Can you imagine my surprise when Mr. Nine called me just a few weeks ago and said what are we doing on Feb 23rd? Just that question made me know that it was something so good! And indeed it was, and last-minute trip to sunny Naples Florida for our much-needed vitamin D pool and beach fix!
Flying in Style
Look...a pineapple in my drink and sooooo GOOD!!
Accommodations
With it being so last minute, it was kind of just roll the dice and pick one. I have to say Mr. Nine picked an excellent choice and we could not have been happier with our accommodations. The Naples Grande Beach Resort is in a wonderful location and the service there was spectacular. We had a lovely breakfast buffet each morning. Anytime I can get fresh fruit and a homemade omelette station, I'm a happy girl! They had an adult pool and a large family pool with a slide that was such a fun area to be in, to swim and people watch. Not to mention, the tiki bar mixed up some fabulous drinks and wonderful lunches.
I'm a Sucker for an oversized chair any day!!!
Literally, our lunch every.single.day!!
Food
Of course the pool lunches Segway right into one of the most important things on vacation and that is the food! When I am on vacation, I seriously do not worry as much about what I'm eating but I still tend to make some more helpful choices at times. Our lunch is pretty much ended up consisting of the same thing every day because it was just that good! We would split the my fish tacos and a side order fruit and they would give us some wonderful beans and rice of which we dip homemade nacho chips in the beans and it was delicious! When we go on vacation we like to get a mix of different kinds of restaurants, so the first night we started out with Italian at a place called Rosedale Brick Oven ran by to old-school Italians Joe and Joe. We had this for phenomenal fried rice ball for an appetizer.
Next up was a place I had read about and made reservations. M Waterfront Grille. We sat right by the water and it was a magnificent meal complete with my fav...a key lime martini!!
The Heirloom Tomato and Burrata Salad was spectacular!!
Cheers!!
We were able to walk down from our hotel to a place called Waterside shops where we ate at BrickTops
Gorgeous area
Oh my word...I would've gone to Naples just for this app....Deviled eggs and Millionaires bacon....absolutely delicious and so unique to see on a menu.
Next up, Pool Time
As I said, there was an adult pool and the family side pool which was huge and we actually enjoyed spending time at both. The only drawback was it was one of those things were people went down at the crack of dawn to save their chairs with towels so it was kind of a scramble but it worked out great and boy it sure was fun to people watch and take a refreshing dip every time we got hot. One of the things I love most resorts like this is the service. They come right to your chair and get you whatever you need.
View looking down from our room
Leopard Fly Away Tankini top from Target HERE
Best tankini top ever, the top portion stayed up even in the pool without the straps and it was so flowy and fun.
Beach time.
I would have to say that was the only drawback of this resort is it is not a walk right out to your beach kind of place. There is a tram that you have to take through the Grove and across the bay which is about point 7/10ths of a mile. We also would walk it the sometimes but it was just kind of nice to hop on the tram. They literally have six trams running so you get there in no time. Again, so nice to have a cabana boy grab your towels and umbrella and seat you in a prime location.
Outfit pictures/Shopping/Cars
And last but not least and when I'm in the sunny location vacation very important is shopping and outfit pictures. There was absolutely wonderful shopping located close to us but I never shopped once. Can you believe there was a Nordstrom only three blocks away and I never went? It was just more important to spend time in the sun, have great dinners and enjoy my husband instead of
trying on 38 pairs of jeans and sandals , ha ha. Now, had we been there for a week, a serious shipping day or two would have occurred.
Mr. Nine was gracious to take a few sets of outfits pics for me for Wednesday blog posts. We only did one with the good camera as the iphone gets some good ones. Can't wait to show them to you!! Here is a sneek peak of my dinner outfits:
The cars in Naples are amazing. Everywhere you look is a sports car. I'm a sucker for red calipers.
GREAT TRIP and counting down to the next one. Nothing like exploring destinations outside of the cornfields of Indiana!! Happy Monday Beautiful Babes!!
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