Mini Vacation

I originally posted this on the SSP blog.  


I used to think that going on a vacation so close to home was a really lame idea. I was wrong.

Traveling to far-flung places is still something I would love to do. But with most of our time, energy, and money being funneled into our company & baby (not that we're complaining!), a weekend trip to a nearby town was the perfect vacation for us right now. Park City is only a 30 minute drive from our house. (And it's actually the first place I lived after moving to Utah with my family when I was 15.) But even though it's so close, we rarely get over there to explore. Now that I've been reminded of what a nice place it is, though, I want to start taking little day trips over there as often as possible!

Some of the things we did:

+ Ate ham & cheese croissants for breakfast at the Bakery at Windy Ridge. (So delicious, we decided to go back the next day!)  

+ Stayed up way too late hanging out with our friends Kristin & Craig, who were also in town staying at their aunt's condo. (Kristin designs our Lark line.)

+ Walked down a lovely path alongside the most picturesque barn.

+ Went to El Chubasco for sopes and the salsa bar.

+ Stopped by some shops on Main Street, including Olive & Tweed, Prospect & Prospect Youth, Cake Boutique, the Crosby Collection, Davies-Reid, and Dolly's Bookstore.

+ Went out to a movie for the first time in months.

+ Fed the ducks and ate lovely salads on the back deck of the Deer Valley Grocery-Café.

+ Figured out that we could put Ingrid down to sleep in the same room as another kid (as long as they couldn't see each other). 

+ Relaxed in the shade on the Windy Ridge Café patio, while eating a yummy dinner of tuna and local vegetables.

We had such a great time! And it was so nice to spend an entire Saturday just relaxing and having fun rather than working, running errands, or cleaning the house as is our usual routine. Especially since we've had an especially crazy schedule at work lately with new collections, a new website in the works, and the holidays just around the corner... We felt so much more refreshed coming back to work on Monday.