Fun times in St. Pete Beach

Last weekend Grant and I went to St. Pete Beach and stayed at The Don CeSar Resort. I had a work meeting at the resort Wednesday-Friday, so I flew in on Wednesday and Grant drove down Friday morning and met me when my meeting was over. We were able to get a great deal using the Lilly rate for the weekend.

View from my chair at the pool/beach

Our hotel - beautiful and PINK!

We spent quality time at the pool, beach and around St. Pete. On Friday I laid out by the pool for a bit waiting for Grant to arrive. When he arrived we went to the hotel gym together and worked out before going to dinner at the Middle Grounds Grill. I The food was good, but when we went to leave it started to pour. I was bummed because I wanted to see the sunset...oh well! We made it back to the hotel as the rain was clearing up and decided to go down to the pool/hot tub.

On Saturday we went to the Seahorse for breakfast. We had heard great things about this place, but we weren't impressed. It's hard when you compare all breakfast places to the Ivy in Gainesville or Eggstacy in Chicago. It was, however, in a cute area, Pass-A-Grille, that we enjoyed checking out after we ate.

Some pics from Pass-A-Grille

During the day we hung out by the pool and enjoyed the free "pool pampering" offered at the resort. This included free smoothies, frozen grapes and watermelon that was brought by periodically on silver trays! We decided to rent a wave runner and go out into the gulf. It was a lot of fun!

That night I worked out while Grant napped before dinner. We decided to go to Billy's for dinner. I had gone there with work earlier in the week and thought Grant would like it. Their house salad was really good! After dinner we went back to the hotel and were able to catch the sunset and a wedding on the beach.

After the sunset we went to the hotel restaurant for dessert. It was really yummy! We definitely should have tried dinner there one of the nights...next time!

We woke up on Sunday, checked out and headed to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. We each played some blackjack and three card poker for about an hour before heading back home. It was a lot nicer than I thought it would be...and super crowded for a Sunday morning!

On the way home we stopped in Gainesville for lunch at one of our favorite places, Leonardo's pizza. It was so nice to drive through campus and enjoy some great food and great memories! I cannot wait for football season to start again! I definitely want to go to more games this year.