Kel and I took a ride down to Maryland's famous "Eastern Shore" this weekend to officially celebrate our 4th anniversary. Based on a recommendation from MPW's little lady we based our operation out of St. Michael's for the weekend. This quaint little hamlet was only about a 2hr drive from us here at the farm and the perfect place to enjoy a fall weekend. We got there around 11 yesterday and spent some time checking out the area before we got lunch at the Crab Claw restaurant. Right on the water, this place looked to be a local favorite. The gloomy weather kept the crowds away this day, but I'm sure it's packed any other day. I didn't take a lot of photos, but here's a little sampler of St. Michaels...
For dinner we went over to the amazing Sherwood's Landing restaurant at the Inn at Perry Cabin. The Inn at Perry Cabin is the hotel/resort where the movie Wedding Crashers was actually filmed at. Well the big wedding scene anyway. Of course I put our reservation under "Secretary Cleary" to make sure we got a little extra special service. I joke. But we still got an amazing table, right next to the window overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. The room there is decorated exquisitely in a nautical theme and the views just top it all off. This is all before they even bring out the food. Holy cow...one of the best meals we've ever had. Kel had the crab cake and I got the beef tenderloin. We both shared everything so we could each try each others meals and of course we each wished we had ordered the others. If you're ever down this way...Sherwood Landing is a definite must! [we would have stayed at the Inn, but #1, they were booked and #2, it was like $450/night on the holiday weekend!]
Speaking of our stay...interesting story there. We were booked in at the Hampton Inn a few towns away in Easton, MD. A reservation I made over 3 weeks ago. As we were walking around St. Michael's on Saturday afternoon I got a call from the front desk with some bad news. Well, what we thought was bad news at first. Apparently there was some "computer glitch" and as a result the hotel was overbooked for the night. The room that was supposed to be ours was not available! Thoughts of sleeping in a rental car [Besancon, France 2004] and curling up on a train station floor [Marseille, France 2009] quickly ran through my noggin. Luckily the girl offered up a room at the Holiday Inn Express down the street where we'd be able to stay. For FREE. You don't have to tell me twice when they say free. We agreed and off we went. Free hotel room, still got my Hampton points, and the $165 we saved on the hotel room nearly covered the cost of our dinner.
Back to the story...after dinner we decided to check out the new movie Couples Retreat with my boy Vince Vaughn. I think this was our first trip to the theater in about a years time...maybe more. Sadly all the funny parts of Couples Retreat can be seen in the commercials. It was okay...but nothing to rush out and see. Wait for it on Netflix!
On Sunday we checked out the towns of Oxford and Cambridge before making the return trip to the farm. I caught the tail end of the Sox game on TV [listened to most of it on XM] and got to watch the entire Patriots game. Two horrible results, but what can you do. Hey...the Celtics won, that must count for something? And we can't forget the US mens soccer team getting a huge 3-1 victory over Honduras on Saturday, in Honduras mind you, ensuring they'll be making the trip to South Africa in 2010 for the World Cup!
So there you have it...our quick weekend trip down to Maryland.