to try, and this was definitely one of them! Hippie-guide aside, it was something new and a totally different date night experience! We got try 6 wines each, and then we both picked the one we liked best and had a glass. We got a table and listened to a trio playing some great acoustic music- Van Morrison, Zeppelin, etc.!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> It was a fun night and got us out of the house and out for an adventure in the dead of winter, can't complain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We have started changing the chalkboard wall every few weeks at Nicks, and have started a hashtag #chalkboardchronicles on Instagram to document all of our different designs. I ended up doing this cute design for our birthdays and I think it came out pretty good! I have very little artistic ability when it comes to drawing, so I definitely have to admit that I "borrow" ideas from pinterest and do my best to mimic them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I got a lovely invitation suite in the mail from Chris and Cristina, featuring one of their photos I took form their engagement session at Gouveia Vineyards last summer. Can't wait for their wedding this April!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! Can't tell you how many times the Super Bowl has either fallen on or around my birthday. It was luckily early this year so it was the weekend before my birthday. We had a giant feast of appetizers and football finger foods at my house. Everyone contributed something and we had SO MUCH good stuff to munch on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> TOUGH loss for Seattle! And although I am a Cowboys fan, I kind of at least had to be happy that my home turf of New England took home the big win. Still can't get over that face on the right....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Another FUN ride from home from work! This was white-out conditions, and I got stuck multiple times, including the bottom of my street and in the base of my driveway for about 20 minutes while we had to dig and dump kitty litter everywhere for traction. Why do we live here again?? I constantly need to remind myself.... and sometimes I don't really have an answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Oh you know, just SKIING down our street. No big deal... nothing to see here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> With snowstorms comes more of my Aunts amazing cooking. Here she is making us a home made gnocchi which was OUT OF THIS WORLD! It was so light and airy and flavorful, I wish everyone could have tried a bite to experience the goodness. She even got the gnocchi roller on her trip to Italy, so it was very authentic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The finished product, in a pancetta sauce!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Thursday the 5th was the day before my birthday, and unfortunately my Mom and Stepdad were going to be leaving to tend to the passing of my Stepdad's Mother. She was 93 and lived a wonderful life! Her husband had passed just a month prior to the day. It was clear that they couldn't be separated for long after being together for 70+ years. A wonderful love story that most can only dream of. My Mom ended up giving me one of my gifts that morning because it was something I could use while away in Vermont for the weekend. I had really been wanting a faux fur vest, and she got me the perfect one! I wear it all the time now and love it, it's so warm and comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Thursday night I headed over to nick's Moms house to celebrate the "February Birthdays." He has such a large family, so they often combine 3 or 4 birthdays at once and have a big dinner and present night. We were celebrating Nicks birthday and my birthday, along with his Grandma, Aunt Ann and Aunt Susan! We had a great Italian dinner, and all got to open our presents and make wishes blowing out candles on our cakes. Nick's Mom had a special chair for each of the 5 birthday people complete with our own balloons and a photo of us. I love that she makes holidays and events extra special!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Friday was my actual birthday, and at work my coworkers got me some amazing cupcakes, including this giant cannoli cupcake! It was delicious and it's always nice to feel celebrated at the office when you have to work on your birthday. I have a great group of coworkers who have become dear friends, and am very thankful for their thoughtfulness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's an inside joke but a month or two ago in NYC Nicks sister and I had ordered Moscow Mules and loved them. She went out a few weeks ago with her husband and wanted to order one again, so she asked if he could get her a "Mongoose Muffler". He replied no, he cant, because that doesn't exist. What she meant was to ask for a Moscow Mule, but it came out so totally wrong and made for a very funny moment. In a tradition of not letting anyone live anything down around here, we knew we had to create this recipe card for Kat that we would bring to the VT weekend as a surprise for her. We even took the time to carefully craft a recipe we knew she would love. And we now present to you all, the latest and greatest in adult beverages.... the Mongoose Muffler!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Friday the 6th was my actual 27th birthday, so we all headed up in a caravan after work to my Dad and Stepmom's cabin in upstate VT for a weekend getaway celebration. Lindsay and Mike brought this gift and as another perfect example of our families not letting anyone live any mistakes down, Lindsay wrote "Happy 27th Birthday Nick" on his gift, even though we all know he turned 28. This was a play on the fact that last year my brother posted an Instagram picture of the number 25 saying "Happy 25th Birthday to the best sister".... I was 26. Moral of the story is don't make any innocent mistakes in our family!! You will be reminded of them on a daily basis, for life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was so happy to have all of my favorite people gathered in one place for a fun and relaxing weekend in the White Mountains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We stayed in comfy and cozy clothes all weekend and just ate and drank and played games by the fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick opening his gift from Mike and Linds- a big rubber boot mat he had been wanting for his new house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My college roommate Deanna surprised me with the best thing ever- a Samoa Cheesecake. Samoa's are my favorite girl scout cookie, and this cake was to die for! Everyone agreed it was literally one of the best things we had ever eaten. She has always been so good at baking and making cakes, I think she should open a bakery!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">AMAZING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My cousin Jen made the trek from Eastern Mass!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With my best friend Lea in tow! SO thankful to have all my best buds with me to ring in my 27th year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Making me take a birthday shot... ick!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicks turn for his birthday shot! Happy 28th babe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a great first night just laughing and chatting into the wee hours. We woke up Saturday morning and headed to Littleton Diner in NH for breakfast. It is always a favorite stop for us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's "Dry Rye"- yet another thing that we will never let him live down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The birthday kids!! Celebrating our "Same-age" day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After breakfast we stopped at the grocery store for a few more snacks and beverages, and then went back to the cabin to play our favorite group game called 'Mafia'. It is an awesome game of strategy, coercion, and teamwork. We played about 6 rounds and it was a blast. After that we all started the process of getting showered and ready for a big birthday dinner out. I definitely had to sport my new fur vest- thanks Mom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We went to our favorite brewery up there called Schilling, located in Littleton NH. They also have great wood fired pizzas and food. It's such a nice and cozy, fun and casual atmosphere- perfect for a bigger group without having to get too fancy. Nick got a nice beer flight to try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The only thing we didn't like that night was our waitress- a total brat! But besides that, the food and drinks and company were fabulous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My girls!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Amazing pizza, one of the specials of the night. A white pie covered in bacon, chicken, apples, spinach and maple syrup! Great flavors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The whole group! Thanks to everyone for coming all that way in the snow to celebrate with us, it really meant a lot and we love you all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Birthday boy and birthday girl!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Just LOVESSSSS some PDA! LOL, with the look on his face you would think I was trying to kill him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Much better! My sweet date!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mike and Dan took a polaroid and this is the end result- they are pretty "raw", in their own words. These two are cut from the same cloth and have a really funny bond/connection! I am really glad my family and Nicks family get along so well, it makes life so enjoyable and easy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We headed home after dinner as everything pretty much shuts down up there past 9pm. We played some more games, including LRC, and just relaxed by the fire watching stand up comedy shows. It was a great and relaxing night, just what we wanted for our birthday this year. We woke up and I cooked up a big breakfast for everyone. We would have had mimosas but we "accidentally" drank them the day before... oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We hung out for a little longer and then decided to pack up and start the trek home as more snow was expected to hit later that day. No drive home is complete without a stop at Harpoon Brewery off of route 91 in Windsor, VT. We had a GREAT waitress this time (the boys may have even loved her a little too much), which was a welcomed change from the night before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yummy buffalo chicken sliders! Of course with sweet potato fries- my fave! It was a long journey home in the snow but well worth the trip! Thanks to everyone for coming and for making the weekend so fun and enjoyable for us. We will definitely have to do it again sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Monday was my sweet Nick's actual birthday! We have done SO much over the last year with trips to Las Vegas, Austin, DC, Moosehead, and Hawaii to name a few! I made this Bday collage for him on Instagram- Happy birthday Nick! I hope 28 brings you all the best that life has to offer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I headed up to his house after work to make him dinner and exchange our gifts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I made some big New York Strip steaks, with parmesan asparagus and mashed sweet potatoes on the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was very delish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick surprised me with a GREAT birthday gift! He got me a large piece of foam board, a big national geographic map, a frame, adhesive spray, and push pins. We were going to make a big map to hang on the wall so that we can "pin" all the places we have gone together! This is something I have ALWAYS wanted and am so lucky to have such a thoughtful guy like him who remembered and helped me create it. We made it together that night, which made it even more special, and we can't wait to continue to fill it up with the places we have traveled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The finished product! And we already have about a dozen places pinned! Thanks so much babe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tuesday night we celebrated my birthday dinner at my house with my family, as I had mentioned before they had to go to Pennsylvania unexpectedly for a death in the family so it had to be postponed from the previous week. In true Ashley fashion, I had to make up a "menu" for the evening with all of my favorites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Champagne is always a must for me! We did a nice big family cheers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My favorite dinner! Comprised of all of my favorite things- steak tips, steamed artichokes with butter, canned corn, and Annie's mac and cheese. Don't ask me why but I love all of these things so much! And to have them all on one plate is heaven for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To end the night my Mom and Aunt made us a big cake and we both made wishes and blew out the candles together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We MAY have ended up doing some letter rearranging as well.... real mature. Al in all we had a great 5 day long birthday extravaganza! I think I'd like to make that a tradition and drag it out as long as possible... I love any reason to celebrate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other recent happenings included a -real- fire emergency at work! Everything ended up being okay, but we were outside in the cold for over an hour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thursdays I work from home, and my coworker is SO lazy! But very, very cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of my other favorite gifts is this "Shit" bag my Mom got me from Fern and Fox Goods! They are a really cute small business, and a portion of the sales from everything they sell goes directly to the Cancer Research Institute to continue work on finding a cure. Almost all families are affected by cancer at one time or another, so it is important to help the cause!