Monday, July 10, 2023

Cars & Coffee - our favorite spot

beautiful morning for a drive
cars and coffee at Salve Regina - beautiful spot
lots of cars













Bolts was warm and ready to go :)
we did stop for an iced coffee in downtown Newport


 

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Rain showers and Beer

rainy afternoon (we've had a lot of these)
we met a friend at the BYC bar for a short race committee meeting
then we met our friends at a brewery to talk about the yacht club summer cruise
and we finished with pizza at Brick!

 

Friday, July 7, 2023

Surprise Concert!

We bought tickets for Mac McAnally a few weeks ago.  We've known his music for years and love it.  He's made music with Kenny Chesney & is a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.  He's also a 10 time Musician of the Year winner.  So we were excited to see the flyer about his upcoming concert, especially since he was playing at our favorite coffee shop.  Yep, Thriving Tree cafe which has now changed hands to Sunset Cove.
warm & windy evening - about 200 people in attendance
bar line :)
Mac sang one song, and then started an old favorite - It's five o'clock somewhere.  And when the lyric "what would Jimmy Buffett say..."  Jimmy himself came on stage and sang the rest of that song as well as a number of other old favorites!  The crowd was so excited!  It took a few moments before people really realized it was really Jimmy, and then everyone was on their feet.


such a magical night!

Loved the surprise!
Mac & Jimmy sang a number of songs, and then Mac finished the party with a good number of his own, including Down the Road, a duet with Kenny Chesney.  At this point, we wouldn't have been surprised if Kenny showed up too, ha ha. 




picture taken by my friend, Sarah - she was a little closer than us.  We could have wormed our way to the front, but didn't feel like we needed too, since it was already a small venue.  Sarah already had front row tickets due to her friend Andre.
Love Jimmy, Mac, and Sunset Cove!!
 

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Independence Day festivities

July 3rd - party on Sea Rose!



then fireworks

full moon rising
July 4th - parade!  Very soggy start - happy we were at friends that had tents



then we were off to our other friends who were celebrating their first year on the parade route!  Champagne at 11 am - sure!





then we were off to our friend Bob's new condo.  He's our Mojito maker.  The sun was out by now and it was a steamer!   Nice views from his new home.  The parade had already passed his home, so it was much quieter


we missed making it to our friend's Bill & Judy's beautiful front porch.   Hopefully we'll be back there next year - we ran out of time this year.   Our final stop after the parade was to our friend's Linda & Joe
lots of kids - teenagers now, giving it a whole new vibe.  We've been celebrating here for many years now


and then the T storms came
crazy rain
Mitch getting the water off the tents
later, we moved back inside for more food.  OMG - so much!

Fun times!