I rolled my eyes at my husband as we walked to Hot
Springs’ mountain top tower to overlook the city. “You’re making that up. You
better watch it, because I’ll make you walk up those stairs.”
“No, seriously, there’s no elevator,” Kyle said without
cracking a smile. “You climb the stairs up and then there’s a lift that brings
you down.”
And then he grinned at me.
We had come to Hot Springs the night before, arriving
hungry and ready to chow down on some Italian food from our favorite place, J
& S Italian Villa. This is what we found.
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| No J&S for us that night! |
Burned. Burned to the ground.
Thankfully, my aunt randomly texted me a happy
anniversary message and informed me about her favorite Hot Springs restaurant –
Belle Arti downtown.
It was amazing. I might have eaten leftover lasagna for
breakfast the next morning. Okay, I did.
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| Caprese salad, our favorite appetizer! |
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| My lasagna |
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| Kyle's steak |
The actual day of our anniversary, we decided to do the
touristy things, eat breakfast downtown (YUMMY banana pancakes), shop downtown,
grab some fudge…and visit the top of the mountain.
As we walked in the doors to the mountain tower, the two
guys working the counter looked at us and immediately said, “The elevator’s
out. It’s 21 flights of stairs to the top. But there’s a discount.”
I looked at Kyle and burst out laughing. “Serves you
right!” I said. “And we ARE walking up!”
We bought a sports drink and started the 21-flight hike,
along with other sad souls. We took SEVERAL breaks as well, but, after going up
for what seemed like forever, we finally reached the top.
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| After the long hike |
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| Hot Springs |
Happy anniversary to my best friend! Can’t wait to see
what our seventh year of marriage brings! =)
6 comments:
Happy Anniversary !Bummer about the restaurant but it looks like it turned out ok. :)
The stair climbing made me laugh, but yay for you two for doing it.
Happy Anniversary you too! I want some of that food... ha!
Umm *two, and that one we cannot blame on auto correct...ha!
We love caprese too!!! Sp yummy!
Happy anniversry! I think it'll be the best year yet!
Happy Anniversary!! I was thinking when you said you did the "touristy" thing was that you went to one of the bath houses!!!
happy anniversary!! looks like you made the best of a couple of unfortunate surprises
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