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I ended up having to celebrate Valentines Day a night early on Friday the 13th, as he had to work a double the next day, but I have to say it was one of my favorite date nights yet! We had an AMAZING meal at Max Amore, which was made even better because it ended up being free from a gift card I got when the dealership crashed my car (long story). We had appetizers of Speck and Sicilian Calamari, and then Nick had the salmon entrée and I had the pork chop- both accompanied by nice glasses of wine! We ended up going out to another bar afterwards called The Diamond for another drink. We had a great night of laughs and good conversation, I couldn't have asked for anything better! This is sadly the only picture I took that night... a lame selfie. Sometimes you are just having to good of a time to worry about taking photos!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I keep on my 'Small Business Saturdays' kick, by only going to local businesses every Saturday. This particular day I hit up SO G Coffee Roasters and Harpo's Bakery, both located in South Glastonbury and two of my favorite local spots. I love to shop small and shop local! We miss out on a lot of great stuff by constantly shopping at chain and big box corps- get to know your neighborhood and what it really has to offer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It also was Valentines day so what better to do than third wheel with Mom and Step Dad on a shopping trip? Mom had gotten a New Balance gift card for Xmas and needed new sneakers, and my brothers best friend Kevin just happens to work there. So, we went and gave Kev some business, and Mom got a sweet new pair of sneaks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the left is my Step-dad with one of his new Instagram follows thanks to my sweet boyfriend... And on the right is my face after 40 minutes trapped in accident traffic with Mom and Dave on the way home. It wouldn't have been so bad but Mom was having hot flashes so we were essentially driving down the highway in a blizzard with the windows down... fun times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday mornings at home call for bacon and Mimosas made with Janie's (My best friend Lea's Mom) recipe. Always with ice, add a little triple sec, and use a straw! Delish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some Sunday puppy snaps. Sandee staring at me lovingly in hopes that she may score a piece of bacon. And on the right is an example of sheer boredom mixed with Snapchat.... painted dog nails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Aunt Izzy made us a really good chili recipe using steak! It was delicious and the perfect comfort food for a snowy Sunday night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On Tuesday the 17th it was Fat Tuesday, and the official start to Mardi Gras in New Orleans! It also marked exactly ONE month until Nick and I head down to NOLA! We decided to have a special dinner, complete with margaritas as a celebration in anticipation of our upcoming trip. We decided to try a "fresh" margarita recipe rather than one using a mix, and now I don't think we can ever use a mix again... it was SO good! I am not big on sweet drinks or syrups, so this fresh take on the Marg was really good. The only ingredients are Tequila, water, fresh squeezed lime juice, and a dash of simple syrup (sugar/water). The only thing I want to maybe try is to use a white tequila next time to see if there is any taste difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For dinner I kind of combined a few recipes and came up with these Avocado-Stuffed turkey burgers with bacon and Chipotle Mayo, American cheese, tomato, and "in the grass" of course. Paired it with some crinkle cut sea salt sweet potato fries and boom- it was bomb! Definitely a keeper recipe and a more "healthy" version of a burger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On Thursday evening I went to the home of one of the Photographers I have worked with since 2009, Jen Fiereck. I was her first ever second shooter when she was just getting started with her business full time, and I have worked with her at least a few times every year ever since. She has a yearly get-together with all of her second shooters and assistants, and this year she held it at her house. We had some great food and got to recount tons of wedding stories from the crypt. She also always puts together a big slideshow of the past years "Best-of" photos, along with behind the scenes shots of us working. It is a great way to get everyone together to chat and get excited about the upcoming wedding season. The following photos are from Jen via J. Fiereck Photography, if anyone in CT is looking for a photographer for any reason- she is your gal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Friday Night I went up to Nick's again as we had plans to go out to dinner with his friend, also named Nick, who had trained him for his paramedic license. He spent lots of time in the ambulance with Nick and they have become good friends! Unfortunately Nick's fiancé wasn't able to make it so I did not get to meet her yet but Nick was really nice and fun! We had a great meal at Max Burger and then my Nick and I went out in Springfield afterwards with his housemates to a bar called Theodore's. It was fitting with our theme for the week as the whole bar is decorated with New Orleans flair! They had a great live band playing and we just relaxed and had a few drinks with friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturday morning it was time to change up the #Chalkboardchronicles again to get excited for our ski trip to Killington next weekend! I have not been skiing at all yet this season, and with all this snow we have gotten hopefully the mountain will be in great shape!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And yesterday (Sunday), I went with Nick's Sister Kat to photograph her best friends newborn baby! Hopefully I will have some of those photos ready for a little post later this week, she was too adorable! Kat also received her wedding album in the mail that I had made and it came out really nice- it's HUGE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How is that for a random (mostly) iPhone photo dump?! Been lacking motivation lately to bust out any of the big cameras, but hopefully with some fun things on the horizon it will make an appearance again and the blog will go back to having nice photos...lol! Getting through these last weeks of winter is usually pretty rough and there is not much going on besides hanging out on the couch in the warmth of the house- so photo ops are lacking. But Spring is on the horizon and I hope it comes sooner than later!</span> Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-3673811118858663332015-02-02T16:34:00.002-08:002015-02-02T16:34:59.482-08:00Winter Wonderland<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">In the midst of Winter,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I found there was,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Within me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">An invincible Summer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Albert Camus</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Winter is in full swing here in New England and up until about last weekend it had been relatively mild, albeit VERY cold, but hardly any snow thus far. That streak broke this week when #Blizzard2015 hit on Tuesday, shutting down the State for a good 24 hours, but all in all it didn't end up being as bad I was expecting it to be. We still got a good 14-18 inches of snow, but it was no where near the amount we had in the big storm a few years ago. Several events and happenings have taken place since getting back from Hawaii, so I just wanted to give a quick recap/photo dump of my Winter so far. After getting back from Hawaii it was hard to get into the Christmas spirit... but I did my best and got our christmas tree up and the house decorated. We have a fake tree, so I was happy to have my favorite candle on hand- the Frasier Fir scent by Thymes Fragrances- to give the effect of a real tree! It smells SO GOOD and I highly recommend their candles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick went away for a weekend in Mid-December to Baltimore for the Army Navy game with a group of his friends, so while he was gone I got sneaky and decided to give him an early Christmas gift. There is a thin wall in his kitchen and he had mentioned at one point that it would be cool to have a chalkboard wall there someday. He has a ton of work still to do on the house, so I knew it was something that was on the back burner/end of his list. I though that it would make a nice gift to surprise him with the chalk wall so that the kitchen would be complete! I got the can of paint from Home Depot for only about $10, and a pack of colored chalk for about $3. So aside from time (only took about two hours), it was a pretty inexpensive gift! I painted two coats and let it dry for about 45 minutes between each coat. Once I was done it had to sit for about 2-3 days before using chalk on it, which worked out because he way away anyways and I did it on a Friday night. I had to swear his roommate to secrecy, but I think he was surprised and liked it a lot! Hopefully this year we can hone our chalk drawing skills to create some cool stuff. Nick drew a Christmas tree on it and it came out really cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> That same weekend, my cousin and her family had their Annual Christmas Party that I have been going to for as long as I can remember. They moved from Mass to CT full time over the last year, so this was the first time the party was held at the newly built CT house, and I have to say it was one of the best they have had so far!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> My cousin Jen is on the right, she is getting married later this year and the three of us in the photo with her are some of her bridesmaids! She has 6 in total.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The kitchen in the new house is just beautiful! And the perfect layout for entertaining.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> A beautiful winter sunset on the water. I love how they decorated their dock with string lights!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The next morning my Mom wanted to go take a walk on the beach behind the old Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford. It has been abandoned almost my whole life, but sits on some of the most gorgeous shoreline properly in all of CT. They FINALLY have made steps towards demolishing the building and turning it into a State park that can actually be used and enjoyed. It is a really creepy place, and is rumored to be totally haunted. We used to sneak in as teenagers and it is EXTREMELY scary! It started out as a Tuberculosis hospital in the 30's and was later converted to a sanatorium/insane asylum until being shut down in the late 80's due to mysterious deaths and malpractice claims. The building literally looks as if one day everyone just dropped what they were doing and elft. Food is left out, notebooks and records are everywhere, murals of old disney characters are on the walls, it's really creepy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> But look at the views it has! Unobstructed ocean front property. The beach has a lot of good sea glass on it, so my Mom wanted to take a stroll to try and find some, and she ended up with a few really nice pieces and unique colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Not a place I want to hang out for any extended period of time....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> But, they do have a really cool weathervane!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> My cousin Hank stopped in that Sunday night on his way from Yale back to Colorado for Xmas break. We love having him in CT and it has been great getting to see him more often! He is actually coming up this weekend again for the Superbowl with his girlfriend Kat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick and I continued the epic saga of taking down all of the wallpaper in his house. EVERY room is covered! It's finally all down, and he is just starting the painting process now on the last three rooms. I know he cannot wait for it to be done! Major life lesson= NEVER buy a house with wallpaper! If I never see another piece of wallpaper again it will be too soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Under the wallpaper, however, we did find some gems. Nicks grandfathers handwriting was in tons of different places on the walls, and after his passing last year, it was a really nice find and brought a smile to Nick and his families faces. We took some photos of the handwriting and ended up making a pretty nice art/photo piece to give to Nick's Mom for Christmas, she loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Before Christmas on one of our days off, we decided to do a day trip to NYC to see all of the Christmas decor and to just walk around and see the sights. Nick's sisters husband marcel had never been, so it was nice to be able to show him around as the three of us have all been multiple times. First stop was Rockefeller Center!