Sssh....don't tell anyone...we're cheating on CSR -- Contest -- Days 6 & 7--#3516

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That looks like a wonderful dinner! I love seafood restaurants right on the water. All the food looked great and you all look so happy in the pictures. I'll be eager to hear how many Starbucks you made it to. :goodvibes
 
Evening Kat !!Still watching for those shopping pix !!!Maybe Marv wood give me his address too so I could buy him something in Lake George !!:rolleyes1:rotfl2::rotfl2:What's that about a Banana Boat!!!!:lmao:

Didn't take pics shopping, but I did of my purchases and they'll be coming up soon.

Sounds like a great day... for a woman! princess: princess: :rotfl2::rotfl2:

Where is your feminine side, Tim? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:thumbsup2 Sounds like such a nice way to spend the day! And I'm sure the weather's beautiful, too!

Kathy, have another great day tomorrow! :goodvibes You, too, Nicki.

The weather has been perfect--today it is 90 and we went to the beach on Marco Island.

That looks like a wonderful dinner! I love seafood restaurants right on the water. All the food looked great and you all look so happy in the pictures. I'll be eager to hear how many Starbucks you made it to. :goodvibes

I love restaurants on the water too...such ambience.
 
So after my EXTRA early wake up call thanks to the smoke alarms going off at 4:30 and then again around 5:15, I was up and no way falling back to sleep.

So I played around a little bit here on the DIS while I listened to Romeo snore.

I texted back and forth with my good friend Marv as well. Nicki called at 8 a.m. and said she would be at the hotel to pick me up within 15 minutes.

Nicki arrived and we headed down Davis Boulevard for our first Starbucks of the day. We sat outside of Starbucks drinking our coffee and talking and talking and talking. Nicki showed me her new toy (her IPHONE) and we went on the DIS, etc. Then we got in the car and headed to the first of two malls...the first being the outlet mall. We did some shopping and then stopped at Starbucks again for our second coffee of the day. We sat inside (it was HOT out) and drank our coffee and talked some more and talked and talked (you see a pattern here?). We left Starbucks and stopped at the Disney outlet store where I got a few items, including some goodies for my urchins at our DIS meet in September.

From there it was off to the next mall and we had lunch at Johnny Rockets--a hamburger joint. We both had a grilled cheese and fries because we didn't want to fill up for our dinner that evening (good thing too!); we had to sit outside to eat because the air was out in the restaurant and it WAS HOT!!!!

We did more shopping and I bought a few more things as did Nicki and then we headed to Barnes & Noble for our LAST Starbucks before heading back to the hotel/home to rest and freshen up for dinner.

We met Nicki and Todd at Kelly's for dinner. We all started out with a drink (okay, I did end up having two...but they were so good that I could not resist...I do love my pina coladas).

Todd told me that I definitely needed to try the Stone Crab. Oh my God...can you say heavenly. It was sooooo good. While waiting for dessert, Mark took a picture of Nicki and I:

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We all had dessert (Nicki and Todd shared). Here are pics of the food and then I'll do pics of my purchases.

Todd and I both had this -- but he had the jumbo, and I had the large

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Nicki had the garlic shrimp

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Mark had grouper

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I had chocolate cake (way too rich!!!)

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Mark had the BEST key lime pie he's had in years

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Nicki and Todd shared the peanut butter pie

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The four of us after dinner taken by our terrific waitress

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New sundress

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New top

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New hat for Mark

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Candle holder

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New t-shirt for Disney World

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We just left Nicki and Todd for the last time this trip. :sad1::sad1::sad1: But the good news is we get to see them again in a little less than six months. I've got to finish packing and will do a final day recap when we get home tomorrow.
 
I've always wanted to try Stone Crabs...Jasmine had some on the cruise and she loved it! I guess I'll just have to wait....:rolleyes1 Pina Colada's are my favorite drinks too...oh I wish I had one right now:love:

I love your purchases...that Mickey and Minne Paris tee is just too cute!! Great pics once again Kathy!!
 
The shrimp Nikki has looks just for ME!!Not sure about the shell on crabs although I love crab and lobster I am to dang lazy to fight a shell!!:rotfl2:I would have gone for the Key Lime pie too!!!

