Rhode Island - Little Compton Day 3

Day 3: We forgot to book our Kayaks (as I said earlier, if you wanted to do anything after Sept you had to book in advance) so we drove down to a local beach, went apple picking, stopped at a horse stable and farmers market. It was amazing, the farmer's market was a help yourself store, see the picture below:

Overall...the people in Little Compton were amazing, they were all super friendly and helpful...I was just blown away by their hospitality (especially at the hotel). At the horse stable, we weren't going to ride or anything and they still took us on a tour and showed us some of the tricks their show horses could do. Little Compton is a cute little relaxing place to go and enjoy the peace and quiet and get a little in touch with nature.

Rhode Island - Little Compton Day 2

Day 2: We woke up to a really amazing breakfast...the first day I had an omelette and really good danishes. The staff at Stonehouse was amazing and took really good care of us. While we were driving to R.I. they were constantly looking for golf course for the boys and booking the spa treatments for the girls. I got the Sea Mudd Purifying Envelopment, I thought it was ok. I originally wanted the Sea Luxe Healing Cocoon but they told me I couldn't have any wine 24hrs after wards (and I only drink one glass a night) and didn't want to risk it because I wasn't sure if we were going to a vineyard after wards or not.

By the time we were down with a full breakfast and the spa treatments it was already 3pm, so we went to lunch and then it got dark. Once it gets dark there is nothing to do around there...so we went back to the hotel. We met an employee there and asked if they had bonfires...i think they usually didn't have them this time of year, but they started a fire for us around 8pm. The thing was we didn't go to the fire right away, we had dinner reservations at the hotel restaurant's 1854. The food was ok and when we were almost finished with our meal, the staff brought us gram crackers, chocolate, marshmallows, and sticks for roasting marshmallows....s'mores time!!!! We ran out to the bonfire and were the only ones there...so we brought down the laptop (for music) and wine and enjoyed the rest of the night outside again.

That night I learned just how much my roommate liked to play with fire...just to be clear it wasn't dangerous or anything like that, it was more for photo-opts...see for yourself:

Rhode Island - Providence & Little Compton Day 1

I have been MIA for a while cuz of work :( and trips :)

Two weeks ago I went to Rhode Island for a relaxing getaway with 4 other people. I am usually not the 'relaxing' traveler, however, that week I really needed it. In addition, I knew the craziness that was heading my way (at work) so knew I had to take it easy.

Day 1: we went to Providence and did the obvious Little Italy and the famous Pastiche...to our unfortunate timing they weren't selling fruit or lemon tarts until Jan. I feel like all the fun activities close down after Sept. (couldn't do the barn tours because you had to book in advance...and no waterfire after Oct)

Another issue was eating...since I was going to relax...I wanted to eat what I wanted, when I wanted. And it turns out, all the restaurants I did research on were only open during dinner time :( so we just ended up eating at a random supermarket.

We did a tour of the Breakers mansion and then took pictures along the cliffs. Unfortunately, it got too cold to do the cliff tour (and it was getting dark).

It was already late by the time we made it to the hotel, Stonehouse, so I didn't notice how beautiful it was right away. What I was blown away by at first was the stars in the sky haha. Living in the city you don't see any of that, so even though it was freezing the whole group decided to walk to the beach. (please keep in mind the hotel was not next to the beach and it was pitch black...so one of the hotel staff members gave us his pocket flashlight) The walk was 10-15 minutes, but it was dark...the little flashlight helped a bit but not for all 5 people.

I have a wild imagination, so you can imagine what was going through my mind while we were walking to the beach. Nothing but tall grass on one side of the trail and the lake on the other side...hmm it was either monsters crawling out of the lake or something jumping out of the tall grass or hiding in it looking back at you. I tried to walk in the middle with my boyfriend on one side and my roommate on the other, but they just kept falling out of formation. I was so lame, I actually screamed twice cuz I saw a shadow haha.

By the time we made it to the beach it was too cold to enjoy, I think we sat there for 5 minutes and just turned back for the hotel.

As for the room, it was an interesting layout, a little funny, but I think it was because they renovated an old mansion. The decor was modern but homey at the same time. In both of the bedrooms, it looked like they kept the old sinks but it wasn't in the bathroom, it was in the bedroom haha...I liked the idea but thought they should have actually done something with it so it would have a purpose. Like turn it into an wine bucket (for chilling bottles) or put some plants in it or something.

Another thing I liked was their book selection...they had a lot of books in all 3 rooms...from fiction, to nonfiction, to photography books.