Newport Day 1

There is no easy way to entertain oneself on a 6 1/2 hour road trip. Only two hours into the trip and I already caught up on all of my blogs using my Blackberry and the battery is flashing red. After a while I tried to figure out what every field and tree was. Peaches, tomatoes, watermelons, strawberries, cherries? O who cares! Are we there yet? Finally we arrive at the hotel. Thank goodness because I don't know who has me more annoyed with the "are we there yet?", Chris or the kids.


The hotel is located about a mile from the John Wayne Airport, too bad we didn't fly in, and the first thing Chris and I notice are the Jamba Juice and Starbucks located across the street. Yes!We check in, and head to our room. My first impression is: ehh, not the Fairmont elegance I was expecting and I'm not too happy about the valet only parking but the rate was good.


We check out our room and are satisfied with it's size for the four of us. The beds are very comfy, too. We drop off our bags & head over to the shopping center across the street to let the kids release some energy. They need it as much as we do. After finding a mexican restaurant and sharing a plate of nachos we head back to the room to attempt to take a little nap. At 5:30p we hear a knock at our door and are surprised by a hotel employee delivering a fruit platter. Chris tries explaining that we hadn't ordered anything, but the nice gentleman insisted the fruit was for us. After some back and forth of this Chris finally understood it was a welcome gift, along with a welcome note hand signed. Nice touch.


Tonight we had dinner and drinks with Tavo & Maryann at a place called The Yard House. Tavo and Chris had these gianormous beers, while Maryann and I had a cocktail. Dinner was as expected for a chain restaurant, but I'd return so Chris could have the 100 plus beer selection.


Tomorrow Maryann is taking the kids to the happiest place on earth and I'm getting an early morning facial. I cannot wait. I have no idea what Chris and I will do for the rest of the day without kids, maybe we can catch up on some sleep. We'll just have to find out tomorrow.