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A Carolina Getaway

While I didn’t mean to be all, SURPRISE! I WENT AWAY…

SURPRISE, I WENT AWAY!

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I don’t get any vacation days until I’ve been at my job for 90 days (which is actually next week!), and I was dying for some sort of relaxing getaway. Don’t get me wrong–Mohegan Sun was a ton of fun, but not necessarily relaxing.

My mom and I discussed various warm-weather destinations for this weekend but were ultimately not ready to give my one-day first-born child for airfare, so we decided to go to coastal North Carolina.

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Any excuse for me to wear my boat shoes other than walking to work will do.

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Don’t mind my mom, she’s just chasing the birds.

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I know these pictures make it look all peaceful and idyllic–and it was–but it was also cold. We got down there late Friday night and spent Saturday exploring Southport. The weather was in the high 50s/low 60s on Saturday, which was nice, but the rest of the trip was chilly, which was a bit of a bust.

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Let it be known that this is not always a warm-weather scene.

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Downtown Southport.

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A St. Patrick’s Day Christmas tree…

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A random massive checker board.

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We returned tonight on a plane so small (Canadair CL-65 for any aviation junkies/those terrified of flying who check the airplane types obsessively) that they had to gate check our bags and bring them to and from the plane on a cart because they couldn’t fit overhead. I know there are planes way smaller than this, but this one is small enough to make me very, very nervous.

I scheduled some posts over the weekend and took few pictures because I really wanted to relax–and we didn’t do anything particularly exciting–so this is just a peek into my weekend.

Time to make the donuts!

An Afternoon in Mystic

Mohegan Sun was a ton of fun, but by yesterday morning, we were all ready for some sunshine and fresh air.

Casinos are fun, but the lack of windows and overabundance of smoke get old really quickly so we left in search of somewhere we could walk around and do a little sightseeing.

Mystic is only about 25 minutes away from Mohegan Sun, so we headed there for the afternoon.

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Mystic is a major area seaport, and the Mystic Seaport museum is the nation’s largest maritime museum, supposedly. We didn’t go into the museum, but I think I went there when I was little.

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How many bloggers does it take to navigate a small seaside town? Three, apparently.

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This poor tree. It’s really bottom heavy. Sweet little tree, the sun is up there.

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Gorgeous.

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Also gorgeous.

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From Lis Bake Shop. Agreed.

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Anne had her own boat, just waiting for her.

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Warning: big words ahead.

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Mystic Pizza, the inspiration for the movie that I have not seen.

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We finally stopped for lunch at Oyster Club, a farm (and sea)-to-table restaurant.

The server mentioned that they were recently reviewed in the New York Times, and we were happy that we were able to get in.

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The menu is limited, but everything looked amazing.

I saw the lobster roll on the menu and couldn’t not get it.

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YUM.

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I was pretty excited. They used apple butter instead of regular butter on the lobster roll, which was definitely tasty, but I prefer a traditional lobster roll with just straight-up butter.

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But the salted butter we had with the bread in the bread basket was pretty amazing.

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After lunch, we walked back to Tina’s car to end our fun weekend.

It was an amazing weekend away, but, as always, I was psyched to be back in NYC last night.