It. Was. Wonderful!!!
We stayed at the Looking Glass Inn in Lincoln City, right on the bay. (Notice my new shirt I bought at the outlet mall. Yes, we actually went shopping! Gasp!)
Blair and I laughed when we first saw our room. It was spacious and comfortable... AND it had a jacuzzi tub right in the middle of the floor! I tried to capture the exposedness of it all in a picture, but it was hard to get a good angle. (Work it, Blair. )
I guess that counter was the extend of privacy the architects dubbed necessary. I was trying to imagine someone washing dishes in that kitchen area while somebody else was taking a bath. How romantic...(?)
Here's the view from our window. Yes, there's a parking lot, but look back there! It's the bay!
Not to sound overly positive or anything, but the weather really was perfect. It was warm enough for short sleeves and flip flops for the whole two days we were there with the most pleasant breeze. Not to mention, we had beautiful billows of clouds between sun breaks.
Blair's really good at taking the good ol' arms-length pictures.
A nice fellow with a black poodle insisted that he take a pictures of us "two love birds". We gladly complied.
When you're out of town without a baby, of course you have to eat out at delicious restaurants. We did not want to break tradition and decided to dine at the Blackfish Cafe. I got a salmon caesar salad and Blair got some sword fish. We switched dishes about halfway through our meal and concluded we liked both of them a lot!
My creepy-happy face.
Blair's sword fish.
Looks good! (The fish doesn't look too bad either.)
Gotta get dessert! (raspberry... cream... cake... something or other... yummmmm!)
We rented the movie Hugo that night and enjoyed not having to put Paul to bed. The movie was alright, but we would have liked it a lot more if it were shorter. They dragged it on for ever!
In the morning we went for a barefoot run along the beach. Yes, we actually did run barefoot along the beach during out romantic getaway. And, no, we were not able to take pictures of that activity. You try running with a camera. After our run, we skipped rocks into the bay. Well, I helped find smooth rocks and watched as Blair skipped them.
Look at this awesome rock Blair found. It has a hole in the shape of a heart! The other awesome finds are mine.
After checking out of our room, we walked along the shops, bought some books, chocolate, and a gift for my mom. Not wanting the magic to end too soon, we stopped at a Crazy Sushi for a tasty lunch.*
After lunch, we watched Brave in the theater which happened to be right next to the sushi place. I think the last movie I saw in theaters was Harry Potter. It had been a while!
Getting away together was so incredibly fun! It's times like this that I'm reminded - yet again - of how much I love Blair. I can't get enough of him! How did I get so lucky?
*Notice the foods we've been choosing work with our new, healthy lifestyle change. I know I know, "what about the raspberry dessert"? That was an intentional splurge for a special occasion. Other than those occasional treats, we're sticking with this way of eating and loving it!
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