My Crochet Spot

Smoothies, great food, wonderful room & yarn porn

Ok, here is my trip in 50 pictures or less.

Damarys and I left the office and went to Smoothie King for fortification for a 9 billion hour drive to Amelia Island Plantation ( www.aipfl.com ).











On the road, and it was very difficult to take her picture while i was driving on I-75. I'm just sayin... i didnt get into a wreck and that is a very good thing.





We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch on the way up, I think we were near Gainesville. No, that is not Coke. (2 more days and counting)






This is a pic from a room at Amelia Island Plantation. Look, Real waves!




We finally got to the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach ( www.sawgrassmarriott.com )too late for me to go to Jax for yarn. Oops. Here is a couple pics of my suite. This is my bed and the little living room and my bathtub (no i wasnt gonna get in the tub with a skirt on)(yes i did take a bubble bath later):









See that bed... most comfortable i've ever slept in... and it had stairs! That evening we had THE most expensive meal I have ever eaten. 3 people and we ordered almost the same thing. We all got the filet, and same appetizers but I had lobster bisque and Pam the sales lady had Ceaser salad and also added another Lobster Napolean to her filet. $244 for 3 people not including tip and no alcohol. CRAZY!!! Fancy restaurant... yep, and here's pics. I know, you can't take me anywhere!


Lobster Napolean w/Chervil Butter Sauce and Shaved Truffle. Never had truffle before. YUMMMMMMO. I coulda eaten like 10 of these things.




Lobster Bisque w/a little bread stick thing. That red stuff in the bread stick was very spicy. The bisque had a warm cognac taste.







Filet Minon with grilled aspargas and whipped garlic potatoes








Dessert - Creme Brulee'. Damarys got this Chocolate Lava torte and Pam got hot apple crisp and they were both really good too.







The next day we toured the hotel and it definatly has my vote for the '08 convention. Afterwards it was yarn shopping time. The shop is called A Stitch in Time (www.astitchintime.com ) and very large. The front half was all cross stitch and the back half yarn.

I bought a set of dpns, 1 ball of Katia Ingenua in a dark rose, 1 ball of Regia superwash/cotton self striping sock yarn and 2 Galway Highland Heather in grey that i will pair with a light pink to make another bag. I'll post pics of those another time, I think i've done enough.

posted by Brandee Fondren @ 11:49 AM