Last weekend my mom, sister, and I went down to Fairhope, Alabama. It was our first getaway girls weekend. We left on a Thursday and came home Sunday. I'll summarize below:
Thursday
- 8am Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed car ride down to Fairhope!
- Checked into The Fairhope Inn. First night we were in two rooms upstairs (precious)
- We changed clothes, walked toward the bay.
- Ate a light lunch at The Gumbo Shack - best gumbo ever!
- Continued our walk to the Bay.
- The Bay was gorgeous with walking trails and beautiful flowers everywhere! We stopped and met about a hundred strangers who we now call friends. Such a sweet little town. Everyone stops to talk and enjoy good conversation.
- We ate dinner at the Yardarm Restaurant on the end of the pier. Yummy Seafood! We also watched the sun set :o)
Mom :o)
Allison :o)
Beautiful Boats on the Bay!
Friday
- We ate breakfast at the Inn
- Shopped around in the French Quarter and other street stores
- Ate at Pete's Paninis for lunch! Sooo delicious!
- Came back to the Inn and moved our stuff to the Carriage house out behind the Inn. It was like we were staying in our own little hotel/cottage!
- Took a long nap after all that shopping and moving
- Got up and ready for the evening
- Ate dinner at McSharry's Irish Pub. Yum!
- ART WALK! We didn't plan it but every first Friday of the month all the stores and art galleries stay open late and serve wine and cheese. You walk around the streets with tons of people and music on every corner!
- After all that we were definitely exhausted
My yummy Chicken and Rosemary Panini at Pete's Paninis
The precious Carriage House behind the Fairhope Inn that we stayed in the last two nights.
Saturday
- Mom and I got up early and walked around town looking for a yummy breakfast to bring back to the carriage house. We found a little ice cream shop that served breakfast sandwiches and quiches with fruit and coffee. We had planned to go to The Page and Palette (my favorite store which I'll talk about in a bit) which has a coffee shop called Latte Da! but it hadn't opened yet. We really lucked out though with the ice cream shop because it was delicious and such a good price!
- On our way back (w/breakfast in hand) we planned out what stores to come back to later in the day. While we were walking we saw in a store window this funny little cat asleep on a bed. Apparently she lives in the shop. The owners just leave her there all night. She has everything she needs... I kept thinking she'd be gone from the window later in the day. Oh, no, she was still curled up in her little window bed fast asleep :o) Made my day (even though it made me miss my sweet feline babies).
- After we came back and ate our lovely surprise ice cream shop breakfast we got ready for another day of walking/shopping/relaxing!
- Most of Friday we just looked but this day we actually brought out the check cards and cashed in! I bought several prints to hang in our condo. Mom and Allison bought Christmas ornaments and stone pieces for their gardens... among other things :o)
- Then... The Page and Palette Bookstore. My parents had checked out Fairhope a few weeks before we came... that's why mom was like, "We HAVE to go there." Dad raved about this little bookstore and, just like he promised, we fell in love with it. We set up Allison's computer and our books on this large table in the coffee shop and just spent about all of Saturday afternoon looking around the store drinking coffee and tea... just hanging out! It may sound boring to some people but we had such a wonderful time. It was so charming. Please, whoever reads this, you have to go there!
- After that we went to this little cafe down from our Inn and got some Italian takeout. Took it back to the carriage house and watched "The Holiday" which I had never seen. I know it's kind of silly to watch a movie on vacation... especially a movie that you could watch any other time when you're not on vacation... but we had had so much fun in the town and were so exhausted... we just decided to relax and enjoy the carriage house for the last evening... on the couch huddled around Allison's computer. :o) It was great!
Our breakfast from the Ice Cream Shop!
The Page and Palette!
Latte Da (The coffee shop attached to The Page and Pallete)
We came home Sunday morning (arriving around 2pm) and I was able to do laundry and get settled back at home with Keith. I had a wonderful time with Mom and Sis but I missed him so much. I guess I'm becoming one of those women who never wants to be away from her husband for very long. How on earth do people have long distant relationship and far away jobs?
Anyway, I'm back in Homewood now... feeling refreshed and ready for this freezing weather that somehow snuck up on us while we were away on our vacation. Such a nice present to come back to. Chilly Autumn weather!
Thank you Mom for planning this trip! Thank you Allison for being such a wonderful sister! I love you both more than anything! Muah Muah!
Abigail
P.S. If you want to see all my pictures from the trip go to my Facebook Album
Also, if you want to plan your trip to Fairhope or learn more about the location go to their town website: City of Fairhope
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