One of my favorite things to do at Christmas is visit St. Augustine's Nights of Lights and ride the
Holly Jolly Trolley! Which I found after a google image search makes me an old lady...
I'm fine with being an old lady because I love the Christmas trolley tour! They give you those super rad glasses (shown above) that make all the Christmas lights look like snowflakes! You also get apple cider and a sugar cookies with your ride at one of the stops. This year they have added a stop at some new candle light walk through tour. Believe me you want to get off at this stop.
Why you ask? Because at this stop you can buy spiked cider and cocoa! There is also a coupon on your super awesome snowflake glasses that will get you BOGO s'mores kits at this stop.
For dinner we ate at the most adorable little outside restaurant called
The Gourmet Hut.
Don't quote me on this but I read on a yelp review that the menu changes daily because they buy all their ingredients at the market daily, but again that's what a random yelper said so who knows? They did bring the chalkboard menus to our table which is adorable!
This place is literally a little hut on the side of the rode. The food was delicious! Both my boyfriend and I ordered the bacon topped filet mignon and were pleasantly surprised with how wonderful it was!
This is it! The entrance to the cutest little restaurant ever! There are two little tables inside and the rest are in a beautiful little garden. We chose to sit inside because it was Florida freezing out and their only heater was at the inside tables (you can see it a little behind me), so of course we chose to sit as close to the fire as possible!
Since I've been talking so much about him, meet my handsome lovie, Ben. I asked him to smile pretty. He's not one for pictures so you probably won't see many of him. It's a rare event when I'm able to capture a photo of this dashing fellow. It's like getting a picture of the loch ness monster, rarely does it happen.
I'm not a very good picture taker, especially when I'm freezing and trying not to look too much like a tourist, but this is the darling garden where you can dine under the stars when it's not coat and scarf weather. It's a deliciously magical little place that I would highly suggest putting on your list!
For dessert we walked over to
Cellar 6. We needed a little break after having such a yummy meal! Cellar 6 has amazing dessert and martinis and I believe they have live music almost nightly!
Earlier in the evening we popped into one of my favorite little shops in St. Augustine,
Declaration Boutique. It is a simply splendid shop filled with the most adorable gifts and treats. We picked out the cutest little ornament for our tree while there. If you are in the area it's a 'must stop' kind of place!
Nights of Lights doesn't end until February 2nd, so you have plenty of time drop a few hints to your lovie!
Merry Christmas dolls!
xoxo Ashley
