Birthday Adventures!

We celebrated Hoss's birthday with a Sunday brunch at the yacht club where Gerard and Tracey rent boats from.  We met some friends there and shared a great breakfast meal!  After totally stuffing ourselves we drove to the Masarati Polo Club to watch a US Open Polo championship match.  As never being to a polo match, and knowing absolutely nothing about the game, I had many questions!  Many of my questions had to do with financing such an expensive sport!  They call it a king's game!  The horses are gorgeous, the field gigantic, and the people range from average to fancy schmancy!  Valet parking was a continuous line of highend cars that were well over 100 grand!  Drinks are expensive...I stuck to water, and that cost me 4 bucks!  The game was fun to watch, the horses give 'er snoose, and the riders are fit, and talented!  We had a great afternoon!

                                           Breakfast!

                                           A Masarati.

                                         Divots, as in golf, need to be repaired.  The game is divided
                                        into periods called chukkas, and after each period, divots are
                                         repaired by grounds keepers.  At halftime, the crowd is invited onto
                                        the field to repair divots, drink champagne, and receive
                                        small tokens of appreciation from game sponsors.

                                          Not liking champagne, I stayed in the stands and took
                                           pictures!

                                          

Road Trip...Again!

We rented a car, yes, another car, and headed over to Orlando to visit Universal Studios!!  We took the scenic route which takes you into the intercoastal islands.  It's a beautiful drive, with beautiful beaches, neat little restaurants, very beachy lifestyle!  I love it!!

Universal Studios was great fun.  There are two parks, so we bought a 2-day ticket so we could see it all, and do it all, and we did.  Quite exhausting!!

                                           Along the way and back, we stopped at a couple of beaches.

                                         The Despicable Me ride was great!  Even Hoss enjoyed it!!
                                         He is now a minion fan!!

                                          I never watch The Simpsons, but this ride was a lot of fun!!
                                          I now know who Crusty is!  

                                           Fabulous!!  We went twice!

                                         

                                          We got totally soaked!!!

                                           Harry Potter!

                                          Popeye's....again totally soaked!!

                                            Hagrad's abode!

                                          The Rocket.  Very scary...we went twice!!

                                             A great ride.  Lots of fun!!

                                          Back to the future...the Delorian!!

                                            Awesome!!

                                           We had a great lunch at Hard Rock!

Lobster, Lobster!!

Hoss and Gerard seeked out the lobster seller and bought heads and tails.  Hoss made lobster bisque out of the heads, and Gerard barbequed the tails, and a whole whack of clams.  We had a delicious meal of lobster soup, lobster tails, clams, salad, linguini with pesto with friends down at the pool of the condo.  Oh, and there was also dessert, if you could squeeze in another mouthful!!

                                           Hoss's lobster bisque.

                                             Shucking clams!

                                          Awwww..... finally the food!

Hurricane Alley

We went for supper with Lorraine and Nancy, good friends of the Demaers!! The name of the restaurant was Hurricane Alley!!  Yikes!

New Friends

While in Lantana we were invited for supper to a good friend of Gerard and Tracey's.  Nancy was inviting, friendly, and we had a wonderful evening at her home.  It poured cats and dogs, but didn't damper our time!

Goodbye and Hello!

We say our goodbyes to Gerald and Wanda, and head back to Lantana, and have another great meal with the Demaers!

Stone Crab

We had a delicious meal of stone crab!!  This was to die for!!  Yummy!!  Wanda purchased them from a guy selling out of his truck on the side of the road.  He's a fussy old guy, and will only sell to people he knows!!  Lucky us!!  The legs come already cooked, you eat them cold, and can garnish the meal with lemons, and/or butter with garlic.  But, honestly the meat is so tender and sweet it is great on its own!!