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Best mojito ever! And at a Bar in Little italy, of all places. The Bartender was really great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We then walked form little italy to the West Village, passing by a nice view of the freedom tower. We ate at Aria in the West Village and it was really yummy- try the dates!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Last stop for a quick drink before heading back home! It was such a fun day. We did so much in a short amount of time, and in very cold weather!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Then it was Christmas time! Lindsay make me this EPIC cross-stitch of my blog logo. I absolutely love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I LOVE wrapping gifts- it's so fun to me! Mixing and matching paper and bows... I love crafting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Christmas Eve-Eve I got to see some of my best High School friends for a night out. My Mare Bear was home from LA and Chelsea was home from DC. I was such a happy gals to have my besties home! We always make the best of our short visits and try to see each other as much as we can over the holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chels and I have been best friends for twenty years now, and Meredith is going on 14 years. So thankful to have such great friendships that will last a lifetime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And then Harry came! Another dear friend from our High School Gamenight Crew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Some Class of '06 representing at the Pub II! Cannot even fathom that our TEN YEAR REUNION will be next year.... oy vey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Christmas day! I woke up at home Christmas morning to exchange gifts and hang out with my family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Our annual Christmas morning mimosa selife! Love my family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Some of my gifts from my family included this awesome hand knit hat and mug from my Aunt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And an Instax Polaroid camera from my Mom! Can't wait to use it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Mom made the famous monkey bread, but it ended up as a bit of a fail... didn't let it cook long enough and the dough was raw. So we had to put it back in the oven, but then all of the gooey goodness seeped out and onto the pan. It was still yummy, but didn't look as pretty as usual... oh well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Mid-day I headed over to nick's Mom to exchange gifts with him and his family. Nick was standing in the kitchen by the window and I was just so happy to be there I ran over to give him a big hug. After a few seconds he said, "Do you want to exchange gifts now?"... I said sure! And just as I started to head towards the living room he pulled me closer and kind of motioned for me to look outside. I was still CLUELESS but looked out and saw a big beautiful periwinkle beach cruiser bike on his deck with a red bow on it. It still took a few seconds to register but then it hit me... "IS THAT FOR ME!?!?". And with his nod he instantly won the best boyfriend ever award. I have wanted one for so long, and this is the most perfect one I have ever seen! The perfect color, and it even came with a basket already attached. I named it Peri and I am SO excited to ride it all summer long. I had a perma-smile for the rest of the day. He also got me a Pentax K1000 film camera that I had been wanting forever as well. He is the best gift giver! Always so thoughtful and attentive to the little things I have mentioned over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After opening the rest of our gifts, we headed over to his Great Aunt Helen's for a big family Christmas dinner. I love his whole family and they are all super close. He has like 12 cousins that are all around the same age, and we all have a blast together hanging out and playing games. Helen's basement is one of the coolest places on Earth, so much so that Nick and I have coined a saying in that whenever we are out somewhere and see something cool/quirky, we refer to it as "Helen's basement". Think old signs, photos, posters, quirky decor, mannequins, lighting etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We always end up playing a game called "Clapper", and they have a really cool home made version from an old drawer. It is a betting/numbers/dice game and it really easy but fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After Aunt Helen's we went back to Kat's house to continue the cousin game night. Nick's Step-brother Adam taught us two AWESOME new games- relay charades and Mafia. We can't wait to play mafia again and are going to play over our birthday weekend coming up. It is a really fun group game of strategy. It is kind of like "survivor" actually... outwit, outplay, outlast!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And then we added in the significant others! Nick had unfortunately had to leave early to go to work, so he missed the photo op.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ended up seeing my good friend Caitlin out that night as well! She moved to Boston last year so I haven't got to see her as much and was really happy to run into her unexpectedly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturday I just kind of hung out and took Peri for a test ride around my neighborhood. Can't wait for summer....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday morning I headed up to Marshfield for the day to attend Lea's Moms bridal shower. Her wedding was going to be on New Years Eve later that week, so we had a really nice girls brunch to celebrate the bride-to-be. Janie is a second Mom to me and I love her so much, wouldn't have missed it for the world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tuesday night I got together for dinner and drinks with another group of girlfriends. We had a blast taking tons of selfie's with Keanna's new Hisypix device. We ate at Maggie McFly's in Glastonbury and had a bunch of different appetizers and chatted the night away until we were just about the last people there. So great to see them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wednesday night it was New Years Eve and the big wedding day for lea's Mom Janie and her fiance Paul. I headed up to Massachusetts straight from work and thank to a rollover accident on the Mass Pike, a two hours drive turned into 4 and a half.... just my luck. I made it on time by the skin of my teeth and had just enough time to get ready and hang out with the ladies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a large suite to get ready in at the hotel in Plymouth, so all the girls did hair and makeup and had mimosas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I brought my big camera to take some photos during the ceremony and of their family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lea and I both felt very Glitz & Glammy... perfect for NYE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was sad to be dateless for the night as my police officer man had to be on duty for the night! I wish he could have been there but definitely understand when duty calls. His Grandma got me this gorgeous little clutch and it was perfect for the wedding, I was so glad to get to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We took some festive photos in the hotel lobby before getting on the bus to take us to the wedding venue. The wedding and reception were both being held at The Venus in Marshfield. Janie is the function manager there and Paul is the head cook, so what better place to have the wedding than the place that brought them together. The had the WHOLE building to themselves for the night and the guest list topped 400!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Party on the bus! Felt just like ole college times...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First dance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The happy couple! Love you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They had a big balloon drop from the ceiling at the strike of midnight. It was really cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A sweet mother-daughter moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had so much fun at the party just laughing and dancing the night away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A bunch of Lea's college friends came and it was like a Westfield reunion! So much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next day they had rented out the whole indoor pool area at the hotel for a day-after party. We had a big brunch and then headed to the pool for mimosas, etc. It was SO much fun and such a great idea and nice way to spend the day together after the wedding. Everyone was laughing and joking and pushing each other in the pool. It was tons of fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Later that night we went out to dinner in Plymouth at East Bay Grill. It was really yummy and a nice time with the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hanging out at the Hotel bar after dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then, on Saturday, we celebrated my Mom's 50th and Claire's 75th joint birthday party. Claire is my Mom's best friend Maryanne's Mom, who we have known as a family for 20+ years now. It was a really great night to celebrate to wonderful women in our lives! We had tons of appetizers, food, and drinks and I was so full my stomach hurt, but it was all so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All of the lovely ladies on Maryanne's side of the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick came too! Love this picture of us :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nothing better than family gathered around the table!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Birthday cake time for the special birthday ladies. 50 and 75! happy birthday to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All of the ladies in attendance that night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the dinner party we stopped at Plan B in Glastonbury for a few drinks, including this "pistachio" shot which really does taste exactly like pistachio!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick and I booked a trip to New Orleans!! We are going over St. Patricks and can't wait. neither of us have ever been so we are excited to get to explore a new city together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On Tuesday January 13th it was my Mom's actual 50th birthday, so we had a small celebration dinner at home with cheese fondue- her fave! It was such a nice night with the fam, we looked at old photos and told stories and just sat around the table laughing our butts off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">No cake for Mom, just her favorite Pasta Chut from Mozzicato's Bakery. It's is a ricotta filled pastry that she loves and always requests for her birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Happy 50th Momma!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wouldn't be a proper birthday without chugging from a bottle of unmarked banana liqueur they got in St. Marten last November. Ew!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I christened the chalk wall at Nick's with a January drawing for New Years. I think it came out pretty good for my first attempt! We love anchors, so that definitely had to be incorporated into the drawing somehow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">January 17th was my college roommate Deanna's birthday, so we went out for the night to celebrate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Deanna and her boyfriend Kyle, such a nice guy! he was the DD for the night and took us crazy gals all the way to BOTH casinos and back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dinner at Margaritaville in Mohegan. Her parents met us there, as well as a few other of her friends. We had some yummy mexican food and drinks, and surprised Deanna with a nice big birthday shot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She was less than pleased!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And ever more pleased when we surprised her with a cake and pastries and sang happy birthday. She just LOVES public attention, if you can't tell...!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I.WANT.THIS. Rice Krispie lovers dream. Birthday is this Friday.... just sayin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After dinner we headed to Foxwoods and went to the Scorpion Bar for some drinks and dancing. Definitely a fun night out with the girls! Just like old times, except we can no longer hang like we used to... 3am is REALLY a struggle nowadays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Not sure what Kyle is doing here.... but it was funny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All in all it was a great night, and a good winter season so far with lots of activities and places to be/things to do. I definitely try my best to not let this cold awful weather hold me back from having fun and getting out and doing activities. This coming weekend is Nick and my birthday weekend celebration, so my next post will likely be a big recap of that! Thanks for following along and I hope this winter is treating you well so far. </span></div>
Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-19770807152561187032015-01-20T16:02:00.002-08:002015-01-20T16:02:31.556-08:00Hawaii: Part Four, Kauai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">O Hawaii no ka aina maikai.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Hawaiian Proverb</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Starting this post is kind of bittersweet because it will be my last installment of our Hawaii adventure. I have been able to string it out for almost two months now! It has been really nice to look back over all the photos and have the details of our trip written down. After our tiring Thanksgiving Day, I still managed to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn on Friday. Sleeping in was not my strong point in Hawaii. I wake up every day at about 6:30am EST, so sleeping until even 8am in Hawaii was like staying in bed until 1pm. Needless to say my eyes were wide open every morning around 4am, listening to the roosters crow and praying to the sleep Gods to let me fall back asleep at least until the sun came up. I couldn't lay there any longer so I decided to just get up and let Nick sleep in without being disrupted. I took the jeep for a drive into Kilauea Center and went back to the Kilauea Bakery that we had eaten at two nights prior. They had excellent iced coffee, so I got one of those and paired it with a really yummy bakery treat- a chocolate chip coconut layer bar. VERY good!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I loved the early-morning scene of the bakery. Slow-moving, groggy looking folks still wiping away the crust from their eyes. No one was really talking.. at least until they got their coffee. But I just sat there for awhile eating my treat and taking it all in. I could see myself going there every single day if I lived nearby. It was my kind of spot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a bit I headed back to the cottage and decided to make a nice breakfast for Nick to wake up to. I had already had my chocolate coconut bar so I wasn't overly hungry but I still managed to eat some eggs, bacon and sliced avocado. Again, very delicious. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had no real agenda for Friday but decided to start checking some of the other sights and places we wanted to see off of our list that we had made since the sad realization that we only had 2 and a half days left on the island was setting in. One of those spots was right in Kilauea so we decided to start there and make the Kilauea Lighthouse our first stop for the day. It was only about a 5 minute drive from the cottage and was set beautifully on a small peninsula jutting off the coast. The entire property was protected and preserved land, and also served as a bird sanctuary. I was able to get some really pretty pictures of the lighthouse and the surrounding landscape.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was really neat to have this practically right in our backyard. The amazing views in Kauai just never end!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see all of those white dots on this Cliffside are actually birds nesting and hanging out. As I said before all of this land is protected by the State so no one is allowed to build or trespass on it. Many different species of bird have made it their home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see the birds a little more clearly in these photos, along with some pretty sea caves against the shoreline.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Looking out towards the left you can see some of the beaches and homes along the North Shore coastline. It was a little cloudy this particular morning but you could still see for miles.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was SOOO windy once your actually got out to the point. What a difference a few hundred yards makes. I was actually scared of blowing over a few times!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The lighthouse was a really pretty building and I liked the white color with the reddish/copper color accents. The glass at the top was also really intricate and I am sure the light looks really cool shining through it at night. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The lighthouse is actually the Western most lighthouse in the United States, as Kauai is the furthest West habitable US Island/State in the country. Hawaii is actually also the most remote island chain the world as it is more than 2,000 miles off the shore of North America, and 1,000 miles from the nearest country of Kiribati.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A large Asian family was looking for someone to take photos of them by the lighthouse so I offered to take some of them if they did the same for us, so it worked out nicely! Nick actually took these first ones of me but the ones of the two of us were taken by the woman.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She was actually very into it and got some nice angles!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Driving back through Kilauea town we finally spotted one of our favorite cars- a Jeep Grand Wagoneer! I will definitely own one of these bad boys some day- mark my word! I absolutely love them, 6mpg and all.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The next spot we wanted to see was called Queen's Bath, located in the neighboring North Shore town of Princeville about 10-15 minutes away. Queens Bath is a really unique set of tide pools and sink holes surrounded by igneous rock along the shoreline. During the summer the water is really calm and is a great and famous spot for swimming and jumping off. We happened to be there during the winter though, so it was way too rough for anyone to swim or jump. It still ended up being really neat to see, and gives us even more of a reason to go back someday!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The entry is a rather random dirt pathway in a very suburban neighborhood. Parking is limited to a few spots, but we were able to snag one luckily.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then you begin a 10-15 minute journey down a winding and slippery dirt path. That seems to be the common theme to get to a lot of the Kauai sights and beaches! You have to work for it! I think that's what maybe keeps a lot of the beaches less crowded is that you have to basically get a workout in just to get to the spot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I just love how Jungle-y (not a word) it looks!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a good ten minute trek we finally saw the ocean ahead and knew we were almost there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And then we get down to the entrance of Queen's Bath and we see this lovely warning sign! Really makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside...NOT.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were caution signs and danger signs posted everywhere. Especially during these winter months, huge rogue waves can come out of no where and rip you right off the rocks. You really have to be aware of your surroundings and constantly watch the ocean.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Water rushes in to these pools with huge force, and the waves splash right up the sides and onto the rocks. I really want to go back in the summer when they are super calm and you can just swim around and float in them all day with your friends. I looked at other peoples photos on Instagram and it looks so nice and fun!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is funny, but not funny. I am standing here reading this large warning sign about this ledge that Nick just hadddd to go out on to get photos with the GoPro. Nick is in the background, on said dangerous ledge, fiddling with the camera settings not paying attention to the ocean.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And then, without warning a HUGE heavy wave crashed right in front of him and shot water right up onto him and he nearly missed the current. I screamed and had put my camera down. As soon as it subsided, I took this photo....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let's get a close up on that..... The face of a man who was just nearly swept out to sea, and knows it. Girlfriend screaming "GET BACK HEREEEEE!!!! GET AWAY FROM THERE, NOT FUNNY!!!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here are Nick's prize-winning, near death GoPro photos he had to have! Nice work hunny :-). I like how you can see the curvature of the Earth. I don't like how you nearly died taking them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once over to the far side of Queen's Bath, we came across this sign! Apparently it's OK to go naked here! Probably because half the time your suit would just get ripped off anyways from jumping in or from the currents. Not sure what I would have done if it was nice out and calm, it may have just been one of those "YOLO" moments in life where you had to do it just to say you did!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can kind of see the surface of the rocks here- it's really sharp and hard to walk on barefoot! It would take a lot of getting used to to toughen up your feet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Most times of the year this is a nice, calm, fun swimming hole... but this particular day it was a death trap!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Some of the inner pools were actually a lot more calm, but the current was still really strong and would pull you out if you tried to swim. I had really wanted to be able to go swimming in Queen's Bath, but it just wasn't in the cards... I didn't want to end up as number 31!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was about mid-day at this point, so we had decided to use our Thanksgiving day leftovers to make some Turkey Day sandwiches for lunch. We loved Hanalei Bay so we decided to go back there for a bit to soak up some sun and eat our sammies. They were DELICIOUS! And I think it's safe to say this is by far the nicest place we have ever enjoyed Thanksgiving day leftovers!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hanalei has some great little waves for body boarding and beginner surfing! It was fun to watch people learning and the body boarders getting pummeled and tossed around.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By the time we got back from our walk, the sand sculpture was almost complete! It was all Hawaiian themed and looked pretty neat. I am sure many a little boy was just dying to knock it down once they left, though!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we stopped in at Kalypso for happy hour! We each had a beer and shared some of the Hawaiian calamari that we loved so much. It was a cute little spot and we had a great little seat right by the window.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made a nice dinner of steak, mashed Japanese sweet potato, and asparagus. We kind of ruined the steak because we didn't have a grill or grilling pan, so we broiled it. Bad idea. It lost all of it's flavor and was just pretty blah. Next time we will just pan fry it with whatever we have. Lesson learned!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our last dinner home together at the cottage in Kauai! We had planned to eat out on our last night, so this was the last dinner we made together. So sad!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a nice hot shower and quick wardrobe change, we were ready for Friday night out in Kauai!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It ended up being really fun though, we sat next to two ladies who lived in Michigan but were originally from Mass, as well as a group of about 5 local Kauai boys in their early twenties. The ladies bought the whole bar a round of shots, and they were really tasty. We did a big cheers as well! I then ordered a drink that was called "The Iniki", and it ended up being my favorite drink of the trip! It was SO yummy and I really want to re-create it back home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got a photo of the menu that shows what is in the drink I ordered, so I will have to try and make it soon. Nick tried a Mai Tai!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We ended up having a great time and got to talking a lot to one of the Kauai locals named Noah, who gave us some really good info. He said we HAD to go to Secrets Beach before we left. I had read about it in my Guidebook but hadn't really made a plan to go as it seemed like kind of a trek to get there. Noah INSISTED that we had to go, so we definitely were going to take the advice from someone who had grown up there. We eventually headed back to the cottage when it got late and headed to bed. I didn't want the night to end as Saturday was going to be our last full day in Kauai! I was trying so hard not to think about it, but it was always in the back of my mind... we did not want to have to leave paradise! We woke up and got ready for another adventurous Kauai Day- we had a lot we still had to see! I got into my all-pink outfit, with another sea-turtle print sash Nick had gotten me from his trip to Cancun. I loved it- so cute and comfy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were determined to have a better snorkeling experience so we headed back to Anini Beach first thing- this time with the RIGHT SIZE flippers on our feet! I also got to wear my brand new gold/silver reversible Billabong bikini I had gotten at the Black Friday sale the day before.