Turtle Beach Resort
9049 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key, FL 34242
941.349.4554
www.turtlebeachresort.com
Ophelia’s On the Bay
9105 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, FL 34242
www.opheliasonthebay.net
After heading out from St. Armand’s Circle, we passed through Sarasota and on to Siesta Key. We were getting a bit desperate for someplace to stay for the night. Most of the places we had [...]
717 South Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606
813.250.1661
www.seven17south.com
We were in the Tampa area visiting our very good friends who have recently moved there from Virginia. This was our second evening down there, we were without all the kids so had our free run of going wherever we wanted.
I will start by saying that this [...]
19307 Promenade Drive (Lansdowne Town Center), Leesburg, VA 20176
571.333.5637
www.notyouraveragejoes.com
I had attempted to eat here before, but the power went out all over Lansdowne, all the way to Leesburg. All I had at that point was some of their foccacia bread and dipping oil. I should have quit while I was ahead and taken [...]
728 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
703.299.8384
www.eamonnsdublinchipper.com
The BEST fish and chips in the US!! (I’ve not been to Dublin yet…) This tiny little place on a corner of King Street in Alexandria is owned by Cathal Armstrong, of Restaurant Eve fame, and named after his son. They don’t have many tables as it’s [...]
The nice thing about a flight that leaves at 11pm - you have all day to finish up last-minute packing. ‘All day’ is a lot shorter than it would at first seem. We left our car at SQ’s office in Reston and took a cab to Dulles from there, after being a bit [...]
514 8th Street, SE, Washington, DC
202.544.0100
www.belgacafe.com
OK, I admit I picked this place because my father-in-law is WAY into beer. The fact that they also happen to serve one of my top 2 favorite beers, Leffe Blond, was absolutely inconsequential. Belga actually happens to have a very long list of Belgian beers, I need [...]
So we are leaving on Wednesday night for an extended UK trip with Syd and SQ’s parents. This trip is really the realization of Syd’s dream, and the nagging from her since she was about 5 or 6 to take her to Scotland. I’m not quite sure how she became obsessed with Scotland [...]
Last day in St. Martin - well, partial at least. It’s Mother’s Day today, and I feel bad that we’re spending with neither mine nor SQ’s. We had to be out of the room by 10am but our flight wasn’t due to leave until around 4pm. After asking for a late checkout [...]
We don’t have much time out today since the wedding is at 4:30pm. I decided I really wanted a ‘C’est La Vie’ T-shirt so I talked SQ into ‘zipping back to Philipsburg.’ No small feat normally. We stopped at Zee Best in Simpson Bay for breakfast - wow, incredibly yummy!! SQ [...]
We stopped for breakfast this morning at a very charming place called Sarafina in Marigot. They have an onsite bakery and the pastries were outstanding. The staff weren’t quite as smiley as in other places, but they all wear these cute little outfits and straw hats that make them look like they should [...]