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Hunt for the perfect moisturizer...

My skin is a dry flakey mess. If only there was a moisturizer that worked as well as egyptian magic cream but abosrbed faster so I could reapply it in the office as needed. I ended up buying Complex 15 and Aveeno - the only two options that were fragrance fee. I wonder if bag balm is fragrance free?

Weekend in Westerly

We went to Westerly, RI a few weeks back (Apri 12 to 13) to get away from the chaos of home. With Matt's students, Lola being ill, and crazy avweek it was nice to get away from it all. The trip was filled with quaint and yummy restaurant stop overs and tons of shopping. It felt very New England, though I'm not quite sure what that means. All I know is that I enjoyed visiting, though I couldn't imagine being permanently living there.

Water Street Cafe, Stonington Borough
Our first pit stop, after shopping, was at the Water Street Cafe. The plan was to shop a little and then drive to Kitchen Little but we ended up shopping a lot and hand to find an alternative since KL closed at 1. Water Street was a delicious find. The decor was a little kitschy.

I had the miso halibut lo mean, which was chock full of ginger goodness.

Matt had the steak with a very garlicky sauce. He liked it. Me not so much. But the fries were perfectly crisp goodness.

After lunch we walked around a bit. It was a rainy day but the sun broke out while we were eating lunch. Very cute, TINY town. I took pics with the Holga and crossing my fingers they came out. Will post those pics if there are any.

We checked in at the Villa in Westerly. After an extensive search for a property in the area with a hot top, with the help of Ask Sunday, I chose the Villa. All the work and didn't even turn the water on in the tub. Oh well, next time.

We had dinner that night at the Up River Cafe, which is raved on and on about in various sites. It was just eh. The service was painfully slow and the food was not as inventive or as memorable as everyone claimed it would be. Cute interiors though.

Had the pork tenderloin dish and it looked pretty much the same as when it came (below) after I was done with it. When do I ever leave food on the plate? Not a good sign.

I put the pics for the breakfast at the Villa in tripadvisor too. It must be noted that since it was an eggs-travagant breakfast, I only ate the granola. Matt had nooooo problem eating everything else.

We were nearby Foxwoods so of course we got our gambling on. I was up $500, but then Matt was down about as much. Oh well. On the way home, we stopped in Mystic, CT. We planned to visit the Aquarium but were scared away by the $18 entrance fee. So we walked around Old Town Mystic instead. Saw the bridge. Went window shopping. And had lunch at the Daniel Packard Inn. It was very cute...again felt very New England. I should really make sure if I have a good grasp of what feeling New England really means. Maybe
our next trip will be more up north and I can compare and contrast.