Fabulous Fripp Island, South Carolina - April 20-26, 2009

Once again, Jaime and I were honored to be invited to spend a week with friends Kathy and Rob at their amazing oceanfront beach house on Fripp Island, South Carolina. This year, their friends Wanda and Alan also joined us from the Tampa, Florida area (where Kathy and Rob reside when they're not globetrotting).

We enjoyed incredible weather - warm days and cool nights - and spent the week biking, walking the beach, swimming (well, kind of; the one time I actually planned to swim, it was low, low tide, and I had to walk what seemed like miles out into the water!); visiting historic Beaufort, SC, and eating wonderfully well! We ate most of our meals at the house, taking turns cooking (smoked salmon, steaks, fresh salmon, tuna salad with fennel (thanks to my niece Kim's recipe), gourmet chicken salad, rum cake, chocolate chip cheesecake, and many more luscious treats! We also dined out two nights at a fantastic seafood restaurant where Jaime and I had the best soft-shelled crabs we'd ever eaten and a wonderful Mexican restaurant. Sadly, I have had to return to my diet this week. Boo hoo!!!