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Hi everyone!  I'm back...again:)  Sorry for the delay!  For whatever reason, it's taken me longer to get back into the swing of things after this little trip then from our week long deal:)  I need a good weekend to get me back on track...and thankfully ONE STARTS TODAY at 5:00! :) hahahahahha....

Butttt....before the weekend starts, I thought I'd share my little Mystic recap with you, since we managed to have some gooood eats in this teeny tiny town:)

After our 2 hour road trip up to Mystic...you KNOW our first order of business was LUNCH! :)  We headed over to the Olde Mistick Village which was right across the street from our hotel (the VERY reasonable and a lot nicer than expected Mystic HoJo!) and went to "Ten Clams".  The place was just a little diner type place with SUPER cheap eats (all under "Ten Clams"...as they say:)....AND the food was SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!  I started with a cup of Potato and BACON soup (couldn't pass that up:)...complete with oyster crackers, which I heart:)

Butttt I was MOST excited to try my 'main dish'...my first ever LOBSTER ROLL! :) 

I was actually AFRAID to have any more of these for the rest of the trip, because this one was just sooooooooooooooooooo good!!!  Stuffed to the GILLS with HUGEEEEE Lobster chunks and made stratospherically outstanding because it was served on a BUTTERED ROLL.  HELLLLO?????  Heaven, I tell you! :)  Lobster goodness...for like, $6.95....Can't beat that!

After lunch, we went to troll around the little shops in the adorable village....

And managed to pick up a little treat on the way...coconut truffle the size of a golf ball?  Yes, please:) 

For dinner that night, we headed down to the main street in Mystic near the drawbridge which had plenty of cute shops and restaurants along the water.  We decided to try out "Ancient Mariner" which we LOVEDDDD because not only was it cozy and nautical...but it was also pretty decked out to put us in the spirit for Salem:)

We started by splitting an order of the garlic bread.  And this was no ordinary garlic bread...because how can you make garlic bread better??  Answer:  Add BLUE CHEESE!  Hell yeah!!  Soooo good:)

And for dinner...my friend & I decided to play a little round of angel and devil, as we decided to split a salad and an order of mac and cheese....

And no, not regular mac and cheese:)  When in Mystic, LOBSTER Mac & Cheese is the only way to go:)  Check it out...they weren't even skimpin on the good stuff... :)

Devil...Angel :)

The salad was actually really good too:)  It probably wasn't TOO much of an "angel" since it was packed with craisins, blue cheese, spicy walnuts, apple slices and apple butter dressing...butttt we figured it was better than 2 HUGE bowls of mac and cheese EACH:)  hahahahhaha....

After dinner, we decided to forgo dessert in the restaurant since my eyes just naturally gravitate to any signs that scream "ICE CREAM!" :)  And even though it was freeeeezzzing, we decided to head over to Drawbridge Creamery and check out their delights:)  As soon as I saw Apple Pie Ice cream on the menu, I knew I had to have it!

OK...I lied...I did spend a good 5-10 minutes in contemplation since they had soooo many good flavors:)  But my FALL instincts won out and I got to enjoy this cinnamony sweet treat while THANKFULLY keeping warm INSIDE:) hahahahahaha....

Breakfast the next morning was about as quaint & cute as the town of Mystic itself:)  After a quick Google of "Best Breakfast in Mystic", we found ourselves at this place...Kitchen Little.  Seriously, how cute, right??

And since the place was SUPPPPPPER TEENY-TINY (I can't even IMAGINE breakfast there during the HIGH SEASON!!) we snagged a table outside in their little heated tent...

The tent was actually SUPER warm & toasty AND we got to enjoy some BEAUTIFUL FALL views while we ate:) 

Win/Win!

Well, it was actually a Win/Win/WIN because the food was REALLY good!  How could I complain when the special breakfast of the month was Pumpkin Walnut pancakes???  UGH!  SOOOO delicious and perfectly seasonal:)  I heart you, Kitchen Little:)

After that, we headed on our way north to Salem!  I'll post more about that tomorrow! 

However, I do have one more Mystic eats for you:)  As I'm sure you're wondering...and YES...we did make a stop at Mystic Pizza on our way home...

Was it good?  Yes.)  However, we Jersey folks are a little jaded & spoiled with our pizza since we have some of the best IN THE WORLD right in our neighborhood, let alone the surrounding states...so I will say pretty much what everyone told us before we went: "It's pizza" :) hahahahahahahahhaah.....

...but we got our Hollywood fix before heading home:)

So can anyone else NOT believe Halloween is THIS WEEKEND?????????  Where did the year go???  I feel like I blinked on Labor Day and now it's OCTOBER 29th!  I better start slowing down and enjoying all of these days cause they are flyin FAST!! :)  Hope you guys have great Halloween plans this weekend!  I gotta run home after work and get busy cooking because we're having some folks over for dinner and to get our carving on!  And I MIGHT just be trying out a new treat invention of my own....MWAH HA HA! :) 

Have a great Friday!!

Oh...and since it's Friday, I'm still adding one dish to EKat's Potluck despite feeling off my cooking game this week:)

Check it out!!  There are some GREATTTTTTTTTTTT Halloween entries for today!!!!!!!!