We found a great Marriott Hotel with huge rooms for $150.00 on hotels.com, but we found that when we called the Hotel itself the offer was better. They gave us the same price, but with four free movie tickets to any movie.
We unpacked and headed out to Fashion Island and hit all the great stores like Anthropologie, Bloomies, Neimans, Macys (they have a good one), etc...Also, you can bring your doggies into any store!
The sky was filled with ocean air when we were outside which was awesome! After doing some retail damage we decided to go across the street to Tommy Bahamas for a meal to be remembered. If you have not tried it, go! I had the lobster grilled cheese with tomato bisque soup and the pineapple coconut cake. It simply melts in your mouth and is not for all you girlie girls that can't eat!
Feeling fabulously full we headed toward the beach and decided that a wine and cheese platter was in order for later. Trader Joe's is great. Smoked Gouda, Brie, Pinot Grigio....Good times!
In the Morning we headed to Roger's Gardens which I honestly thought was going to be a bit if a bore...And boy I was WRONG! We are talking acres of amazing flowers and plants and a huge retail store. Don't go without money because it will haunt you. It was just lovely!
You can also bike ride at Crystal cove. It is miles long and it has the cutest cottages from the 1940's.
But we still had shopping to do so we drove to South Coast Plaza and had a great Parisian lunch at Vie de France. They know how to rock the authentic French food. I highly recommend the spinach feta croissant and the napoleons.
After a few hours we were ready to head back to our "real" lives and we were very refreshed.
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