August 8th, 2008 marked 13 years that Mike and I have been together. Tomorrow, August 11th, will be our 6 year wedding anniversary. We didn’t really plan much to celebrate, but we did take a couple days off work to spend together and drove down to the Keys with Ashley to go to my best friend’s wedding.
We headed out Thursday morning and stopped in Orlando to hit the outlets on I Drive so we could get out and stretch our legs for a bit. I found a great deal on the Lacoste belt I’d been eying at the Saks Off 5th outlet, but that was about it.
We headed out Thursday morning and stopped in Orlando to hit the outlets on I Drive so we could get out and stretch our legs for a bit. I found a great deal on the Lacoste belt I’d been eying at the Saks Off 5th outlet, but that was about it.
Then we were off to West Palm Beach to visit with Mike’s sister and her kids. It was great to get to see our nieces and nephews, we don’t get to see nearly often enough. We had a late lunch at Fuddruckers, one of Mike’s favorites from childhood but we don’t have any in the Tampa Bay area so we like to hit them up when we travel.
After an all too short visit, it was off to Ft. Lauderdale where we spent the night at the Historic Riverside Inn on Las Olas Blvd. The hotel has retained most of its original 1930’s charm. We spent the evening walking around on Las Olas Blvd watching exotic cars cruise up and down the strip.
We attempted to have dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, but Ashley wasn’t having it and almost had a total meltdown in the middle of the place. I ended up taking her outside to watch the action on the street while Mike tried to finish eating and square away the bill. Ashley was amazed by the buses disguised as trolley cars and got excited every time one drove by. All we heard all night was “the bus” even as she was drifting off to sleep she was still mumbling, “the bus”.
The next morning we drove the rest of the way to Key West with a few stops along the way to break up the long drive. The wedding was beautiful, on Smather’s beach in Key West followed by an intimate reception at the Hot Tin Roof at 0 Duval Street. We had a fabulous dinner overlooking the water with a great view of THE SUNSET!
The next morning we wandered around downtown Key West. I couldn’t wait to see Ashley’s reaction to the chickens that wander around the island. We found a rooster and a few hens hanging out in Mallory Square. It was so cute to see how excited Ashley was! She was walking towards the chickens and following them going “come here, chicken”. Then, I had to hit up Sloppy Joe’s (at 10:30am, lol) to get a strawberry daiquiri to go in one of their large insulated mugs. I had to find some way to cool down! It was still too hot to do much, so after scoring a new pair of Kino sandals we headed to take Ashley’s first pics at the Southernmost Point. It was so hot, she wasn’t really interested, so I decided to skip on my traditional “Cheeseburger in Paradise” at Margaritaville and we headed out.
I think we’ll wait until winter or spring to take Ashley back to Key West. It’s just too hot in August and it’s really busy because of lobster season.
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