Today Kevin and I celebrated our 5th year as Husband and wife. Last night we decided that we wanted to escape to some place so we drove (at 11pm) to the nearest Panera Bread with laptop in tow. Since Comcast has yet to fix our cable since before Christmas we are without internet... but that did not stop me from booking a room at Universal for our anniversary.
We got up this morning and headed out for Orlando at 9am... but by the time we got past the Hard rock Casino in Ft Lauderdale Kevin realized that we had left the suitcase with all of our clothes for dinner tonight. Because of traffic it was almost 11am... I was not turning around. Nope we will just have to find some clothes when we get to Orlando. That will be our gift to each other!
Soon (well, not really) we end up in Orlando and head to the mall. After giving up trying to find something for me in Macys - we head for the Banana Republic. But before we could get to the store we pass White House/ Black Market. I absolutely love this store... and the sign in the window had 75% Sale on it... So in I go. And I am so glad that we did. There in the sale section I see the dress I have been eyeing in Miami... but 75% off... I try it on... and its PERFECT! Happy Anniversary Arianne! With my dress in my little hands we head back to Macys to get Kevin his shirt and pants... some new shoes and jewelry for me. By the time we were done paying for everything it is time to eat...
We arrive at the Portifino Bay Hotel at Universal and check in. This hotel is absolutely charming... I feel as though we have stepped into Italy somehow...
Then we headed to Sal's Market Deli for a light lunch.... dinner at ROY's was waiting for us so I was not going to fill up before then... But we did enjoy an early happy hour with a nice pinot grigio. After lunch we headed back to the room where Kevin sat there watching the tv like he had never seen a tv before. I felt bad for him since we had not had any cable for almost a month (stupid Comcast not being able to fix a cut wire) so I let him watch his sports center stuff. Then it came time for dinner.
I love Roys so much and I will be so sad next time we visit Orlando and have to pay for it. Anyway, we got all dressed up and headed out. We had a lovely dinner - our waiters were great... and the water boy was fabulous! The best part was dessert. The pineapple and chocolate lava cakes... yummy! I had to take a picture of it!
After dinner we came back to the hotel and headed out for The Thirsty Fish (wine bar that sits on the Harbor)... we sat there drinking martinis and listening to the music of a female singer and a guy playing a guitar. At midnight we walked over to the bar at the Hard Rock Hotel and stayed there for a bit longer... then we walked back to our room.
The next morning we had breakfast outside at the Trattoria del Porto... I didn't want to go home but Kevin had to work that night. So we drove home after breakfast....
It was a nice little getaway - and a wonderful celebration of being married for 5 years.
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