Kai Bar and The Treehouse Tavern and Bistro

This past weekend we visited two local restaurants I wanted to share with you guys.

On Saturday night we met up with Tim's cousin Derek and his girlfriend Ally to get drinks at a bar on Main Street in East Greenwich. 

Kai Bar is in a little building on Main Street and has a beach vibe from the second you walk inside. I was completely in my element. We each had two drinks and both of mine were very different. The colada I had as my second drink had cream in it so I ended up not being able to finish it because it was so heavy compared to everything I've been used to drinking lately. Everyone kept saying that their drinks were super strong though which is always a good thing!

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Then on Sunday morning we went to The Treehouse Tavern and Bistro in Warwick for brunch. 

This treehouse is located outside, but the inside was even cooler. It was very eclectic and if you are ever in the area you definitely need to check it out. There were so many decorations I found myself distracted and looking around constantly. The brunch was also delicious and I ate my bacon and cheddar omelette, rosemary potatoes, and toast quickly. Everyone else had a drink with breakfast while I enjoyed some tea. I would definitely go back to this restaurant in the future because it was so different!

What new restaurants or bars have you tried out lately?

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend with family and friends, I certainly did!

On Saturday, I spent a ton of time spring cleaning which I will be sharing with you guys this week. Then I went out for something yummy...

I had a gift certificate for $10 at our local ice cream stand, Lickety Splits so I met up with my best friend Rachel, her boyfriend Ant, and her sister Sara and headed off to get some ice cream! I told them I would donate my entire gift certificate to our ice cream cause as long as they would cover the rest, and it worked out great!

The ice cream you see above is chocolate chip cookie dough with hot fudge, whipped cream, and rainbow sprinkles- it was pretty amazing!

It was so nice to visit with Rachel and her family- they are truly the nicest people and it was so great to spend time with them. 

Yesterday I had an amazing time with my family, we went to brunch at a restaurant in Stonington called Noah's Restaurant. 

My meal was awesome...

I had the roasted turkey breast sandwich with a side of home fries. I wish they hadn't been so stingy with the home fries- they even had chives on them! Yum, I love chives.

After we finished eating we took a walk through Stonington Borough, where Dan decided to jump the wall and scare us all half to death.

I also took an awful cute picture of Dan and his girlfriend...

It was a great weekend spending time with friends and family! =)

How was your weekend?!

New York City Weekend

On Saturday afternoon when I finished work, I drove straight to my friend Rachel's apartment in Guilford CT and then we headed straight away to the city!

Rachel's college roommate Katie lives in NYC and had agreed to host us for the weekend- it was so nice to see her! I think it had been about two years since I had seen her- it's crazy how fast time goes by!

On Saturday we mostly walked around, just taking in the sights of the city. Our dinner that night was AMAZING. We went to a Japanese restaurant which immediately made me a little nervous. I am not entirely adventurous when it comes to trying new food, but it was awesome.

We went to Gyu-Kaku which is a cook-it-yourself restaurant. You order the meats and veggies that you want and you are able to cook it yourself at the table. There is a grill in the middle of the table. We ordered two different steaks, ribs, and chicken. For our veggie we chose garlic spinach, and we also ordered a side of rice (that was cooked for us) that had garlic in it as well. I also ordered a drink with dinner, called a tsunami- it was vodka and blue curaco based and delicious to the last drop!

So the dinner was great- could dessert possibly be better? Well my friends, the answer is YES it could! I had s'mores. Yes, you read that right. I had s'mores. Since we had a grill right on our table- I toasted the marshmallows right there at the table and they were amazing!

After dinner we headed to a nearby Irish pub and had a couple drinks and chatted a ton until about 11:30 when we suddenly became old ladies and headed off to Katie's apartment to crash!

The first thing we did on Sunday morning was get cupcakes. There is a little shop called Baked by Melissa and they sell mini cupcakes and oh my are they delicious!!

We each got two- I had a chocolate chip pancake cupcake and a cookie dough cupcake. Both were amazing and I could have eaten 10 more. However, we needed to save room for brunch. Katie decided to take us to her favorite restaurant for brunch.

Gina's is a small restaurant and made me a little nervous at first, I ordered a tea but as someone who generally eats the same things for breakfast every day I didn't see anything on the menu I wanted to order to eat. I ended up ordering eggs florentine only because they had homefries. I figured that worst case scenario I could just eat the homefries and survive off of those...but I really liked the eggs florentine!

It was really pretty looking too! I only managed to eat one because they were quite filling.

After brunch we walked around quite a bit- we sat on the steps at the MET and strolled through Central Park.

We saw a ton of things in Central Park- the Alice in Wonderland statue, Belvedere Castle, and much more! I was shocked that there was a "castle" in Central Park- it was something very exciting that I didn't expect to see. As always when I come back from New York there are a million things I still want to see- including the apartment from Friends, the door stoop from Sex and the City, the Museum of Natural History, and so much more! I guess that just means I'll have to head back there again soon!

Thank you again Katie for having us for the weekend- it was an amazing time!

What did you guys do this weekend?