At The House By The Lake

Posted by: Kiki on: April 26, 2010

In: Oh The Places You will Go | Uncategorized
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After last week’s mini ordeal at the ER, I was advised by my doctors and my mom to take a break from Alex. Boooo! This turned out to be sound advice after all as I ended up having a lovely lovely weekend at the house by the lake…

We were invited by Flower and her twinpophub to Franklin Lakes, NJ. It’s a beautiful piece of property overlooking a tranquil and breathtaking lake. It’s definitely a home away from home. There couldn’t have been a better spring weekend to do this great getaway. The company was homey and familiar, the weather was perfect, the food was heavenly and the bubbly was bottomless. So trading up Alex this weekend wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

First let me show you the house and its divine surroundings. This is the front of the house with all of Spring’s glory in full bloom.

Here’s another shot from the driveway. Check out how lush these plants are.

Asthma and allergies aside, Spring is definitely the most wonderful time of the year.

Here is the garden at the back of the house that opens up to The Lake and our chosen hang out for the weekend. Pretty is all I can say.

Here is the gazebo up close.

This is the back of the house taken from the garden below. Landscape’s not too shabby huh?

Here is Flower’s twinpophub having one of his famous moments…this time with The Lake. (Enter ethereal background music from Richard Gomez’s rowing Bench commercial).

Are you captivated yet? Wait till I tell you about the food. Thanks to Little Twin Miss Tapia’s creative and epicurean abilities, we had one feast after another. Come and take a look.

I picked up a few pounds of fresh made mozzarella from my favorite neighborhood deli. She sliced and laid it in a bed of greens and topped it with grape tomatoes, fresh basil finished with balsalmic and EVOO. Yum!