i'm now back from my labor day vacation to rehoboth beach. in all it was a great vacation with a little bit of a rocky start.
mark and i left out of nyc around 7pm on friday - after we were finished with work - had dinner - and packed enough coffee, water, and snacks for the road ahead. the weather was expected to be a bit nasty due to the fact that there was a hurricane coming up the cost. so as expected - it rained most of the way there (pictured above inside the holland tunnel) but got really bad once we got to rehoboth beach proper. the winds had picked up and the rain was coming down in buckets. we arrive at the billingsleys and head to a party at the next door neighbors - the lingos - and just hung out until the power went out. the drunk guests at the party had to get down from dancing on the coffee table (yes - straight men and women dancing on a coffee table - it was a scene out of 'animal house') and we went back to the house to dry off and hang out. candles lit - fireplace going - we sat and talked for a bit and as we were about to call it a night - the power came back on.
the storm raged on - mark and i tucked ourselves in and got settled in the guest apartment over the garage and fell asleep. we woke up the next morning to a war zone - or what looked like one. overturned trees (pictured above from the neighbor's yard) - branches - pine cones - you name it - all over the place. day one on vacation we cleaned the yard - fixed the wisteria which had fallen from the porch - and made piles of rubbage for the chippers to come and take away. after we went on a walk to see how the town looked.
the town pretty much popped back into shape in no time. the beach however - was gone. there was water all the way up to the dunes and that forced the town's officials to close the beach. we walked around a little longer and then went shopping. pretty uneventful - crabs and chicken for dinner and then we went out to bar hop.
i ran into a few friends i have not seen in quite some time at cloud9 - a restaurant that turns into a bar after hours - and we danced the night away to trendy music. we had a pretty fun evening - and somehow i managed to stay sober even after drinking an entire bottle of sake with dinner - lol.
we did manage to get 2 days at the beach when it finally came back. the waves were out of control - but a blast to try to tackle. because of the storm - there were all kinds of rocks and shells on the beach that normally wouldn't be there - so i spent a lot of my time gathering and collecting.
its always a pleasure to share time with the billingsleys. i made a pasta feast on sunday night complete with meatballs, sausage, and homemade sauce. we had meatball subs as leftovers before we headed back to nyc. i ended up spending way too much money at the outlets but it's all good - winter is coming and waterproof timberland snow/hiking boots is totally what i'll need to get through the winter ahead.
check out all of the pictures from the trip by clicking on the feed to my photos on the right.
mark and i left out of nyc around 7pm on friday - after we were finished with work - had dinner - and packed enough coffee, water, and snacks for the road ahead. the weather was expected to be a bit nasty due to the fact that there was a hurricane coming up the cost. so as expected - it rained most of the way there (pictured above inside the holland tunnel) but got really bad once we got to rehoboth beach proper. the winds had picked up and the rain was coming down in buckets. we arrive at the billingsleys and head to a party at the next door neighbors - the lingos - and just hung out until the power went out. the drunk guests at the party had to get down from dancing on the coffee table (yes - straight men and women dancing on a coffee table - it was a scene out of 'animal house') and we went back to the house to dry off and hang out. candles lit - fireplace going - we sat and talked for a bit and as we were about to call it a night - the power came back on.
the storm raged on - mark and i tucked ourselves in and got settled in the guest apartment over the garage and fell asleep. we woke up the next morning to a war zone - or what looked like one. overturned trees (pictured above from the neighbor's yard) - branches - pine cones - you name it - all over the place. day one on vacation we cleaned the yard - fixed the wisteria which had fallen from the porch - and made piles of rubbage for the chippers to come and take away. after we went on a walk to see how the town looked.
the town pretty much popped back into shape in no time. the beach however - was gone. there was water all the way up to the dunes and that forced the town's officials to close the beach. we walked around a little longer and then went shopping. pretty uneventful - crabs and chicken for dinner and then we went out to bar hop.
i ran into a few friends i have not seen in quite some time at cloud9 - a restaurant that turns into a bar after hours - and we danced the night away to trendy music. we had a pretty fun evening - and somehow i managed to stay sober even after drinking an entire bottle of sake with dinner - lol.
we did manage to get 2 days at the beach when it finally came back. the waves were out of control - but a blast to try to tackle. because of the storm - there were all kinds of rocks and shells on the beach that normally wouldn't be there - so i spent a lot of my time gathering and collecting.
its always a pleasure to share time with the billingsleys. i made a pasta feast on sunday night complete with meatballs, sausage, and homemade sauce. we had meatball subs as leftovers before we headed back to nyc. i ended up spending way too much money at the outlets but it's all good - winter is coming and waterproof timberland snow/hiking boots is totally what i'll need to get through the winter ahead.
check out all of the pictures from the trip by clicking on the feed to my photos on the right.
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