Girl Getaway

Daughters and I relaxed a long way from home over Memorial Day weekend. Loving Tom blessed our leave-taking knowing we were about to collapse from a too-hectic triple of months. Not wanting to eat out as we desired good food whose ingredients were known we cooked our meals inside our suite. On our last night we gathered together what we had on hand and made this meal.


Salad with Tomato/Cucumber/Orange/Scallion Vinaigrette. Lemon Garlic Chicken with Asparagus and a Blueberry Reduction. We'd been eating blueberries and cream for breakfast and had a large amount leftover, thus the reduction which added a remarkably wonderful flavor to the chicken. The asparagus was locally grown brought from home and also in abundance in our hotel suite. For lemon flavoring we used Newman's Own Lemonade that was needing to be consumed. The chicken we bought at the beach along with the garlic bulb and chocolate. What fun to put it all together!


Sparkling cider for our beverage and Green and Black's chocolate eaten for dessert later on while we watched surfers from our balcony.

We barely talked on the trip from valley to shore. Even our first day was surprisingly quiet for us. Our minds were just over-full. It happens, especially this time of year. Graduation, testing, guests guests and more guests, redecorating, parties, school, work, aging parents, flat tires, rain that will not quit.

But after four days of beautiful food, fresh sea air, walks on the sand, and playing along the Boardwalk we found our Vitality Restored.

Perfect Girl Getaway!