Loree's brief Trip Report, mostly pictures 2.22.07 to 3.8.07

[Loree]

Day one
We wake up at 4 AM to arrive at the airport at 5:30 AM.
I had snuggled Izzy all night and just hated to get out of bed
since she was in it with me.
Michael was ready and oh so polite at that hour.
He loaded up all the luggage and even heated up the car. I stepped
out of the car and changed from my
boots to my flip flops.
Could not wait for Playa, my feet were freezing instantly.
Izzy cried so hard when Michael pulled away from the curb,
Brandie and I
went inside, got in the USA3000 line and cried, too.
We felt so bad leaving her, we knew we had to buy her lotsa stuff
to make up for it.
No problem whatsoever!
We arrive in Playa after a great flight on USA3000.
This was my first time on their airline and I was impressed with the
service. We first received a choice of juice when the attendants came
around with a juice bar.
They cleaned that up and came around with your choice of breakfast
sandwich, a sausage biscuit or a ham and cheese croissant. With it, came
a side of fresh fruit.
After they cleaned up that, they came around with the dessert portion
which was a lemon cookie to die for. I had tea with that. I wanted to ask for
seconds, but knew Brandie would yell at me.
Arrive and get our luggage in record time, get the green light and we are off
to the ADO line, but get a better idea. We decided to get private transfer
and wait too long for that, so we get a taxi which we shared with an attorney
from Mexico City. He was good looking and he had 2 cell phones which rang constantly.
We arrive at Posada Freud and our room is not ready yet, so we go next door to
get a drink and along came Susie Q Roo and Rick. I had muled a couple of things down
for them and it was so nice to finally meet Rick.
He really is so sweet in person. I met Susie last year and already knew how precious
she was.
They left and shortly after that, our room was ready.
We promptly changed into our beach attire and headed to El Pirata.
Here are some pictures of the room we had at Posada Freud and the little dog, too!
It was room #3, right next to StewartGand KelliG.
What great neighbors they were, too. They would drop their wet clothes
on their balcony and walk into their room nekkid. Stewart had asked in advance
if this bothered me and I told him no. Ha ha , just kidding.........I
never saw them nekkid.

[queencityfan]

Loree! Good start to what I'm sure will be a fun report to read. It was great meeting you. Glad to see you made it home safe and sound.
Carry on...........

[Loree]

Day One, cont.....
After laying in the sunshine for a few hours, we went back to the room to get a shower
and walk 5th for a while.
This was also the night of the Luna Blue Burger Bash, so I was excited to meet a bunch of
new peeps and deliver all the stuff I had muled down so I didn't have to haul it to the
Hotel Eclipse.
I did take a few pictures at the Burger Bash, but not many I can post.......
Here are the ones I can...........


...this one was taken at Posada Freud after the Burger Bash
Not much sleep was had the night before, so an early night was had by me

I just want to add something here............
Cheri and Tony are such gracious hosts and opened up their hotel to all of us as if it was ours and they had incredible food and drink and the shirts are awesome, too.
They are such a giving and loving couple, I for one, want them to know how much their hospitality meant to me.
We didn't stay at their hotel, so no money was to be made from a lot of us, but we were all treated the same.........
They are awesome and because of their generousity, I will look into staying at Luna Blue next time I go to Playa.
Thank you Toni and Cheri!!!

[Loree]

oops, I missed this one !!

[Loree]

Fat Cat was the next morning..........
It was so much fun and the weather couldn't have been better.
The boat was filled with only peeps, so ya knew in advance it was gonna be fun....
Playa.info did a fabulous job on this..the snacks were awesome and so was the rum punch
Here are a few pictures..........



and Andrea changing bottoms with another peep






the peeps on the net are
Jami, Stewart, Matt and Kevin............
After the Fat Cat, I think Brandie and I went to Carbincitos and I tried the el pastor
It was ok, but wish I had tried the salsa platter
Then it was off to 5th Avenue to walk off the days calories and shop for Izzy stuff and make the call to home and see how much Chuck missed me...............

[Loree]

Saturday night is the meat meet at HC that Stewart arranged.
Talk about good meat and good company, we had so much fun.........
I have a few pics of that night.....








and then on the walk back with StewartG, KelliG and Shirlee, we had to have more fun...........These pictures speak for themselves....
StewartG and Shirlee being silly and oh so cute...........pics taken by
myself and KelliG........


How cute is that????
Kelli and I laughed so hard.............she is such a good wife to StewartG and vise versa
I envy their relationship.............

[Loree]

The next night, I, along with Charity and Matt went to see Tonya's condo.
OMG, I along with Charity, want to be Tonya when I grow up.
The condo is beautiful and so are Tonya and Harold, they are beautiful people..
Some pics from the night in the condo..........









enjoying some tequila shots


Harold goes nowhere without his cooler........


Harold is filling the cooler for our walk to their 2nd condo to watch the sunset



It was such a nice night on the roof drinking tequila shots and beer with great friends!
Thank you Tonya and Harold, you are both so sweet!

[Loree]

the next day, Brandie and I moved to Hotel Eclipse
Here are some shots of the room........










we checked in and then went to the beach at El Pirata, my favorite place to hang out

[Loree]

Here's a few random shots of stuff.............





I love the color of this place

[Loree]

we had some bracelets made with Parker and Morgans name on them
Here is the guy making them
He was amazing..........




It only took 20 minutes!!

[lolabella]

Yeah!!!

I love your pictures!!! More please!!

And I want a margarita too!!

[Loree]

and by the way, at both hotels, I gave Brandie the biggest bed
I am a nice mom

[Babaloo]

seems Brandie was a no-show at most everything you did

....was she doing okay?

[Loree]

Originally Posted by Babaloo

seems Brandie was a no-show at most everything you did

....was she doing okay?

Yes, she was just hot and miserable and I truly believe she was homesick.
It was so nice to meet you Rick

[Loree]

Chuck arrived on the 1st of March about 5 hours after his scheduled arrival
He missed his flight on USA3000 and had to buy a one way ticket on USAir for $342.
No, I was not surprised at all.
This is the same man who runs out of gas constantly, twice in one day recently.
We were so busy having fun that I forgot to take pictures for a few days, but the
next fun thing was our fishing trip. This was arranged by a bartender we met at Schlongo's,
the new awesome deli located 2 doors down from Hotel Eclipse.....
Then he got Montezuma's Revenge.......................(still has it)




catching 2 red snapper at a time







This is the one he is the most proud of........


We took the big barracuda to a restaurant on 10th, the Tiger, and they cooked it to perfection.........