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick having a MUCH better time now that his feet were not bleeding in discomfort!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We really wanted to see Sea Turtles as our trip was coming to an end and we hadn't seen any up to that point, I was starting to think they didn't exist! We saw lots of corals and fish... but no turtles.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It started to drizzle a little at one point (crazy Kauai weather), but it was actually really cool to be in and under the water when it was raining.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let's just say that there were many other photos from this snorkel trip, as well as some videos that will never be able to be shown due to a certain strapless bathing suit incident that had gone unnoticed up to this point. #nipslipfail</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We got to one section of Anini that was all sandy bottom, which was really nice. We were hoping for a big rock on the ocean floor so we could take one of those cool "running underwater with a rock" photos that you see on Instagram. No rocks were to be found...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He was hard to keep up with! Nicholas Phelps over here. Maybe he should have done swimming instead of Crew.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We had a lot of fun this time around and were sad for it to be over and to still have not seen any turtles! Couldn't get out of the water without some smooching tough. This would be the last time we would be at Anini. It was the spot we visited most on our trip, the first beach we went to on Kauai, and we will miss it so!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we knew we had to heed Noah's advice from the night before and make it to Secrets Beach. We looked it up on the map and turns out it was really close to Anini! We had probably driven by it 15 times thus far and didn't even realize. We headed down the suburban side road and parked in a small dirt lot at the end of a cul-de-sac. Again, the first thing we see is this giant warning sign! No idea what we were in for at this point, and there were no other cars in the lot and no cell service. Kind of scary!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At first, the path looked pretty worn, well marked, and relatively flat.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We soon realized by peeking through some of the fences and trees that we were in a very affluent neighborhood. Big gates and barriers everywhere, there was no getting through. We were able to get a look at this gorgeous house through a gap in the trees- yes please! I'll take it! It looked like a million dollar tree house, gorgeous wood everywhere.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So then, the path starts getting a bit more winding and the incline starts to get steeper and steeper as we go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Until soon enough we are practically going straight down for as far as the eyes could see. It was killer on the knees!! We had no idea how high we were initially, as it seemed to never end.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally! After a good 15-20 minutes of steep downhill hike, I could see the beach!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick's photo from the GoPro. Beautiful, secluded, expansive Secrets beach.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick had gotten ahead so I was able to get these cool shots of him off in the distance on my D300. I love them!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The beach was so wide, and so long, and there was not a single soul it sight. How could this be!?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We could even see a perfect view of Kilauea Lighthouse from the beach! We had originally thought when we were at the lighthouse that the beach we could see was Anini, but it turns out it was actually Secrets all along!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This beach was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful! Well worth the tiring hike down. I just could not believe that there was not a single other person on this huge pristine beach on a sunny Saturday. It really lives up to it's name of 'Secret'! We were so thankful for meeting and talking to Noah the night before, because we likely would have never come here otherwise. It ended up being the prettiest beach I ever did see.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sun started shining down on us!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I like this photo Nick took of me taking a photo... it looks very Nat Geo.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From the beach we could see some HUGE mansions along the cliffs above the beach, each with private stairs and access paths down to the beach. Must be nice! Ben Stiller apparently is one of the home owners.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">NOT FOR SALE! Sorry ladies.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The landscape of Secrets was really interesting, with portions that had the igneous rock poking up through the sand. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other parts were entirely smooth, soft sand.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was very long and had a nice 'S' curvature to it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And the waves crashing into shore created some steep sand cliffs at the oceans edge that you can see behind me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Getting ready to nail my jumping photo!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">GO!!!!!!!!! Looking up with my tongue out was not ideal... so I tried one more time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Attempt #2.. Nailed it! GoPro and all!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see more of the unique landscape of Secrets in these next photos. It was fun to <strike>break your ankle</strike> "fall" down the sand cliffs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next, we decided to try something new and stick the GoPro in the sand on the timer setting. The lens was a little foggy but other than that we got some cool pictures of the two of us jumping.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First a smooch! (One of my favorite photos from the trip, taken by Gus the GoPro himself)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">....and then the jump!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Secrets kept on going for what seemed like forever, around every curve it just kept going on and on. We took a long walk down to explore as much as we could.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It was just such a pretty and unique, unspoiled beach. And we were going on about an hour at this point without seeing a single other person.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Loved this little natural rock channel.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SO gorgeous!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can see how Secrets continued on even past this little Jetty.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A nice view of the lighthouse point in the background.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love this picture Nick took of me in my element! Look out weddings... I could get used to this travel/nature photography thing!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We walked until we could walk no more. The beach continued on after this even, but involved some climbing over a rocky jetty. It was a bit rough and we didn't want to spend the whole day here as we had more to still see, so we made this our turn around point. However, not before noticing some fresh water streaming down over the rock ledge. Nick went over to take a look.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Love these photos of him with his trail of footsteps in the sand behind him. Just goes to prove no one else had been here in awhile!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our turnaround point to start heading back the other way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Secret Selfies! I was feeling very beachy and sunkissed and happy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We headed back down Secrets to make our way to the car. Here is the best view I could get of some of the mansions up on the cliff. Ben Stiller where are you!!??</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The sand was all glass! Albeit most were small pieces, but it was purely smooth broken seaglass!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The I bent down and got closer to the sand... Look at it!! SO COOL! A seglass lovers dream.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There were some bigger pieces here and there as well, but it was mostly small bits of glass that looked like sand.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Down towards the shoreline the pieces got a lot bigger as well. I may or may not have broken the rules and took a *small* sampling back home via a sandwich baggie.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So amazing.. I just couldn't get over it. It was also the hottest sand we felt the whole time. Scorching!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It looks so much more unassuming from far away. You would never rally know it's all glass unless you got close up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It also happened to be a pretty beach as well, despite being in an industrial area behind a factory. You couldn't' see the factory from the beach, and it had some cool caves and a small cliff.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My name was even written in one of the caves with a heart next to it- it was meant to be!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We only stayed about 20 minutes, but it was WELL worth the short pitstop! I will cherish my Kauai glass forever! We actually ended up taking sand from almost every beach we went to. I think we had 12 small bags in all at the end of the trip. We are going to make a little display with different shaped glass vials!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Glass Beach we headed 20 minutes East to the town of Po'ipu to see the famous Shipwreck Beach. There was at one point a famous shipwreck on shore there but it has since deteriorated and washed away. Now it is mostly famous for being a notorious Cliff Jumping spot for the 35-40 foot jump off the ledge you can see in the background.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Doesn't look as high from shore but trust me, once you're up there.. its high!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Really nice piece of driftwood had washed ashore. This would make a lovely mantle if I do say so myself!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Looking down the beach the other way you can see part of the Grand Hyatt resort that is just behind it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The views from the top were spectacular! But the jump looked so high...!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nick went down to the edge to check out where you would jump from. No one else was up there with us, so we had no idea where the best/safe jumping spot was. Also, it was a pretty rough day for the South Shore and the currents were pretty strong. We really weren't sure if we should jump because we really knew nothing about it. If other people were up there doing it and/or could have told us where to jump from- we probably would have done it. But again, we just didn't feel like risking it and getting seriously injured or killed 6,000 miles from home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What's <strike>not</strike> funny is that the exact spot the turtle surfaced is where Nick would have jumped in. He could have landed ON the turtle! They are huge, with hard shells... it really could have caused some damage! We were really glad neither of us had jumped at that point. (Although we were really secretly embarrassed that Justin Bieber had done it on his trip a few months prior and had jumped... Don't tell anyone that though.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally, some other people had joined us at the top... but they weren't jumping either, so we made the right choice!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After Shipwreck we decided to drive just a few minutes down the road to P'oipu Beach, the most popular/crowded beach on the South Shore. And that's when I saw this.... A chicken.... running... with a friend chicken wing in it's mouth. Wrong.... just so wrong. The poor thing.... he has no idea. Cannibalism at it's finest.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a good twenty minutes laying in the hot sun on Po'ipu, we saw a small crowd gathering to our left. Sooner or later I realized they were all gathered around a huge Sea Turtle on the beach! We had not see one all week and then sure enough we get two in one day, and our last day at that! I was so happy and excited and got my camera to take some photos. Luckily I had a zoom lens so I didn't even have to get too close to him.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He looks so old! I wish I knew how old it actually was. They are so cool and prehistoric looking. Sometimes I actually think I would get scared if I saw on swimming near me in the water. I know they are mostly harmless, but their size is so big!