Weekend in Newport

Newport, RI. According to my husband it's the best place on earth. I have been to Newport a couple of times before but always off-season (when it's freezing cold).  When we saw Newport wine fest tickets on sale for half off back in April we jumped at the idea. We booked ourselves a cute bed and breakfast (Fair Street Inn, 28 Fair St., Newport, RI 08240- http://www.fairstreetnewport.com/ ) that is located in the heart of Newport. (see pics below) The bed and breakfast itself was OK. For $200 bucks a night we were still in a small room with a communal bathroom. Based on the tasty (free) breakfast and the FANTASTIC location we would certainly stay here again.

 We arrived in Newport on Saturday morning with enough time to check out some shops and a local bar before we headed over to the Wine Fest. http://www.newportwinefest.com/ We were at the afternoon session, along with hundreds of others who had also bought the half off vouchers on-line. Subsequently we had to wait in two different lines for nearly an hour just to check in. The festival was COMPLETELY oversold and you could barely walk in one of the tents. We did enjoy the beverages(whiskey, vodka, beer, wine) and food vendors that were there. Overall, it was fun but we wouldn't return. (see pics of the wine fest below).

Hubby was happy with his Free Peroni Hat! :-)

After the wine fest we walked around people and did some ridiculously fun people watching :-) For dinner we went to a super cute Mexican restaurant that we had been wanting to try since we were here earlier in the year. Perro Salado(http://perrosalado.com/) is in an old house with tons of charm. Usually there is a pretty long wait but we came a little later and lucked out with an inconspicuous two top. For a drink I had a watermelon margarita.. it was surprisingly refreshing and didn't have an overpowering watermelon taste. For an appetizer we had the avocado fries which were AMAZING! The waitress recommended these and we are so glad she did. For dinner I had the pork carnitas tostada which was simply seasoned and soooo good. (see pic below) Overall, the food, ambiance, and drink were GREAT!

On Sunday we woke up, went to the beach, and did the famous cliff walk. (see pics below) The beach was beautiful and water warm. The cliff walk was absolutely gorgeous, although quite hot as the sun was beaming down. In the end, we ended up a little burnt :-), but thoroughly satisfied with our weekend getaway to Newport.