Toes. Bare toes. Covered with sand. In January! Which means: I went to Florida. Spent four days there last week(end) with Liz and her friend Shawn from Nashville. It was 80 the morning we flew into Fort Lauderdale, but by the afternoon the clouds had rolled in and it was only in the upper 60s. Still, it was fabulous to see green grass and palm trees instead of a foot of snow and salt-covered cars!

On Saturday we took the Water Taxi along the Intercoastal Waterway, where we saw humongous houses and $60 million yachts. Unreal! Strolled along the River Walk (the photo above is from a restaurant there), went to an art festival, and even did some shoe shopping (of course!). Here’s a picture of me trying out a lovely tiara at the Galleria:

Spent a lot of time at a bar called the Blue Martini, where I tried a pear-flavored and a grape-flavored drink (the grape one even had a flower floating in it). Here’s my favorite photo from the trip, a close-up of a drink Liz ordered:

On Sunday the weather was much warmer, and we were able to get in some serious beach and pool time. Yay! After warming ourselves in the sun all day, we had a delicious meal of stone crab at a restaurant on the water, where I took this picture:

There a ton more photos of the trip here. I also have a few shots that I need to transfer from my cell phone, but we’ll leave that for another day, just to extend the memories of being somewhere where it isn’t constantly snowing!