Turtle Farm

One morning Grace and her Daddy were laying in bed discussing their "Turtle Farm" they wanted to have. Only turtles, butterflies, ladybugs, and ducks were allowed. No frogs, alligators, or snakes could come close.

Guess where we ended up?

That's right! The pet store buying actual Turtle Food AND a Turtle Aquarium.

Summer Concerts: Kenny

One of mine and Scott's favorite things to do together is go to concerts together.

This summer we kicked it off with one of my favorite performers, Kenny Chesney! :)

He always puts on the best show!

Oyster Bar

As most of you know Scott recently opening an Oyster Bar in Columbia! It has certainly changed our schedule since it opened January 31, 2013! It is located in the old Ben Franklin, right on main street.

Here's a few photos:

Grace has been such a trooper hanging in there while we worked or being passed from one friend or family member to another. We cannot thank everyone enough that has helped with her while we've had to work.

Menu Planning:

We're only open Wednesday-Saturday:

Oysters Rockefeller is on the menu:

We have T-shirts and Sweatshirts too!

One night recently we did Blackened Tuna Bites for as a special. It was delicious!

Grace modeling our OSOB sweatshirts.

Oyster Shooters

Our beer are sold in our signature OSOB mason jars.

Another of Grace snacking on ice cream and watching cartoons while I worked.

Nashville Part 2

While in Nashville we also went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

One of my favorite things in the Museum were the handwritten items from the stars such as letters to their family, but most of all the handwritten lyrics to songs that we know and love.

When in Nashville, we heard you have to go to Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge!

We ventured out of town a bit to visit the American Picker's store, Antique Archaeology. It was cool to see things in the store that we'd seen them "pick" on certain episodes.

A photo of Rippy's during the day. (Where we hung out upstairs after the CMA Awards).

Nashville- Part 1

Back in November, Scott and I had the opportunity to go to Nashville, TN. I have always wanted to go! Not only did we just get to go to Nashville, but we also went to the CMA Awards while we were there. It was the BEST! If you're a country music fan, I'd HIGHLY recommend it! All of the stars together, like one big concert!

We walked over to the red carpet. We didn't have a very good view of it. Under the red drapes are where stars get out of their cars and walk through the white tent to the left. We waiting for about 5 minutes but never saw a vehicle coming so we walked back over to the Arena so we could go ahead in and get our seats.

Our seats were directly stage left. It was a live show and it was amazing to watch how the show was produced. If you didn't make it back from the bathroom before commericals were over, you had to stand outside and miss part of the show.

Lots of artists singing a tribute to Willie Nelson...

After the show outside the arena...

After the show we went directly across the street to Rippy's upstairs and listened to an awesome band. I loved that there was music everywhere in this city!

Hands down my most favorite vacation yet!

Seafood Fest, Part 1 | Guy Harvey & Marc Montocchio

Scott, Ann, Grace, and I went to the Morehead City Seafood Festival last month. On the first night Ann had gotten us tickets to a reception at 36 North where Guy Harvey was in town.

Guy Harvey is  is a "marine wildlife artist and conservationist. His depictions of sealife, especially of sportfish such as marlin, are very popular with sportfishermen and have been reproduced in prints, posters, t-shirts, jewelry, clothing, and other consumer items. Harvey is also a very vocal and active advocate for marine conservation, having established the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as well as the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, an organization that funds scientific research and educational initiatives." (wikipedia) It was really cool to meet him. I think Scott owns close to 10-15 Guy Harvey shirts not to mention the posters, and other items we have that he's designed.

I was also just as excited to meet Marc Montocchio. I've always said if I could shadow another artist one day, it would be him. However, I'd need to learn how to dive first. Marc Montocchio specializes in capturing unique and stunning images of ocean wildlife in their natural habitat especially in the deep blue waters of the open ocean. His work has appeared in numerous international publications, including National Geographic, Marlin, Outside Traveler, Africa Geographic, BlueWater, Tide, Out There, Voyages de Pêche, and many more. He and his video footage have appeared on such TV networks as the Discovery Channel.

Pirates Cove Tournament

If you know Scott, then you know he loves to fish. Offshore fishing is his favorite. This year he fished in the Pirates Cove Tournament back in August. Grace and I went down on Friday to spend the rest of the weekend. This particular afternoon the boat Double B brought in a blue marlin weighing 521.1 lbs. It was really cool to see such a massive fish upclose.

On Saturday night we stayed too and had a relaxing evening, just the 3 of us!

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Lordy, Lordy....

Today is Scott's Birthday! (And its a big one!)

You can tell he's real excited about it, huh?


Random things about Scott:
*He takes good care of Grace and I.
*His baby girl is the apple of his eye, right next to his Nanny.
*He has a brother.
*He graduated from Manteo High School and then NC State.
*He loves fishing, especially offshore fishing.
*He has a desire to get his pilots license.
*He owns 7 different businesses located in 3 different towns.
*He's making that 8 by opening up a restaurant this summer.
*He loves a good deal on real estate.
*Most of his friends call him Scotty Mac.

Top 50 Award

Last month Scott was awarded with a Top 50 Entrepreneurs of 2012 award through Triangle Business Leader.

You can read a little about it here.

Congrats Scott!