Every year, right around Frank’s birthday, we go to Florida to visit his parents and get a dose of warm weather and green foliage.  This year we delayed our trip by about 2 weeks and it sure paid off!  We had 80 degree weather the whole time we were there and got to spend hours and hours outside.  We sat on the beach for a bit (but it was windy so we went home and sat out on the lanai instead), took walks outside, went to the animal rescue sanctuary (the bobcats were glad to see us again), and we played hours and hours of Uno and Phase 10.  We also went to a great art festival where Frank bargained with an artist and offered to trade web design for art.  I hope it pans out because I really liked her artwork! 

On Saturday night we had a delicious dinner at a place called Seasons 52 that serves low-calorie dishes made with in-season ingredients.  The menu changes with each season, although there is something new added each week (thus the 52 in the name).  The atmosphere was great too — the restaurant was right on the water and the inside was decorated in an arts and crafts style with rich woods everywhere.  It was a fabulous dinner and I look forward to going back there on our next visit. 

We were scheduled to fly out on Sunday night, but our flight was overbooked and we volunteered to give up our seats so we could get free tickets another time.  I negotiated round-trip cab fare as part of the deal so Frank’s parents wouldn’t have to come pick us up and drop us off again at 5 AM.  Turns out we rode in a stretch limo — both home that night and back to the airport in the morning.  It was fun in the evening, but I think the effect was lost on me Monday morning.

It was great to be in sandals and shorts — even for just a few days.  And it was really hard to hear the pilot say that it was 19 degrees as we flew back to DC at the crack of dawn on Monday.

A few pictures from our trip are here.