We're here!!!!!!!!!
John and I are on our much needed, much anticipated week's vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
This is our sixth year coming here and we absolutely love it. (So much so, that we talk about retiring here!)
I've put forth some vacation goals for myself:
- Spend some time each day blogging
- Spend at least 1 hour each day reading
- Try at least one new restaurant
- Go swimming every day that we're on the beach (by swimming, I mean actually going under)
- RELAX!
So, how I'd do?
- Spend some time each day blogging: So-so. I spent some time each of the first three days blogging and then fell off. Not bad! (I have another post ready to go after this one that I wrote on vacation and I'll post this week.)
- Spend at least 1 hour each day reading: A+!
- I finished reading Turning Thirty by Mike Gayle, which was a fun British 'bloke-lit' easy read.
- I then read Cane River by Lalita Tademy. This was a much more serious historical fiction read, along the lines of Roots.
- I then started Making It Up As I Go Along by Marian Keyes. While Marian is one of my all-time favorite authors, I wasn't thrilled with this. For some reason, I had it in my head that it would be fictional essays/short stories and instead, it was non-fiction, everyday life stuff that she's written (and most of it I'd read in the past.)
- So, being somewhat disappointed by that, I started another book on my Kindle, Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton. That turned out to be just so-so, too. Oh well.
- I also caught up on my magazine reading!
- Try at least one new restaurant: A++! We tried four new places! (I think...I feel like I'm forgetting some.)
- Lily Thai: I'd give this a C. The service was not great and the food was just so-so. (Is "so-so" the catchphrase for this post?)
- Salt Air: I'd give this an A. It's a newer place, popular, and somewhat upscale. They take a limited amount of reservations, so by the time I looked online, there were none available for our week. We ended up having to wait an hour (which was OK, based on our expectations) and I'd say it was worth it. We had lovely cocktails, crab deviled eggs, I had scallops, and John had crab cakes. The atmosphere was fun and a nice departure from the typical beach fare.
- Gilligan's (Lewes): I'd give this a C+. We'd originally planned on eating lunch at Kindle, which we've eaten at before and really enjoyed, but I forgot to check to see if it was open for lunch...and it wasn't. So, we made a quick decision and decided to try this waterfront place. It was average...typical lunch fair. Overwhelmed waitstaff, so service wasn't super.
- Purple Parrot Grill: I'd give this a B+. It has a fun/casual atmosphere with decent food. We ordered frozen raspberry margaritas and they were LARGE! John had a German meal and enjoyed it. I had fish & chips, and it was good. We'd go back.
- Go swimming every day that we're on the beach (by swimming, I mean actually going under): hahahhahahahaha. Yeah, no. I went under once on purpose and a second time accidentally. The first time was fine. I said I'd do it again. The second time, um, not so much. The surf was really rough and I was getting slammed because I couldn't get past the breaking point. After that? I was a spectator.
- RELAX!: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!
It was great, but we're sad to be back to reality. Wah wah.
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