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> There was a small sandbar about 50 yards offshore that you could walk to. The water was really calm and warm, so we brought the Gopro along.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here are some underwater shots from Po'ipu. The bottom was really sandy for the most part, with some areas of rock and/or coral.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Just about at the sandbar, looking back towards the beach. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> It looks like a giant cauliflower or brain or something!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made it to the sandbar! A lot more footsteps here than on Secret beach, thats for sure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The sandbar was full of small tide pools, so we did some exploring and walked around the warm shallow waters.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Back on the beach, our turtle friend was still hanging out in the sun. Most of his crowd had dwindled by now and he was just resting up with a nice beach nap.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> On the way back to the North Shore we decided to made one more stop along the eastern coast at an oceanside restaurant/bar called Oasis On The Beach in the town of Kapaa. It was happy hour time, so we were each able to get a nice drink for a good price. I had a vodka soda with a small splash of cranberry and lime, they made it perfectly! Not too dark. The view from the bar was gorgeous and right on the ocean.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After Oasis we finally made our way back to Kilauea. The sun was just about to set, so we figured why not take one last stop at the Jurassic Ranch to get a few last photos of the beautiful landscape in the golden sun.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> It is such a gorgeous ranch, it's hard to take a bad photo of it! How awesome of a wedding location would this make? Imagine a big tent out in that field... perfect!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Goodbye Jurassic Ranch- we will miss your beauty!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We also had to make a stop at the end of our road to get a photo of our street sign- Waiakalua Street. Our dirt-road home for the week. We will always remember it fondly!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oh, thats just Nick being a wise-guy and driving away from me while I am taking photos. Funny guy he is...reallllll funny.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We got back to the cottage and the realization of leaving really started to hit us. We did some packing and then decided to write our note in the guestbook for Allan and Catherine. They had years and years worth of guestbooks lining the shelves, all with glowing remarks about the cottage and the gracious hosts. We can't thank them enough for an amazing trip and a wonderful stay on their property.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> For our last night we decided to head back to Hanalei one last time for sushi at a restaurant called Buchons. It was a little wet out but nothing could stop us from having a great last night's dinner in kauai.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick got the Poke (ahi) bowl appetizer and it was delicious! SO fresh and tasty, and loaded with tuna.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I had a nice soup as an appetizer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And then failed to take a photo before devouring my coconut chrimp. Nick got a couple sushi rolls and everything was really good. A greta last meal!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We spotted an Ulu on the shelf! You may remember the Ulu from my Moosehead post last year, but mostly it is an inside joke between Nick, my brother and his girlfriend, and myself. Either way, we were really surprised to see one and it gave us a good laugh.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Buchons had some really cool decor! It was a second level open-air restaurant, so it had nice views of all of Hanalei town center.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We each had a drink and listened to a woman play acoustic guitar and sing the night away. She didn't have much of a song repertoire, but it was fun nonetheless. After Hanalei Gourmet we tried to go to one other spot called Iti Wine Bar within a restaurant called Tahiti Nui, but they wanted a cover charge and we had no cash on us... Boo!! So instead we just headed back to the cottage to have another drink before heading to bed. We had a long day of travel home ahead of us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> This was the little center in Kilauea where the bakery and the bistro were both located. A great little spot!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I don't know how we got so lucky in picking the PERFECT place to stay! It was truly a blessing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made a pit stop on the way to Lihue at a beach called Kealia Beach for one last walk on the Kauai sand. It was a gorgeous day, and we were so sad to be leaving.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Kauai was the home to Andy Irons, one of the best surfers in the world, who passed away tragically a few years ago. He really is a hero to the people of Kauai, and there are signs in his memory all over the island. His wife and son still live on the island in Hanalei, and can be seen on the beaches all the time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Not a bad view from the table! We had the calamari, again! I think we had it at least 4 times throughout the vacation. They need to bring the Hawaiian style to the east coast!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The Marriott looked like a nice resort, but we were so happy with our choice to go the cottage route.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And that's that folks... after Duke's we returned the Jeep and headed to the airport. The agricultural police held us up for a good 20 minutes investigating every bag of sand we took, but we made our flight with plenty of time. I decided to take my anxiety pill for flying that I had been given from my Doctor and sure enough- it worked wonders! The plane ride home I felt much better, and was kicking myself for not taking it on the way there. Lesson learned. Hawaii was nothing short of amazing, it was the trip of a lifetime. I am so glad I was able to spend it with Nick. We have so many laughs and fond memories (and photos!) of the adventure. I hope to always continue to adventure, and see more and do more, and to always want more out of life. Mahalo Hawaii, we love you!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Embrace the beauty of Aloha. Until next time...</span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-54185068576698477112015-01-13T05:26:00.001-08:002015-01-13T15:28:31.580-08:00Happy Birthday! 50 Reasons Why I Love My Mom<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">There is a video I found from back when I was three</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Taylor Swift</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50 Reasons Why I love my Mom- for Mom’s 50<sup>th</sup> Birthday<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Gailey Bunny, Kristie Kitty, and Tassie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Her beauty and her smile<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always taking good care of me whenever I have
been sick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For giving me my beach-girl soul, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the connection to Waterford and Pleasure Beach
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Larchmont<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always letting us pick out our birthday dinners<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->She followed through on her punishments and
raised us well, instilling manners and a healthy fear and respect for
parents/elders<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For giving me my Brother<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Loving animals ALMOST as much as she loves us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Meeting and marrying my Step Dad Dave<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always being “the fun house” of the neighborhood
growing up, and the place where everyone wanted to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Getting us a pool<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Being a single Mom and keeping a roof over our
heads, food on the table, and clothes on our backs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->She always knows how to talk Michael and I off
the ledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Big kiss, little baby kiss, big hug, little baby
hug<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Being like Nana and wearing her skirted bathing
suits<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->“The Chip store drawer”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Are we there yet? How many Barney tapes? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking us on Road trips and making memories<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Taking us on countless vavactions to Disney,
Moosehead, Sanibel, Dewey, PB, California<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Her sense of humor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->She always goes out of her way to tell us she
loves us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For not letting the doctor cut my webbed toe
when I was born<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Letting me have the master bedroom for 26 years
(and counting)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For surviving, and thriving after divorce<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Taking me to endless swim practices and swim
meets and sitting on hot pool decks for 15 years as my biggest cheerleader<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For talking jibberish to us in her sleep<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Meridian Wine (see #26)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always making us eat dinner at the table as a family<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Letting me have sleepovers on school nights<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Supporting me and pushing me to succeed in
whatever I chose to do… whether it was a sport or school or job or life
decision<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Giving me my nickname : Roonie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Her hard work ethic, and working 2-3 jobs at a
time to support us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Letting me live at home as long as I need to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For always making holidays, traditions, and
birthdays over the top as kids<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Her amazing talent for crafting; either baskets,
quilting, beading, knitting, gardening, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Making me do my chores<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->She has made the best friends and has the best
sisters who are all like second-Moms to me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always taking an interest in my style and
outfits, complimenting me every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Making our childhood house a home that I know I
can always return to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Loving my best friends as much as I do, and
treating them like additional daughters<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For going away on vacations so that Mike and I
could have house parties in high school, and then letting us have house
parties/theme parties thereafter to this day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Letting me have my own beliefs <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For being extroverted, loud and outspoken<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For teaching me that LIFE IS NOT FAIR<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For always finding a way- from yard work to
fixing appliances and using tools, she can always get it done<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For making us laugh with her choice words when
she’s stressed out/can’t figure something out/breaks something (see #45)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->She was an excellent water skier<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For running a company out of our basement for 20
years so that she could always be home for us<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Always taking photos and videos of us growing
up- photos and memories I will cherish forever<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->For caring for and loving my brother and I
unconditionally, forever. For being a role model and my best friend. She is the
best Mom a girl could ever hope for, and I hope to be half as good a mother as