The purchases were great especially Mark's hat !!!!:thumbsup2
 
Looks like a good time was being had by all!! hurray for great friends and yummy food! Add a little shopping and YAY!!

CP update. Cay sat on Leanne the first time Tigger came out but went up the 2nd. Then at AK she ran up got her hug on and took pics! Got some with Pooh and Eyore too. Will send copies!!
 
WOW! That crab looked amazing! I haven't had crab in years! I do so love a pina colada as well! Sounds like yours were pretty good. I love that shirt you got! It looks light and airy. So glad you're having a great time with those dear friends of yours! :banana:
 
:woohoo: I got a shout out!!! And I didn't even mention the real reason that smoke detector kept going off........ ;)

Crab legs looked awesome! So did the grouper AND the garlic shrimp!!! I would have had a hard time deciding!!! And I can go with the key lime pie!

That adirondac chair candle holder......don't get confused and try to take a seat!!!

Loved the capris........... or was that a skirt??? :confused3

I know you are disappointed your trip has come to an end, but have a safe trip home!
 
dinner looked very good; especially the key lime pie and garlic shrimp...
love all the new purchases! and so happy to hear you guys had a wonderful time visiting! safe travels!
 
Hi there! I've just read my way through your fun PTR and just had to post since I've been lurking on your DTRs and TRs for a few years since I found you on one of Nicki's awesome dining reviews. I was getting all excited that we might be at WDW at the same time this fall, until I realized my dates are while you are down on Marco Island.

It sounds like you had a fab time in Nickiland. Can't wait to see the rest of your review and hear more about your planning for the Septober trip. Hopefully y'all had nicer weather than we did up here in Tampa. It was 90 degrees today and a mere 94 at WDW. :earseek:
 
I haven't had breakfast yet and now I want peanut butter pie. YUM! That looks so good. Love the sun dress so cute. We could definitely hang shopping!
 
Sounds like you had a great trip Kathy! Fun times with good friends, can't beat it! :goodvibes

That crab looked so good, it's only 8 in the morning but I'm craving seafood now!
 
Wow those are some jumbo crab claws!

Loving your purchases, that candle holder is sooo cool, I love it :teeth:

Great pictures of you guys :)
 
I completely missed your whole life trip report! :scared1:

Somehow I never got notifications that there were new posts and I don't usually check the boards - I have too many threads to keep up with, so .............

Okay, therefore I am SO sorry I missed all of this and I didn't comment! Can you forgive me? :hug:
I did follow you on facebook though - so I am not completely out of the loop!

What a wonderful time you had - you should come along with your ROMEO on trips more often! ;)
 
I've always wanted to try Stone Crabs...Jasmine had some on the cruise and she loved it! I guess I'll just have to wait....:rolleyes1 Pina Colada's are my favorite drinks too...oh I wish I had one right now:love:

I love your purchases...that Mickey and Minne Paris tee is just too cute!! Great pics once again Kathy!!

The Stone Crab was a first for me -- yummy. I only order Pina Coladas in Florida. I thought the tee was really cute too.

The shrimp Nikki has looks just for ME!!Not sure about the shell on crabs although I love crab and lobster I am to dang lazy to fight a shell!!:rotfl2:I would have gone for the Key Lime pie too!!!

The purchases were great especially Mark's hat !!!!:thumbsup2

Hi, Rosie. Believe it or not, Nicki did not like the shrimp...said it had an "amonia taste". Mark loved his hat when I gave it to him.

Looks like a good time was being had by all!! hurray for great friends and yummy food! Add a little shopping and YAY!!

CP update. Cay sat on Leanne the first time Tigger came out but went up the 2nd. Then at AK she ran up got her hug on and took pics! Got some with Pooh and Eyore too. Will send copies!!

Are you back? I can't wait to read about the trip (I kept up on FB as best I could).

Way to go Cayley! I can't wait to see the pictures. Tell her I am VERY proud of her.

WOW! That crab looked amazing! I haven't had crab in years! I do so love a pina colada as well! Sounds like yours were pretty good. I love that shirt you got! It looks light and airy. So glad you're having a great time with those dear friends of yours! :banana:

Liesa, I have had snow crab legs, Alaskan King Crab legs and, of course, the Alaskan King Crab Claws at Fulton's; but this was the first time for Stone Crab and it was definitely a winner. We had so much fun...I didn't want to come home.

