first stop: wilmington.

I should start by saying (very, very, sadly at that) that I never got to see my sweet friend Kaylyn. (Did I ever mention we met on blogger and then became real-life friends? Crazy!) Our flight out of LAX got delayed by 2 hours which meant we missed our 1-am connected flight. (This also meant we spent a 6 hour layover in Charlotte. I don't want to talk about it, but let's just say I slept on the airport floor while a floodlight shined in my eyes and janitors vacuumed the carpet around me.) Because we got into Jacksonville over a half a day later, all of our plans got changed. Sad.

So our first adventure was in Wilmington, North Carolina. And boy, was it a good one.

Car, I thought of you. I know you would have split the first item on this menu with me. Right?

Cute. cute. cute.

I love this man.

This is Eric, our cousin-to-be. Also know as Top Chef of Wilmington. & he deserves it. Yum.

Us & our fam & our top chef. His armpit smelled good.

His waterfront restaurant, Mixto. Try the guacamole- trust me.

(sorry for the blurs.)

Next stop: Fairfax, VA

PS It's 2:52 as I write this. I am such a terrible sleeper. Wah.