Second Full Day in Matunuck

I love being with Marcus, but only with Marcus. 

By that I mean, not with his family. 

My first full day in Matunuck

Friday morning, we woke up to Mark cooking an amazingly delicious breakfast, then took off so Marcus could show me around Rhode Island before we hit the public beach. 

Point Judith Lighthouse

Something about the public beach was just so much more interesting than the private beach right behind our rental house. 

Narragansett Bay from Narragansett Town Beach, RI.

Our time at the beach ended with an hour long search for my flip flop. Helicopter search crews were contacted for help. I will no longer be asking Marcus to carry my flip flops or anything I care about.

My first night in Matunuck

Hey everyone! When I first decided to start blogging—like two weeks ago or whatever—I thought I would be the best at it due to a vast amount of free time.  Yet lately I've been so busy! Not with work or any responsibilities or anything, I've just been occupied while trying out the cottage life in Sodus Point, NY, attending a wedding in Matunuck, RI, and visiting my Aunt Nancy and cousin Alexis in Charlton, MA. 

Driving straight from work to Matunuck for the wedding (with like 2 days notice and motion sickness) was a total effin' drag. I have an inability to not stuff my face during any road trip while I'm not driving, as well as an inability to do nothing for 7 straight hours, so I was bound to go temporarily fat and insane. 

Now, I doubt I am the only one who prefers to sing along to music while driving for extending periods of time, and luckily the driver forgot their AUX cable (sarcasm), so my grunge, teeny bopper, typically 90's, and "Now That's What I Call Music" filled Hello Kitty travel CD case came in real handy. But each CD has a max of 6 songs that I can actually sing along to, so we ran out of music a lot sooner than I would have preferred, especially after driving through the mountains where no decent radio stations exist. 

I did take a few snapshots on the way, though! 

The view across from a rest stop we'd stopped at

Still getting there...

The Braga Bridge

Marcus's face cause I liked it

Surf shop as we got into Matunuck

Our first night there, we went to a get-together at the bride and groom's house. We got there about 3 hours after it started, so the food was put away and everyone was leaving, but we still made it. Most of the people who had been there ended up at the Ocean Mist, a cool little bar where Oshun Roots, a reggae band, was performing. They were decent, the drinks were weak, and I enjoyed every bit of the conversations I had with a great group of people. We left after a bit with Marcus's family to go home and finally get some rest. Except resting was sort of difficult, since the crashing of waves outside our windows kept us up until the birds started chirping very, very loudly.

Durand Eastman Park

This weekend brought the perfect weather for a girl who hates to wear jeans but doesn't have her pool open yet. I decided to take advantage of such a pretty Sunday by going to Durand Eastman Park to get some sun, a little exercise, and a bunch of awesome pictures of my friend Chloe and her dog Dakota.

We didn't stop at the "beach" until we were on our way back to our cars, but it actually wasn't that bad. I thought there would be a lot of debris or stinky mutated fish washed ashore, but there wasn't any more than usual. I'd still never go in that water unless I was trying to impress a guy with a boat though...

LOL

The Lilac Fest 2014

As one of the several thousand attendants strapped with cameras at this year's Lilac Festival, I felt  obligated to capture what the festival is really all about. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to visit the holy Fried Candy Bar stand. So instead, I'm following up with some pictures that I did take while enjoying the event that no longer allows cute little pooches to attend.

I decided to do some spur-of-the-moment modeling as a
favor to the other amateur photographers in attendance Saturday.

Oh whoops, still modeling.

Oh yes, Marcus started to work his stuff for the camera as well.

We topped it off with some couple action. So hot.
Too hot, so we cooled it when we saw a cop coming...

The cop opted for the 2 thumbs up for his cameo appearance here,
 coming to find us shortly after only to make my day. 

Just kidding, that's certainly not enough to "make my day."

The end, because I wasn't even there for very long. 

Those festivals are as boring as lilacs.