Sad, the last full day of the honeymoon! Luckily, it was an amazing last day. Andy and I decided to get massages at the spa at the resort. We just wanted to spend our last day really relaxing since this was vacation after all. Andy always complains about one of his shoulders hurting so I knew he'd love a massage and I was right. But, what I didn't expect was that the ladies at the spa were actually genuinely concerned about how knotted and stiff his shoulders are. At the end of the massage we were shown a basket of different types of products we could purchase including a neck and shoulder wrap that you microwave. We passed on all these purchases despite their insistence that this hot wrap would really help Andy.
We changed and made our way back to the lobby where we were greeted by the friendly staff again and the one lady had a wrap in her hand! She handed it to Andy and told him it was for him to take for free as "part of a special promotion". The whole thing was shady and I'm pretty sure it was a special promotion just for Andy. In any case, he has a nice hot wrap that I insist he uses every time he complains about his shoulder!!
We grabbed a nice lunch outside at Neptune's again. Andy had a calamari appetizer and roasted chicken. I went with a salad, the vegetarian dolmas and the delish veggie wrap I had earlier in the week. I still need to figure out how to recreate their pesto vinaigrette because I loved it.
After lunch we wanted to enjoy a little more time in the pool so we swam and drank a few more dirty bananas! Unfortunately, rain also blew in and cut pool time short. But, it was about time for photoshoot so the rain was a good chance to shower and do my hair. We'd won some free photos from the onsite photographer at a raffle on our first night. We got 5 free photos. Considering they charge you over $15 per picture they take on site, this was a sweet deal! We met with a nice photographer and walked around the resort and snapped photos. We then choose our 5 favorites to keep!!
The photoshoot was perfect because we also had to dress up for dinner. We had reservations at the swanky French place La Toc for our last evening. We were really excited for this dinner!! We settled in for our reservation and ordered appetizers. We started with tuna carpaccio and sea scallop with bacon! Then we had a special amuse- bouche. I was PUMPED! I watch far far far too much food related television and every cooking challenge has chefs make a one bite wonder. The top chef fan in me was a little too excited. It was a teeny bay scallop with a salmon mousse and cavier topped with a free dried basil leaf! YUM!!!
Being at a French restaurant, I of course, ordered my favorite soup... FRENCH ONION! Andy for a salad with caramelized onion, his favorite. For the main event, Andy went with lamb over mashed potatoes, asparagus and bean ragout. I had duck in cranberry sauce over smashed potatoes, plaintains, asparagus and beets. I love cranberry sauce so this was like fancy thanksgiving dinner. Dinner definitely lived up to the hype. We finished the evening with dessert. We had creme brulee and cheesecake with blueberries. Custard-like desserts and cheesecakes are my favorite so this was a perfect way to end our last dinner. We left very full and very happy.
Unfortunately, Monday came too quickly and the next morning we basically packed, had breakfast and one final chance to stroll around before we were off to the airport. Luckily we made it home with no problems. We arrived in Gulfport late at night and our dear Amanda picked us up and brought us to our car. We made the hour and half drive home and finally got home to see Parker and Violet around midnight!
It was absolutely amazing. I can't wait to do it again!
We changed and made our way back to the lobby where we were greeted by the friendly staff again and the one lady had a wrap in her hand! She handed it to Andy and told him it was for him to take for free as "part of a special promotion". The whole thing was shady and I'm pretty sure it was a special promotion just for Andy. In any case, he has a nice hot wrap that I insist he uses every time he complains about his shoulder!!
We grabbed a nice lunch outside at Neptune's again. Andy had a calamari appetizer and roasted chicken. I went with a salad, the vegetarian dolmas and the delish veggie wrap I had earlier in the week. I still need to figure out how to recreate their pesto vinaigrette because I loved it.
After lunch we wanted to enjoy a little more time in the pool so we swam and drank a few more dirty bananas! Unfortunately, rain also blew in and cut pool time short. But, it was about time for photoshoot so the rain was a good chance to shower and do my hair. We'd won some free photos from the onsite photographer at a raffle on our first night. We got 5 free photos. Considering they charge you over $15 per picture they take on site, this was a sweet deal! We met with a nice photographer and walked around the resort and snapped photos. We then choose our 5 favorites to keep!!
The photoshoot was perfect because we also had to dress up for dinner. We had reservations at the swanky French place La Toc for our last evening. We were really excited for this dinner!! We settled in for our reservation and ordered appetizers. We started with tuna carpaccio and sea scallop with bacon! Then we had a special amuse- bouche. I was PUMPED! I watch far far far too much food related television and every cooking challenge has chefs make a one bite wonder. The top chef fan in me was a little too excited. It was a teeny bay scallop with a salmon mousse and cavier topped with a free dried basil leaf! YUM!!!
Being at a French restaurant, I of course, ordered my favorite soup... FRENCH ONION! Andy for a salad with caramelized onion, his favorite. For the main event, Andy went with lamb over mashed potatoes, asparagus and bean ragout. I had duck in cranberry sauce over smashed potatoes, plaintains, asparagus and beets. I love cranberry sauce so this was like fancy thanksgiving dinner. Dinner definitely lived up to the hype. We finished the evening with dessert. We had creme brulee and cheesecake with blueberries. Custard-like desserts and cheesecakes are my favorite so this was a perfect way to end our last dinner. We left very full and very happy.
Unfortunately, Monday came too quickly and the next morning we basically packed, had breakfast and one final chance to stroll around before we were off to the airport. Luckily we made it home with no problems. We arrived in Gulfport late at night and our dear Amanda picked us up and brought us to our car. We made the hour and half drive home and finally got home to see Parker and Violet around midnight!
It was absolutely amazing. I can't wait to do it again!
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