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| Another Romantic Anniversary | |
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08/28/07 - Albuquerque, NM After over a week in Albuquerque, it's time to get out of town again |
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Last year, we celebrated our anniversary by visiting the
concentration camp at Dachau (Dachau
entry), and this year is only a tad more romantic.
We're going to the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center!
Perhaps we'll get a meeting room and express our love through Powerpoint... Invite a special guest speaker to our
suite... There are lots of nice resorts in the Phoenix area. Looking at the Bidding For Travel website which helps you place Priceline bids, it looked like people had been getting all kinds of nice places for a steal this time of year (since it's over 175 degrees Fahrenheit right now). The Marriott Camelback Resort, Hyatt Regency Resort, The Boulders...but we get the conference center. Tomorrow is our 9th, and you can rest assured we won't be Pricelining our 10th anniversary trip! But it'll be nice to go hang out by the pool (Hopefully in the shade. Under misters. With cold drinks.), and will undoubtedly be more relaxing than our road trip. Two nights in the same place! Happy Anniversary to Us. |
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| Another Romantic Anniversary - Part 2 | |
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08/31/07 - Albuquerque, NM Celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary in Scottsdale, AZ |
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Well, it was hardly Secrets Capri Resort in Playa del
Carmen (Secrets Capri
entry), but we still had an enjoyable 2-night stay at
the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center (and it cost a lot
less!). Upon arrival, we were pleasantly surprised by the
Spanish-style tile, metal work and paint accents, very
reminiscent of hotels we've seen in Santa Barbara, CA, in
evidence throughout the hotel. While it is definitely an
older property, they have done a nice job keeping it in good
condition (as evidenced by all the Mexican workers fixing up the
fountains in the pool area while we were lounging there).
Our room, while nothing overly fancy, was quite nice, very
spacious and well-kept. The windows had quaint wooden
shutters (adding to the Spanish colonial atmosphere) and our
room looked out over the golf course, for an air of quiet
seclusion (except when a golf ball, we think, hit the building
beside our window with a resounding thunk!). The hotel
staff was very friendly and helpful, while not overbearing, as
we tend to find them at some fancier resorts.
The weather was hot...very, very hot...but the pool was great and it wasn't so bad in the shade in pool area. (The tables beneath the misters at the pool area bar were pretty nice too!) The highlight of our trip was our anniversary dinner at a popular place in Oldtown Scottsdale called Cowboy Ciao, which Scott found on Yelp and was intrigued by all the fabulous reviews. It did not disappoint (an understatement). The food was fantastic (highlighted by their hugely popular signature Stetson Chopped Salad, mixed table-side), the wine was some of the best we've had in a long while, the service was wonderful and the atmosphere was comfortable, inviting and casually elegant - in a word, perfect. In fact, we enjoyed it so much, we returned for lunch yesterday on our way out of town! Hopefully, this anniversary will prove to be more memorable than all of the previous ones that we can't seem to remember (2,3,4&6). But if not, at least we've got it in writing for future reference!
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