little palm island

One of the final nights with my family was spent wining and dining at my favorite restaurant on Little Palm Island. The island is gorgeous and so calming: no children allowed and no cell phones. If you don't have your own yacht you can take the island's 15-20 minute boat-ride to your dinner (or your stay). More information on the island can be found here.

After our initial tropical cocktails of watermelon mojitos and mango-strawberry rum smoothies, the key deer began to come out. At first they are cute but they were on a mission to lick all of the salt shakers on the island. They would not take no for an answer. Cute...but pushy...knocking glasses and anything else over in their path they did not care about anything but the SALT! The evening was filled with kobe beef sliders, bottles of Sancerre, lobster risotto, and saffron cheesecake (on my part at least!). As the night went on and the sun set, the tiki torches and candles were the only light sources.

 

As the night came to a close, the cocktails and wine made for terribly blurry photographs.  I was forced to put my camera away and enjoy the warmth of the fire pit on the beach and the soothing sounds of the pianist, guitarist, and vocalist before laying on the dock on the plush foam chairs staring at the stars.

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key west

As my mild-tan begins to fade, I can enjoy looking through pictures from my adventures last week. The week was filled with two of my favorite places in the keys: Key West and Little Palm Island!

The day in Key West (sadly not long enough) was focused on my favorite topic in the world: food. In particular, this trip was for key lime pie and smoothies. We were there to EAT and eat we would! First stop: Blue Heaven.

 

 

 My family stumbled upon Blue Heaven many years ago and were immediately obsessed with their unbelievable key lime pie with the tower of meringue. The food and tropical cocktails are also delicious but that day I was more focused on the roosters wandering around and the key lime pie.

After a lunch, piece of pie, and a quick cocktail (or 2!) we wandered up and down Duval Street. 

 

The day ended with my favorite bakery: Cafe Moka. For years I have searched for the best iced chai...and I have found it...at Cafe Moka. My history with iced chai is long and this search has been tedious but finally fruitful! There was no way I was leaving this cafe without finding out the brand of concentrate they used. It is my pleasure to introduce you to my favorite chai concentrate in the whole world:

  Big Train Spiced Chai mix...the easiest and tastiest chai I have ever made. Nom nom nom.

Tomorrow I am taking advantage of the Boston Winter (?) Restaurant Week for dinner and cocktailS but soon I will write about my favorite restaurant ever...at Little Palm Island.

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