her some day!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And because 50 reasons barely scratches the surface!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy 50<sup>th</sup> Birthday Mom! I love you too much, forever, and once more.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And without further ado, a look back at the last 50 years.....</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">But there's a story behind everything.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">How a picture got on a wall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">How a scar got on your face.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Sometimes, the stories are simple,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">But behind all your stories is always your Mother's story,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">because hers is where yours begins.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">//Mitch Albom</span><br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046012090167073055noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140774732106310402.post-11919312737927921922015-01-08T13:46:00.001-08:002015-01-08T18:36:05.249-08:00Hawaii: Part Three, Kauai<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">And we'll sing</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Just as loud as we please,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">And we will be,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Forever so free,</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">So come follow me, cabin by the sea.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Picture you and me in the cabin by the sea.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">You paint the fence, I'll hang the tire from the tree.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;">Our friends are all around, and the storm was a no show.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Said we look better in the black and white photo.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">//The Dirty Heads</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Wednesday was going to be another full day of exploring Kauai and just kind of going with the flow. We woke up, made a nice breakfast and then decided to head out to Anini beach nearby to do some snorkeling. The cottage came fully quipped with everything we needed which was another really great perk- masks, snorkels, and even fins were all there for the taking. We each randomly grabbed a set, loaded it up into the Jeep and headed to the beach. We definitely wanted to bring the GoPro to be able to get some underwater shots and hopefully see some fish and maybe even turtles, as we had been told a group of about 7 or 8 live and eat right offshore at Anini. How attractive is this snorkel gear!? So sexy!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I chose the red fins and Nick got the blue pretty much only for the fact that boys usually always get blue. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We started wading out into the water and it was pretty darn warm! It almost felt bath-like in some spots. Anini has a really flat and sandy bottom too which made it each to stand and walk in if you needed to or if you got tired at any point.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The GoPro is so much fun to bring into the water! It's crazy how waterproof it is when it is in the housing. And it still manages to take great photos while being submerged. We got tons of shots of us snorkeling and swimming and playing around underwater.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was just floating and swimming around having a grand old time. It was at about this point when Nick started to complain about his feet hurting. And it was kind of odd because he really doesn't ever usually complain. Yeah, they weren't the most comfortable things ever, but we had only been in the water for about 20 minutes so I kind of passed it off the first few times he said something.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How good do we look underwater. SOoooooo attractive. It's safe to say we have yet to master the cool, unfazed-looking underwater shots.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I LOVE these next two shots from the GoPro! I just pointed the camera up at the sky from underwater right below the surface and they came out really cool! I love the bubbles and the colors mixed in with the glare from the sun.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our feeties! At this point Nick started REALLY complaining about his feet killing him. I wasn't ready to leave yet as I was having a lot of fun playing around so I still just kind of chalked it up to nothing and kept on swimming around and taking photos.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I like this one because you can see Nicks shadow off in the background... at least I hope its Nick!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here I am having a grand ole time...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> ...and I look back and Nick is trying to stay afloat and taking off his flippers trying to adjust them in any way he can, groaning in pain.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> La de da having a grand ole time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After a few more minutes I turn and see Nick getting out of the water. He said his feet just hurt so bad he couldn't keep snorkeling and had to get out. I kind of thought he was being a wuss, because my feet felt fine. Maybe a little uncomfortable, but nothing crazy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Still having so much fun on my own, and poor Nick leaving the water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And then eventually I got out and took off my fins and then took this selfie photo below. And thats when I actually looked down at my fins and saw that right in big letters on the tops of them they said "SIZE 10-14".... uh oh. I instantly knew what the problem was. There was two pairs of fins at the cottage, one was likely a females size, and one was likely a males size. We just grabbed without looking and ASSUMED red was female and blue was male... I was so scared to go over to Nick and see what size his were. I decided to play it cool and walk over and try to glance at his to see what size they were before saying anything. OH MY GOD..... my poor boy. Written clear as day on his blue fins was "SIZE 4-7". No wonder his feet were in excruciating pain. The only thing I could do at that point was laugh and then show him what I realized. It was so funny but not funny all at the same time. I felt so bad, but it wasn't either of ours faults. We hadn't seen the sizes when we grabbed them and would not have known otherwise. My fins were practically flopping off in the water and his were making his feet bleed. At least now we knew for next time that Nick would get the red, and from now on we check sizes!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Although the water was a little murky that morning and we did not find any turtles, it was a beautiful morning at Anini and an even more beautiful day. We managed to see some fish and some coral, but mostly just played around in the water and with the GoPro.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The cottage came with these beach chairs as well as really nice large beach towels. It was so nice to have them available to us as we would have either had to pack them from home or buy new ones when we arrived. It saved us on luggage space and on cash!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Hanalei is the most gorgeous little town and bay on the North Shore. The view is simply incredible and is surrounded by lush mountains.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We walked down to the end of the pier and decided to jump off! We got some great videos on the GoPro of us jumping and Nick doing flips, but I have yet to figure out the video editing aspect yet so that will have to wait until later. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Here is my "I just jumped off and now probably look heinous" face... Yup, nailed it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Swimming under the pier to the ladder was so cool! Very "geometrical".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> There were tons of other little kids and groms jumping off and daring each other to do tricks and flips. Nick and I were clearly the oldest, but we felt like kids and were having a total blast.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Another perfectly placed water droplet on the GoPro... gotta censor out the private parts! This ladder was really nifty to be able to get back out of the water. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> SO HAPPY IN KAUAI!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> My PERFECTLY timed photo of Nick's front flip... NOT.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick was able to hoist himself up onto this platform from the water if a big enough wave came. A lot of the other kids were able to do it too. I could have done it, I just didn't want to ruin or scrape my bathing suit ;-).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The pier is overall just a really neat aspect of Hanalei and part of what makes it so iconic and memorable. Growing up here would have been SO fun!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Lotttttttaaaaa booty in Hawaii. A lot a lot of booty. Most of it good, like this gal below, but some of it was bad.... very bad. The tini-tiny-barely-there bikini bottom is the Hawaiian norm. It is called a tanga and is practically a thong. Most of the suits you buy there are cut that way and mostly every girl wears one. The New England girls I am used to would have been gasping in horror! But it's all part of their culture.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I caught a drone flying overhead! Just goes to show you you never know when you may be on camera nowadays!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Picturesque Hanalei.... I could live there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> If you have seen the movie <i>The Descendants</i> you may recognize this house/hedge from a scene in the movie that was filmed here!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The mountains you can see on Ke'e are the start of the famous Na Pali coast that we had flown over the day before via helicopter. Our plan was to hike a portion of the trail on Thanksgiving day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Bright and sunny Ke'e! Whats that over to the right??</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Oh, just crazy hippie drifters making little necklaces and rock formations. SO many people just float and drift around Kauai. It is the perfect place to be homeless. You can hitchhike anywhere and people will pick you up. The weather is always nice and what better place to be homeless than the warm sunny beach. There are missing person posters EVERYWHERE, but I assume that most of the people on them don't want to be found. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> SO crazy to me that these views are on a beach. It made me really start to look forward to our crazy long hike we had planned for Thursday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made it back to the cottage in about 25-30 minutes, so we knew we had to leave by 8am the next morning if we wanted to get a good parking spot and make it through the trail before the heat of the day really started. I took out my D300 while Nick was getting ready and took a few more nice photos of our cottage at sunset. I miss it so much already! Their property managers live for free on the 7 acres... I meant to tell Catherine if they ever quit to call me up!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After a nice happy hour we decided to eat out again that night. We had had a few people recommend the Kilauea Bakery for their great pizzas and salads, so we knew we had to try it out as it was right down the road from our cottage. Even better was that they were BYOB and we could sit outside! My kind of place. I had gone to get a coffee there the day before so I had seen it but had not had anything to eat .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I loved the take-one, leave-one book rack they had outside as well. Everything about Kauai is just so relaxing!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Loving the BYOB optin. The salad was great and had really yummy gorgonzola dressing. We also ordered a Hawaiian pizza and it was delish! We ate the whole darn thing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The Bistro where we had eaten the other night is right in the same plaza as well. Two great spots to eat in one location, you can't beat it!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Happy Thanksgiving! The next morning it was up bright and early on Thanksgiving Day to get ready for our 8 mile hike along the Kalalau Trail, part of the Na Pali Coast. After calling and face-timing with our families to say happy turkey day, we made a nice hearty breakfast to get some fuel for our hike.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We packed up Nick's backpack with everything we needed and headed back to Ke'e Beach where we would park our car to start the trail. We got their by 8:30 and still didn't even end up getting a good close spot. I thought that maybe on Thanksgiving Day it wouldn't be as full but we were wrong... we had to park in the far lot, which added another 1/4 mile onto the hike. Oh well! Early bird gets the worm I guess.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Right behind Ke'e beach is the start of the famous Kalalau Trail. The full trail is a whopping 11 miles long, and 11 miles back to make a full 22 mile hike! The only way to do it is to hike out the 11 miles, camp overnight, and then hike back. We were not that crazy so we decided to do the much shorter 8 mile round trip hike to Hanikapi'ai Falls. