V is for Valentine's Day

Brad and I had nothing special planned for Valentine's Day, until in the middle of church he turned to me and asked me if I wanted to go on a mini trip since he had the next day off. We decided to rent a car and drove a scenic route (also conveniently the fastest way) from NYC to Newport, Rhode Island. We had a ton of fun and actually took some pictures (we haven't touched our cameras previously since our honeymoon).

We spent hours exploring the cute little town of Newport. This tavern has been around since colonial times.

Courthouse - old movie creepy looking!

There was no room at the inn. Literally, I wanted to stay in an inn or b&b, but they were all full!

We stayed at The Newport, which turned out to be a very convenient location and right on the harbor with beautiful views. They also had a swimming pool that we didn't find out about until we were already there and didn't think to pack swimsuits in the winter!

Super cute Christmas store that I really, really wanted to be open but it wasn't.

We ate here to celebrate Valentine's Day -- it was delicious!

Different views of the world - same place but this is Brad's shot and the one below is mine.

The Breakers - Vanderbilt summer home - most beautiful, exquisite place I've seen in America.

There were so many beautiful views and we went light house hunting. We were only there for about 24 hours but did so many things!

PS - per request, a NY blog post will come soon. Also in the works is a post of Bee's wedding in the Virgin Islands!