In Good Company: Newport Vacation...

Some good friends of mine invited me on a quick weekend trip to Newport, CA. Gotta love Newport! The weather was beautiful and the company was great! It is nice traveling with someone who knows where they are going. We tried some great restaurants that I would have never gone to otherwise. My cute friend Camille is a fashionista and so she knew all the good places to shop. We of course stopped at the O.C. Swap-meat. Camille knew the good tents to go to, so it made the Swap-meat a little less overwhelming. We found some smokin' deals and of course couldn't find the car afterwards:) We got our nails done at a place called "Lovely Nails." The name says it all! We walked in worried they wouldn't be able to get all four of us in. Boy were we wrong. Some of us had two ladies pampering us. We shopped a little at Fashion Island. There was a store there that had a bunch of "vintage" clothing. We had so much fun dressing up in all the tacky clothing. It would be a good place to go to for a Halloween costume. Funny thing is, what I consider a "costume" is another person's regular attire. Maybe I just don't have very good taste?? We saw a late night showing of Alice in Wonderland which I loved, except for the Mad Hatter dance at the end...weird. I think I was the only one into it though because it was almost too late at night to enjoy. We all were trying hard to stay awake! We ate at a hole in the wall restaurant (can't remember the name now) for dinner the last night. It was a little pricey so my friend Jill and I split our meal. We ordered handmade pea ravioli's. We about died when they brought us our plates with four ravioli's each! They weren't big either. The least they could have done was warned us that it's not really a good meal for sharing! We were so hungry! We filled up on bread! Thanks friends for a sweet vacation and fun memories!!!

Balboa Bars for dessert! Yum! For those who don't know what a Balboa Bar is, let me explain. It is a block of ice cream on a stick they dip in chocolate and whatever topping you choose. There is Oreo cookie crumbs, sprinkles, nuts, toffee or the works! I am going for the slice of cheesecake on a stick dipped in chocolate next time!