South, but no quite

So, in Richmond, VA with Mariel until Sunday. Luckily we flew down so the comute was pretty quick. When we arrived there was still some afternoon left, and so we dropped off our bags at the hotel and went in search of Maymont "An American Estate." This was one of those really old mansion with gardens that was donated to the State after the death of their owners, who had no children.

The place is pretty breathtaking, and is now used as a huge park. Unfortunately we were too late to tour the house, but not too late to tour the grounds. The Mansion in question:

After we drove around looking for some good eats and ended in a part of town that didn't look too savory, but it was worth braving in order to eat at Croaker's Spot. We didn't know it was somewhat of a chain (there's another one in North Carolina) but it's the kind of chain you're proud to eat at, so it's all good! ;-)

I had me a generous serving of blackened salmon, these fillets were super flavorful and came with mashed red potatoes, steamed broccoli, and a block of corn bread.

I ate it all. Not a bad way to begin to get to know a city, if I do say so myself.

Que me des tu cariño...

You know how sometimes you're having so much fun you forget to take pictures, and then later you're like, "oh no!"?

This was one of those. Got to see Juan Luis Guerra in concert with Mi Cariño, Analiz and Wilken. Mi Cariño and I sat in a different tier, so really we saw it alone and said hi during intermission. It was in Radio City Music Hall. It was my first time. He sang a lot of my favorite songs - not all of them because he has too many that I love. I'm so glad that this is something that Mi Cariño and I share.

For your enjoyment, someone else's view of some of the songs, since I don't have pictures of the evening really. I have my own videos of Juan Luis that night, but those... those are just mine and my baby's.