Year 3 - Day 16 - January 16

We stayed in a pretty nice hotel on Lexington Avenue. Mike got a special through booking.com or hotels.com or something like that. It was a decent sized room for a city hotel room and (for once in our bargain paying days) it wasn't right next to an elevator. But we laughed when we opened the blinds & this was our view. :) For the price we paid, we put the blinds back down and moved on with our lives! I'm perfectly happy to deal with this view to have a great location, great service, and a well maintained, clean, city hotel room.

Year 2 - Day 295 - October 23

Before heading out this morning, we had breakfast at the Dough Roller on the boardwalk. I saw a sign saying they're famous for their wide variety of pancakes so that's what I ordered. Bacon pancakes! Genius idea! Really they just cooked an "X" of bacon strips on the grill before pouring the batter on top, but still, genius. That, added with THIS view made for the best breakfast I've had since my birthday brunch!

Also seen in this picture, the balconies of our hotel. We opted to be cheap and stay on the bay side. It's ok though because you couldn't beat the location and we could still see water! This was the last of our fun meals on this mini getaway and let me tell you - it was fun while it lasted!

Year 2 - Day 244 - September 2

One of the Groupon Getaways right now is a night at the Hunt Valley Marriott. This is the picture they put up. I don't know if it's a random stock picture or if it's actually back woods in Baltimore County somewhere, but I know for SURE it isn't the view at the Hunt Valley Marriott. That place has 83 on one side, a business park on 2 sides, and a shopping center across the street!

Year 2 - Day 52 - February 21

Room service for breakfast!  We both had OJ, I had decaf & he had tea, I had a meat omlet & his was veggie, I had turkey sausage & he had regular bacon, I had strawberries & melon, he had a random fruit cup, I had french toast & he had raspberry pancakes.  I never wanted to leave, but the roofers were coming to fix the roof & he had a PT appointment for his knee, so we came home at lunch time.  We couldn't afford to frequent places like this, but if they do a groupon again, I'm all over it!!!

Year 2 - Day 51 - February 20

 We are away for the night ... it's like a staycation, but in a hotel!  We stayed at the Gramercy Mansion for our wedding night a few years ago, which has a sister property near the Inner Harbor called the 1840's Carrollton Inn.  Awhile back there was a groupon for a day that made the expensive rooms super cheap and affordable for a night. We decided to grab one for fun and then also use a Visa gift card from my Aunt & Uncle to go out to a nice dinner at the Capital Grille.  (So delicious. He had raw fish and I had cooked filet. Yum.)

I picked this room because of the swimming pool sized jacuzzi tub.  If I were about 5 inches shorter, I could go swimming!  And tomorrow morning for the first time ever, I'll get to have room service.  I don't know why I never have, I've been on cruises where it's free, but it's just never happened.  I'm excited by small fun things. :)