Like Berly and Debra S, I drove right by the hotel and had to turn around. I usually take a photo of the hotels I stay at and this time was no different. I knelt down to put a knee on the parking lot to steady myself, and guess what? THAT parking lot was freakin' HOT! I ended up with a small burn mark on my knee. Ouchie. Note to self: Don't do that again!
I grabbed a luggage cart and loaded it up so I only needed to make one trip to the room. Yes, I had a TON of stuff. I knew that Debra H and Aleyna had already checked in the day before so I asked for a key at the front desk. The lobby was really nice.
I called Debra S who handed her phone off to Aleyna so I could find them down at the Historical District. I started describing things I saw and finally Aleyna says, "I think I see you!" Then I spotted her... and everyone else :)
Like the last ILCS retreat I went to, I was the last one to get there, LOL. Pullin up the rear!
During the retreat, we spent a lot of time at the Historical District. For me, it was really fun walking around and looking at the architecture.
I was good and only bought a couple buttons for a mailart exchange I'm working on.
Garden Cafe Ala Fleur had a scrumptious strawberry salad and Cuban sandwich. Mmmmm.... Mmmm... Good!
Back: Debra S, Vickie, Aleyna, Karin, Debra H
Later in the evening, we went back to our "stitching room". Debra S kept calling us the "Discovery Girls" because the room we were in was called the Discovery Room.
Monique from My Mark Designs joined us for some stitching time and brought a trunk show!
10 comments:
Sounds like a grat time! Great pictures too. Makes me want to jump in the car and go on a little trip somewhere.
Looks like you all had a great time!
Nice pictures. Looks like you got the picture with Vickie doing the bunny ears. LOL!
gorgeous pictures Meari! Thanks for keeping us updated. Oh how I wish I had gone. You girls had a blast!
Sounds like a neat time!
Great photos, sounds like you all had a wonderful time!
Looks so fun
Sounds like you had a wonderful time!
Heidi-ILCS
Awesome! I love old buildings, thank you for sharing your photos.
Oh I wish I could have tagged along with you. I love St Charles! I've been to the needleshop and was sorting thru patterns last weekend when I came across one I got there....must have been fate telling me I need to make a trip there again..LOL!
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