In February, Steve and I made a trip south to get out of Cleveland's bitter cold.
Our first stop was Saint Petersburg, Florida to visit Kevin and Lisa and celebrate Lisa's birthday.
We spent two days laughing and eating and drinking and then laughing again at so many great places.
Lisa's birthday dinner was at Sauvignon...quite literally the best scallops we've ever had!
We enjoyed more delicious food and some espresso martinis during lunch near the pier at Juno and the Peacock.
Drinks at The Vinoy were a bit of a flop, but the resort was gorgeous and the weather was perfection!
Finally, dinner at Wild Child was awesome. The brussels and burgers were the highlight!
The weather was warm and Lisa and Kevin always know how to show us the best St. Pete has to offer. We had the best of times with the best of friends. Cheers!
For our next stop, we took a quick flight over to the Atlantic coast to visit Ron and Jean who were snow birding in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
We enjoyed more fun in the sun with a few days at the beach complete with some extra pink skin.
Happy hour and dinner at Vinnie's is always on the agenda!
We had dinner here 3x :)
To celebrate Valentine's Day, we enjoyed dinner in Fort Lauderdale at Anthony's Runway 84 eating great food with great friends.
Downtown Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has several restaurants and bars that are within close walking distance to Ron and Jean's rental. There is a great selection and so many happy hour specials!
After our week of fun with friends, Steve flew back home to Cleveland and I stayed back with Ron and Jean to work remote for a few days. Ron made us breakfast every day, Jean and I took daily walks, and we made dinner at home. We also walked into town a few times for dinner and live music.
It was quite lovely!
Burgers at Billy Jack's was one of the dinner highlights. I ordered The Elvis with bacon and peanut butter. It was incredible...along with everything else. There was barely a morsel left.
Yuuummmm!
Ron and Jean were great hosts. Jean and I worked and played and we all enjoyed our time together. After all of this fun, it was time for me to get on the road.
I still had a few more days to enjoy this February Florida weather!
On Sunday night, I drove two hours north to Vero Beach to meet up with my work colleagues to visit three of Florida's five Cleveland Clinic hospitals. We spent Monday at Indian River hospital in Vero Beach.
That night we drove an hour south and spent Tuesday visiting Martin North hospital in Stuart.
On Tuesday night, we drove another two hours south and spent Wednesday at Weston hospital near Fort Lauderdale.
It's a trip I've made many times with a lot of ground to cover in three days. We hold a lot of business meetings, we round the clinical areas and always host a CEO Town Hall for all hospital employees to attend and ask questions.
After 2+ weeks in the Sunshine State, it was time to head back home.
Cheers to always living our best life!
