Dali, Funny Signs and Drinks

While in Clearwater, Florida, last week, I was lucky enough to finally go to the Salvador Dali museum in St. Petersburg, something that I have wanted to do since I was a little girl. Not only is it the biggest collection of his paintings in North America, it also featured a show about Dali's view on women in his art, which was a fascinating and beautiful show. Afterwards, Joshua and I walked around downtown St. Petersburg looking for galleries and lunch, and not only did we find both, but I also saw two of the funniest signs I have ever seen.

Carried by a homeless man on the corner of Hwy 119 and some street: NEED BEER TO LIVE. I swear, if he wasn't on the wrong side of traffic, I would have given him a dollar just for that. Maybe more. I even considered turning around to do just that.

On a tattoo shop in the downtown St. Pete area: No people under 18, drinks, drugs, drunk people, smelly people....Open when we're here, Closed when we're not. They weren't there. Otherwise, I sooo would have gone in. After a pit check, of course.

Afterwards, we found a place for lunch at the first place since we had arrived in Florida that didn't offer us 2 for 1 drinks. Which, incidentally, in Florida does not mean if there are two people, one drinks for free. Oh no, they're too smart for that. What it really means is that they bring you both drinks right then. Which means at any given time, Joshua and I had four margaritas on the table. Which also means we only needed one round and a long walk on the beach or a good swim before driving home. By the end of the week, all I wanted was a freakin' Pina Colada, which were never 2 for 1, so this weekend, I'm making a round!

Pina Colada

3 oz Malibu

3 oz pineapple juice

3 oz cream of coconut

Blend with ice, pour into hurricane glass.

Float 1/2 oz Midori on top.

Have a great weekend! xoxo

Back from Vacation!

We're back from a wonderful vacation to beautiful Clearwater, Florida! While we we're there, we avoided rain and bad weather and were very blessed with sunny skies, lots of fun, and light breezes almost every day. Sierra was all about the dolphins this trip! We enjoyed a cruise the first day where we saw dolphins, who liked to play and jump in the wake of our boat:

And other nearby boats:

We went to the Clearwater Rescue Aquarium, and visited Winter, the tail-less dolphin with the prosthetic tail and other rescued dolphins:

We spent a day in the sun on Caladesi Island, voted the best beach in the US in 2008 and collected shells and sand dollars when we weren't swimming:

We also swam in the pool almost every day, where Sierra proved she can, indeed, swim, despite her claims otherwise and a false fear of the water the past few years. To top it all off, we went to Clearwater Beach and enjoyed the sun, sand and surf, which thanks to the hurricanes that completely avoided us, were awesome!

Now that we're back, fall has begun in Kentucky and the best season here has begun- craft show season! Back to work!

xoxo

Vacation

After meeting all kinds of great, interesting people all weekend and nearly sweating my body weight in water at the Arts and Crafts Show, I am off to Clearwater, Florida for a week of family fun in the (hopefully) sun! I will be back, in rare bloggin' form September 9th. Be sure to visit my Etsy shop that week, as I will be adding an entire new line of mix and match pendants and necklaces that range from super kitschy to super pretty, dozens of new gemstone necklaces, bracelets and earrings, and new paintings! Until then...