Wow let's see, where to start.....The Bottle and Cork? The Rusty Rudder? Starboard? Perms 'n Worms?

Let's just start at the top. We recently got back from our summer vacation, a full 7 days in Dewey. Although, I have to admit that I wasn't particularly looking forward to this family trip primarily due to location. However I have to say, Dewey actually surprised me a bit! Don't get me wrong, it wasn't by the scads of loud drunks wondering the streets at all hours of the night or the fight that we witnessed in rudder town, or even all of the "girls gone wild" stories. It just really boiled down to a few key points:

-First, the beach was just really great at Dewey. Not so crowded(everyone's hung over in the am from the night before) and it's a quick walk from anywhere. And of course you can't beat Sharky's for an early morning snack before you hit the surf.

-Secondly, the proximity to the great restaurants in Rehoboth. I still like Rehoboth a bit better overall, but this is a close second I think.

-Third, the jolly trolley was a big hit for the kids.

-And lastly, you obviously can't beat the night life. And when you have a few groups of friends down at the same time like we did, combined with the incredible family coverage we were fortunate enough to have, it all seemed to come together really nicely! Good food, great friends and family...and oh yeah and great margaritas too!;)

Here are some pics of the Scappa's Summer Vacation, Dewey style.

Chris and I recently discovered an old treasure as we were rummaging through some things attempting to clean out our office armoire. To our delight, here's what we found. It was an unmarked cd of pictures. "Pictures of what?", you ask? It was from a really fun trip Bill, Erika, Chris and I took several years back to Jamaica. Man, the memories came flooding back(albeit cloudy). For example, I kinda forgot I was a fairly frequent smoker(putting it lightly)! Poor Chris....well first off, I forgot that she'd cut her hair that short at one point, but secondly(and more importantly), she was pregnant at the time. So she really couldn't fully enjoy all that Jamaica had to offer. However, although Chris wasn't able to take it all in (like the different types of spicy jerk chicken, the freshly brewed red stripes, the silly mai thai's at Mango's Bar, the amazing blue mountain coffee, etc), she certainly gave back as much as she could. You see she was about three months pregnant with Olivia at the time and that was pretty much peak nausea time for her. What a trooper!

Needless to say, we've immediately started planning our next trip back to The Ritz Carlton, Rose Hall. :)