Sunday, February 12, 2012

Valentines Day

We decided to celebrate Valentines Day last "weekend" (our days off are Wed/Thurs).  One of the sacrifices of working in a casino AND a tourist town is that you learn to celebrate holidays on days other than the official day...

We had to go to Newport to meet with the accountant for our taxes so we decided to make it a day.

We had lunch at our favorite seafood place:  Local Ocean.  It is located right on the historic Newport Bayfront and they serve the freshest seafood I have ever had in my life.
We shared a bowl of Roasted Garlic and Dungeness Crab Chowder and also had the Grilled Halibut with applewood smoked bacon, edamame, red chard, udon noodles, and ponzu sauce.

After running more errands and dropping the car off to get some maintenance done, we headed to Nye Beach in Newport to check out the local art co-op and other cute little shops.


I loved how the seagulls lined up in this one
After browsing for a couple hours, we stopped at an Irish pub called "Nana's".  We were really happy to find out they had Strongbow on tap (an apple cider ale).  They also make their own hot sauce here.  It is so amazing!  We managed to get there during happy hour so we enjoyed some appetizers with our drinks.  We had the chicken bites with their special sauce and some fresh cut french fries loaded with corned beef and cheese. Yum!

 Both of us were pretty full at this point, but then the waitress sold us on their homemade bread pudding
It did not dissapoint.

It was a wonderful day and I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband that loves and cares for me.

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