This was such a fun time. Back in March we were lucky enough to win a free trip to Salt Lake City! Ok, well, Mike earned every bit of it. They had a competition at work that whoever got the largest % of their guys to training in march would win. He worked so hard for it! We were in suspense till the day before if we would win or not, but I knew he would do it! Our fav. co-worker won as well, so we got to hang out together, yay!
We dropped the girls off at my sisters house on the way down, so they had a blast as well playing with the cousins. (don't i have the best sister ever to watch them for us?)
(they're both wearing scarfs Nia made in pre-school)
Then Mike and I continued our drive and tried to decide where to eat to spend our $100 for dinner! It was originally for Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, but we heard it was waaay too easy to spend more than that there, and we wanted to try something different, cuz I'm a foodie wanna-be. :)
First we stopped at our hotel and I of course ran straight for the b-room in the lobby. Oh, btw, here is where we stayed:
We've been lucky enough to get to stay here once before, on a previous Pinnacle bonus trip several years ago, and loved every minute of it. My fav. part had to be the ice-cold citrus water they served in the lobby, I couldn't get enough! mmm...
While Mike was checking in, he saw some players from the Heat meandering around before the game. I guess the NBA has a standing contract with Grand America or something. Sweet! (don't remember the players he saw, it wasn't lebron, so I don't know, ha)
We relaxed a bit and freshened up before we met our friends, Ben and Jen, to head to dinner. We decided to go to the Copper Onion. I had never heard of it before, but Mike's boss, who is an actual foodie reccommended it to us.
It didn't dissapoint. But at first we were a bit...lost. Our waitress was terribly snooty, and didn't deign to take the time to explain the menu to us. Excuse me for not knowing that you have a starter before the starter! She really was awful, but the food was so good I didn't care! We started out with a cheese board with some cured meat and bread. I am still craving that cheese...mmm! Then we shared a short-rib patoon, or something like that:) and some asparagus. I would have been happy with that, honestly. tender short ribs with an amazing sauce over crispy crunchy potatoe wedges. And the asparagus had a sauce with lemon...best veggie I've ever eaten. We each got an entree and shared them all around to taste. Mike stuck with a good thing and ordered the short-rib stroganoff, I got sea bass, Jen got a steak, and Ben got meatloaf. Mike's was by far the best, but I think it was all good, we were all getting full by this point tho! This was so much fun, I have never spent so much on a meal before. (still came in under our $100, so some to spare for snacks at the game oh yeah!)
On to the GAME!!
Jazz vs. Heat
A great game!
We had awesome seats, I was surprised how close we were. Of course, we nabbed them off of craigs list, and ben had to go to some random place to buy them, let's just say he had his gun. Thanks Ben!!
It was a super good game. I was naughty and cheered for the heat. they lost by 1 point in the last few seconds. :(
After the game we went back to the hotel, and were so tired we went right to bed. AHHH....a whole night of guranteed uninterupted sleep, are you kidding me? This may have been the best part of the whole trip! I didn't sleep in much, I had an appt. at the spa!
I decided to splurge and try something I've been wanting to try for a long time, eyelash tinting. It was fun, and relaxing. :) Here I am, all prissy after the spa (trying to lift my pinky, not say hang loose! haha...get back thumb!)
We spent the day shopping and driving back home. It was a short, but wonderful trip! I really need to plan more super-dates in the future...
