Part 2
Okay,so it's Sunday, we woke up, looked outside and decided it was a good idea we had already made plans for the Red Bar. It was still overcast and windy but warmish. We had planned to meet the Supermom family outside. We drove by and saw them waiting for us. I had an advantage b/c I saw SM's picture and knew what she looked like. It was so exciting. Just like she said before, sort of like a blind date. We walk up and meet the whole adorable family.
Superdad had put our name in for a table and it was going to be a while so they took us on a little tour of their condo that is right next door. I've seen pictures of it before but those just do not do it justice. What a light, airy, colorful, beautiful place! I loved it.
Our beeper went off so back to the Red Bar we went. Dread was playing and the place was packed. We sat down and decided what to order. Both Mr OL and I had the mahi mahi sandwich which was very good. I can't remember what Sam had but I know Dylan had a grilled cheese. A very tall one.
We had a wonderful conversation even though we were trying to do so with Dread in the background.( a good thing) We scoped out Steeleing 1, GK and Rowie P. I walked over and introduced myself as OL to Steeleing 1 and she was so sweet, she asked what my real name was. I know so much about her and her family through sowal, it is kind of like meeting a celebrity...well she is a local celeb. I make my way back to my seat when another local celeb arrives. We spot him and call him over. He's standing closer to mr Ol and waves to me at the far end of the table. I think he asks mr OL if he's got a name other than Mr OL. 
It's kinda crazy inside so we finish up and go out. We say goodbye to the SM family and hope to see them again. It was so grayt meeting them.
SJ was sitting outside hanging with Grayton kid and a few others. I gave him a hug and we talked for a while. After two years, it was really nice to put a name and a face together on this one.;-)
We then decided to hit the beach for a bit. We walked out and it was still very windy and I think it got colder so we changed our minds and decided to take a drive up to Gulf Place. Supermom told us Blue Orleans had really good gumbo so we thought we'd stop there on the way. We stopped but they weren't open. They were steam cleaning carpets or something. We checked out the little artists shops at GF and went into Miss Lucille's to get the kids ice cream. 2 teens were on their computers or I would have sowalled for a bit. I think they were talking to each other. :roll:
Back to the condo to hang out and watch movies. The Palms have the hallway bunks. Dylan slept on the top and Sam on the bottom. This lasted about 3 days before Dylan got tired of sleeping on the top shelf in a closet.
End of the day
Okay,so it's Sunday, we woke up, looked outside and decided it was a good idea we had already made plans for the Red Bar. It was still overcast and windy but warmish. We had planned to meet the Supermom family outside. We drove by and saw them waiting for us. I had an advantage b/c I saw SM's picture and knew what she looked like. It was so exciting. Just like she said before, sort of like a blind date. We walk up and meet the whole adorable family.
Superdad had put our name in for a table and it was going to be a while so they took us on a little tour of their condo that is right next door. I've seen pictures of it before but those just do not do it justice. What a light, airy, colorful, beautiful place! I loved it. Our beeper went off so back to the Red Bar we went. Dread was playing and the place was packed. We sat down and decided what to order. Both Mr OL and I had the mahi mahi sandwich which was very good. I can't remember what Sam had but I know Dylan had a grilled cheese. A very tall one.
We had a wonderful conversation even though we were trying to do so with Dread in the background.( a good thing) We scoped out Steeleing 1, GK and Rowie P.
I walked over and introduced myself as OL to Steeleing 1 and she was so sweet, she asked what my real name was. I know so much about her and her family through sowal, it is kind of like meeting a celebrity...well she is a local celeb. I make my way back to my seat when another local celeb arrives. We spot him and call him over. He's standing closer to mr Ol and waves to me at the far end of the table. I think he asks mr OL if he's got a name other than Mr OL. It's kinda crazy inside so we finish up and go out. We say goodbye to the SM family and hope to see them again. It was so grayt meeting them. SJ was sitting outside hanging with Grayton kid and a few others. I gave him a hug and we talked for a while. After two years, it was really nice to put a name and a face together on this one.;-)
We then decided to hit the beach for a bit. We walked out and it was still very windy and I think it got colder so we changed our minds and decided to take a drive up to Gulf Place. Supermom told us Blue Orleans had really good gumbo so we thought we'd stop there on the way. We stopped but they weren't open. They were steam cleaning carpets or something. We checked out the little artists shops at GF and went into Miss Lucille's to get the kids ice cream. 2 teens were on their computers or I would have sowalled for a bit. I think they were talking to each other. :roll:
Back to the condo to hang out and watch movies. The Palms have the hallway bunks. Dylan slept on the top and Sam on the bottom. This lasted about 3 days before Dylan got tired of sleeping on the top shelf in a closet.
End of the day
I made it as far as Blue Mountain Beach on my bike & decided that "coughing up a lung" would not be a good first impression & figured you would not want to share my germs. Probably a good decision as I am fairly certain I did share my germs with 3 others in our beach house, one of which ended up at the ER on Saturday. 
