Monday, March 9, 2009

Back from how the other half lives

I visited my rich aunt and uncle this weekend. It was actually a lot of fun. They live in Naples, Florida. Their condo is 8,000 sqft. It's right on the beach. Point being, it was gorgeous.

On Friday, they sent their driver to pick up David and me at the airport. They came down to the security station to take us up to their condo. We decided to take it easy until dinner time, when we went barhopping across the street. We went to four places, though I only accurately remember three of them. Let's just say later that night, the bathroom was my bed.

On Saturday, we took it easy again. We went shopping where my aunt insisted on buying me a cute summer dress and a pair of skinny jeans, which look shockingly ok on me. We came back and laid out by the pool for a while. Before going out, my aunt made her great margaritas and they were, as named, wonderful. Later that night we went downtown and ate way too much food. David had Nigerian shrimp, which were literally 8 oz each. My lobster tail was the size of my head and my aunt's King Crab leg was the length of her forearm. We went to bed early that night because the night before had killed us all.

On Sunday, we went to pick up my grandmother who lives down the street from them and went to brunch at their country club. It was nice and we saved half of our sandwiches to make people jealous on the flight home. It worked. Then, after hanging out on the beach for a little while, we packed and their driver took us to the airport.

All in all, quite a nice trip. But, the funniest part is the fact of how the other half lives. I mean, a driver? A housekeeper? When she wanted to wash her hair on Saturday, she walked across the street to her hairstylist and had them wash her hair. They didn't look at bills, just signed them. The sit on their lanai (otherwise known as us po' peeps as a balcony with nice furniture) and drink and read the paper.

But, it really just reminded me that when I get rich and famous, I will have all those things too. ;) Except, I won't read the paper, cause who does that anymore under the age of 50?

Below is their dining room chandelier which is made completely from Swarovski crystals:

2 comments:

Ashley said...

Chandelier = holy crap.

Blair said...

Yeah, that thing is ridiculous.