So, on a whim, I decided to check to see who flies out of Westchester County Airport. After all, it's about 5 miles from where we live! Turns out, JetBlue has several flights out of HPN and a direct flight to Nassau, very reasonably priced. PERFECT!
Even though we were only planning about 3 weeks in advance, we decided to see if anyone else wanted to join us and we got 4 of our friends (2 other couples) to come along.
So, last weekend (Thursday to Sunday) we went to the Bahamas for a long weekend with some of our friends. It was SO nice to be away and to hang out with everyone.
It was literally 8 degrees in NY when we left. It was in the mid 70s most of the time we were in the Bahamas. Not crazy hot, but definitely NOT 8 degrees!
We stayed at the Sheraton Beach Resort & Casino. We picked it because Brad has the SPG points, so it was the right price. :-) The pool area and beach were nice, the food was overpriced (as expected) and the casino was a little lame. But, it all worked out nicely.
C&R stayed with us and A&M had their own room (first come, first serve for the free rooms!).
We had our first dinner out at The Poop Deck . The food was good, if a little pricey. We tried our first of many conch fritters, and continued sampling Gumbay Smash drinks everywhere we could (started at the pool!).
B and I went on one scuba excursion with Stuart Cove. We hadn't been on a dive since our certification dives almost a month ago so it was a little stressful, but we got to see some cool stuff.
For lunch we went to the Fish Fry and tried Twin Brothers. The food was good, service was mediocre, kind of slow.
Dinner number 2 was at Montagu Gardens. They picked us up at our hotel more than 30 minutes late, but we tried not too get too frustrated by that. The driver gave us a little tour and history of the restaurant, he was hilarious, so we were in a better mood once we got to the restaurant. Since we got there so late, we closed the place down! The food was good, less expensive than the Poop Deck, similar quality. The wine, drinkable but not so good. R&C go the Guava Duff for dessert, they had been talking it up the whole trip. I tried it but didn't love it.
The next day the whole crew went on the "off road" Segway Tour. I was really nervous that I would fall off the thing, but I got the hang of it quickly and had a ton of fun!
As I write this summary it's starting to look like we were just wasting time between meals. :-) Most of that time was at the pool, napping, or in the casino, you're not missing anything.
Our last (and best) dinner was at Brussels Bistro. The mussels were sooo good, and I'm not really much of a mussels person. The rest of the food was really good too, and it wasn't that expensive. Once again we closed down the restaurant. It's a small place but I'd definitely go back if we return to the Bahamas!
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