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> As you can see from the sign below, Hanakapi'ai falls was a 4 mile hike, but the distances listed are one-way so including the hike back it would be 8 miles. The hike goes two miles along the shoreline almost exactly, and then cuts into the woods two miles up stream until you reach the waterfall. We were really excited as we were yet to see a waterfall up close in person besides on the helicopter ride.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Majority of the trail was fairly rugged terrain with lots of rocks, uneven ground, wetness, winding and so on. It was definitely not an easy hike, but the views and experience were totally worth it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After about a quarter mile of what felt like a straight-up hike, we finally got to a point where you could start to get some amazing views.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> First sights of the Na Pali coast off in the distance!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> These photos are just amazing to me. I can't get over how beautiful and tropical of a place we were in. It felt like a dream.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Little wildflowers along the cliff.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Looking back the other way we could see a full view of Ke'e beach from above! So beautiful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The trail just looked like an all out jungle. Supposedly there are about 25 people living illegally somewhere deep in the Na Pali forest. Our helicopter pilot Myles had told us about them during the flight. They have gotten themselves so remote the only way to reach them is by helicopter. No idea how they survive out there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Ahh, LOOK AT THAT!!! I was there!! I took these photos... it's still surreal to me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Some cool sea caves we spotted along the rocky shoreline.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Tons of warnings were posted everywhere about not swimming at the beach. It was SO tempting as we were so hot and sweaty from hiking. But the signs warned to not even go NEAR the water, as in not even a toe-touch, because of unseen currents. These currents have killed over 80 people so far that they know of, as noted by the hash marks on this wooden sign. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And again... more danger signs!! Although sometimes we like to be daredevils, we decided to abide by the signs and not risk it. As much as we wanted to cool off there would be no swimming for us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Once back on sea level we had to cross over a stream before getting to the beach. This stream is the stream that runs down through the jungle from the waterfall we would be visiting. We would be taking a sharp left into the jungle and basically would be following the stream uphill for another two miles until we reached the waterfall.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We made it!! I felt like Leonardo Dicaprio in that scene from <i>The Beach</i> where he sees it for the first time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> These folks were being a little dare-devlish and going near the water. I stayed pretty far back. My parents having to get a call on Thanksgiving Day that I had drowned was not something I wanted to put them through.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> A big sea cave.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> There were lots of rock stacks on the beach. Not sure who made them!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Selfie on the beach before heading into the jungle. We were so hot and sweaty and tired. This was the one point where Nick almost killed me if I asked to take another photo! I sorry :-(</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> As we started to get away from the shore and deeper into the jungle, it started to get even more hot and muggy. It felt good though because I am usually always cold, so I wasn't about to complain. Sitting here as I type this is is -15 degrees in Connecticut.... I'd do anything to be back sweating my ass off.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> This clearing was actually a helicopter landing area in case of emergencies. The only way your getting out in a hurry is by air!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I loved seeing bamboo in the forest. It grows in these tight clusters and it's pretty cool. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Everyone had carved into it, so it made for some cool pictures.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We had to cross over and back across the stream about 4 times throughout the hike. It was pretty treacherous each time and I am sure MANY people have taken quiet the spill into the water. I had my Nikon D300 around my neck though so I was praying to the good Lord that I wouldn't fall in.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The trail was so thick at some points they had to put markers to let you know which way to go as it was hard to make out the path.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Crossing over the stream once again. We were getting higher up and the stream was getting wider and deeper. There were neat little swimming tide pools every now and then.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> And finally, after two more miles of grueling hike, the first sight of the Hanikapi'ai Falls ahead!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> WE MADE IT!!!! It was so beautiful and the waterfall was HUGE! It could barely fit in my wide angle frame.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The waterfall made a really cool shower into the pool below it with tons of different streams coming down at various levels of pressure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Now, let me tell you. The trail and hike were hot as hell. But as soon as we got to the falls, the wind was whipping off the mountain and waterfall and the spray from the water was making it very cold. The air temp was probably about 60 degrees at best, even colder when the wind gusted. What we should have done is right when we got there gone in the water when we were still really hot. Instead we took photos and ate some food and snacks. It cooled us wayyy down, and just being in my bathing suit I was starting to shiver. And then we felt the water. No way. NOOOO WAYYYY JOSE. Honestly one of the coldest waters I have ever felt. I was amazed, we really expected it to be warm. I knew it would be a little colder, but this was like ICE. Like almost instant paralysis when you put your leg or arm into it. Nick and I both don't do cold well so we knew pretty quickly that our waterfall swimmnig dream wasn't going to happen here. The guy in this photo below, who was SWEAR was Vladimir Putin, was one of the only ones able to go in and swim.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I tried my hardest though, I really did. I stood up to my thighs in pain for about ten minutes trying to somehow get used to it. It was so cold I was nervous that if I just sucked it up and dove in that I would actually go into shock and not be able to swim or move.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick laughing because we just can't believe how cold it was compared to the bath-like water just two miles away on the shore... Putin was in though and on his way to swim under the falls.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> So somehow the Gopro got accidentally put on a timelapse setting where it started taking one picture every few seconds. I actually kind of liked some of them though, they came out kind of neat. For instance this photo below where you can see the proof in my GIGANTIC goose bumps on my legs. Every pore is standing up! Not okay.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Trying our hardest.... but not going to happen.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> LOL... I guess I was having some kind of "Spiritual" moment! It was for sure a spiritual place though... The most remote spot I have ever been.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The water was so green in this pool and it was really deep. The perfect spot to swim if you were hot enough.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Finally, after two miles we hit Haniakpi'ai Beach once again! At this point we knew we only had two more miles hike down the coast back to civilization.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We didn't realize how much "Uphill" was going to be on the way back. We were dying! An 8 mile hike anywhere else may not be that bad, but an 8 mile hike in the overbearing Hawaiian heat on rugged terrain really does a number on you. Our legs were burning and once again I was sweating like a pig! The layers of clothes started coming off piece by piece.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> ARE WE THERE YET!? So sweaty and tired.... I was about to get down to just my bathing suit at this point. If I was this hot back at the waterfall I would have gone right in! Talk about two extremes all within a few hours of each other.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Loved these green ferns all along the hike.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Nick stripping down as well! It was sweltering. If we saw one more uphill we were going to puke!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Last look at Ke'e from above and the end of our FINAL stretch of uphill hiking. It was all downhill from here... literally! I was so thankful.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We made it!!! It was a long 8 miles but we were so happy we did it. Definitely a bucket list item checked off the list and I would go back and do it again in a heartbeat! Who wants to do the 22 miler someday?!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Once the sun started to set we headed back towards the cottage but made another quick pitstop at our neighbors' ranch. This my friends is the filming location for majority of the scenes from the original <i>Jurassic Park</i>. The ranch itself is fittingly named the Jurassic-Kahili Ranch. It is a private historic property of over 2,500 acres of North Shore land. It is probably invaluable as it is just so much pristine real estate on one of the most sought after locations. We could only go up to the gate but I could still pick out certain scenes from the movie. All of Kauai pretty much felt like Jurassic Park, but this place in particular took the cake. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Gorgeous! I can see the Brontosaurus' eating from the trees in this photo!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Back at the cottage I fed and petted my sweet Snowy for a bit. I loved having her there but it was sad knowing that she is 18 and she would likely be gone next time we come back.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> She looks and acts pretty damn good for 18 though! I would hold on as long as I could too if I lived her life!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> We showered and then had an awesome and fun team effort at making our Thanksgiving dinner! We love cooking together and although breakfast is our specialty, I don't think we did too bad! We got a roasted chicken, and cooked up some spam and pineapple as garnish. We made stuffing and got cranberry sauce. We tried to make gravy but that was the only causality of the night due to lack of stirring... I won't name any names. And the 'Piece de resistance' was the home made mashed Japanese Sweet potatoes. They were AMAZING. Best mashed potatoes, and best sweet potatoes, we had ever had. They are a cross between our regular white potatoes and our regular orange sweet potatoes. Not too sweet but not as dry and starchy as our regular taters. A little butter and salt and they were to die for. So much so that I went to great lengths to get Nick some for Christmas!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Although it wasn't the same as being home and we did miss our families, we had a really nice dinner that we were proud of! We had accomplished a lot on Thanksgiving and we had a lot to be thankful for. Being in Kauai was a dream, and we are obviously doing something right in that we had that opportunity to be there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I fried up the spam and this was Nick's first time ever trying it. He loved it! So many people just think it is gross right off the bat, but it's so damn good. Salty, but good. TRY SPAM if you haven't, you won't regret it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Check out those delish mashed sweet taters!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> After dinner we curled up with some wine and watched a movie (<i>Something About Mary</i>, a classic!). We also wrote out postcards we had bought the other day to send to home. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day, and I will never forget it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Spot our leis from the airport drying out on the TV! They ended up making it all the way home and I have them in my room.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks so much for following along with part three of our Hawaiian adventure. One last part to go! Hopefully I can get it up quicker than the previous ones so that I can move forward with 2015! It is really nice though being able to relive everything again through writing and photos. Take me back!</span></div>
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