:woohoo: I got a shout out!!! And I didn't even mention the real reason that smoke detector kept going off........ ;)

Crab legs looked awesome! So did the grouper AND the garlic shrimp!!! I would have had a hard time deciding!!! And I can go with the key lime pie!

That adirondac chair candle holder......don't get confused and try to take a seat!!!

Loved the capris........... or was that a skirt??? :confused3

I know you are disappointed your trip has come to an end, but have a safe trip home!

Hi, friend. Thanks for the texts while I was gone...I enjoyed talking with you.

And thanks for NOT mentioning why the smoke detectors went off. ;)

As I said earlier, Nicki was NOT impressed with the shrimp. But Mark loved that key lime pie.

I don't think I'll get confused and try to take a seat...my big rear end would definitely break it.

No capris this time...just a sundress and two shirts. :)

dinner looked very good; especially the key lime pie and garlic shrimp...
love all the new purchases! and so happy to hear you guys had a wonderful time visiting! safe travels!

Although we had a stop in Charlotte, NC, the flights home were not too bad. We did have a great time...more pictures to come.

Hi there! I've just read my way through your fun PTR and just had to post since I've been lurking on your DTRs and TRs for a few years since I found you on one of Nicki's awesome dining reviews. I was getting all excited that we might be at WDW at the same time this fall, until I realized my dates are while you are down on Marco Island.

It sounds like you had a fab time in Nickiland. Can't wait to see the rest of your review and hear more about your planning for the Septober trip. Hopefully y'all had nicer weather than we did up here in Tampa. It was 90 degrees today and a mere 94 at WDW. :earseek:

Shauna, welcome. I am so glad you decided to join us. Nicki does the BEST dining reviews in my book. And thankfullly I read them or we would have never met. I'm sorry we'll miss you while we are on the Island...perhaps another trip.

I had a blast in Nickiland. The weather was a little hotter than we are used to in April, but we certainly were not complaining (it was 92 yesterday).

I haven't had breakfast yet and now I want peanut butter pie. YUM! That looks so good. Love the sun dress so cute. We could definitely hang shopping!

I don't like peanut butter, but that pie sure looked good and Nic and Todd finished it off. Shopping with Nicki is always a fun experience.

Awesome purchases Kathy. :goodvibes

Thanks, Sophia.

Sounds like you had a great trip Kathy! Fun times with good friends, can't beat it! :goodvibes

That crab looked so good, it's only 8 in the morning but I'm craving seafood now!

Hi, Michelle. We really did have a good trip and I can't wait to be back.

Wow those are some jumbo crab claws!

Loving your purchases, that candle holder is sooo cool, I love it :teeth:

Great pictures of you guys :)

Isn't that candle holder just adorable? I couldn't resist it and it was only $7.

I completely missed your whole life trip report! :scared1:

Somehow I never got notifications that there were new posts and I don't usually check the boards - I have too many threads to keep up with, so .............

Okay, therefore I am SO sorry I missed all of this and I didn't comment! Can you forgive me? :hug:
I did follow you on facebook though - so I am not completely out of the loop!

What a wonderful time you had - you should come along with your ROMEO on trips more often! ;)

Karin, please don't apologize. I've already told Mark that I should go on these April trips with him each year so I can see Nicki twice a year. :lmao::lmao:

Hi Kathy!!!

Hi, Rosie. :goodvibes
 
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end at times, and this is one of them. But we ended our trip on a high note.

Mark and I slept in a little after the smoke alarm fiasco the day before and the fact that a high school soccer team came in and were noisier than all heck at 11 p.m. 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. :scared1:

We drove and got me a Starbucks and then drove to Marco Island and went to the beach for a few hours. Here are a few photos from the beach.

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From there, we stopped to pick Andy something up for taking care of Cookie while we were gone and then stopped for yet another Starbucks (in defense of myself getting ANOTHER coffee, we hadn't eaten so we got a morning bun and a apple fritter for breakfast). We then went to the pool where Mark decided to be silly (is this anything new?):

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Continued in next post--our last dinner with Nicki and Todd for this trip.
 
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