Girls’ Weekend in Park City

My in-laws and I started a tradition of taking a “girls’ trip” every year. Last year we went to St. George, but this year we headed to Park City for a couple days of fun, food, shopping, and relaxation.

We stayed at the Marriott Summit Watch on Main Street. It turned out to be a really nice hotel. We had plenty of room for the five and a half of us (Seth’s mom, Rachel, Abby, Lisa and brand new baby Ava joined us for one of the nights). On Thursday we arrived around 2 pm and decided to spend the afternoon walking main street and visiting all the galleries and shops. Unfortunately because we were visiting in the off-season, many of the places were closed. We were able to visit a consignment shop and score a couple cute outfits. As dinner approached we decided to pick up a couple pizzas and take them back to the hotel to eat.

Me and Franz hanging out on Main Street.

After dinner Mom pulled out her traveling sewing machine and an old vintage table cloth and we began working on cute little aprons. Most of us quickly realized that our sewing skills left much to be desired. Rachel, Abby and I never even got them finished (but we plan to get them done soon). Lisa kicked butt and knocked hers out really quickly. We’ll have to get a picture when the rest of us get our apron strings attached.

The bunch of us attempting to sew (with the exception of Mom and Lisa who actually have some skills)

We finished off the night watching a wonderfully depressing movie called “Rabbit Hole”. None of us knew much about it but since it had good ratings on Rotten Tomatoes we figured it was worth a try. It probably isn’t the best movie to rent for a fun girls’ night at home and left us all feeling a little disappointed in the end.

The next morning we began our shopping marathon. We hit the outlets and hit them hard. Abby and Rachel were shopping maniacs! We arrived around 11 and left around 6. I was exhausted. I am convinced that Abby and Rach had a few more hours in them. Everyone scored some cute outfits and jewelry. Each of us, including mom, spent enough money at the outlets to earn our own complimentary pearl necklace (valued at over $200…yeah right!).

Here we are with all of our loot!

We ate dinner at the Butcher’s Chop House. It was a really nice restaurant and the food was delicious! The prices were way over my budget but thankfully since we were there during the off-season we were able to get “bogo entrees” so it ended up costing us half what it would have cost. I got halibut, Rach and Mom got salmon, and Abby got a sirloin steak. It was truly one of the best meals I have had in a long time.

Of course it was getting late and the goofiness had set in. Mom and I couldn’t stop laughing all night. The waitress thought we were crazy. Mom ended up spewing her rice across the table scouring the table, my plate and Rachel’s plate. That pretty much set us up for the rest of the night. We never really stopped laughing until we finally went to bed. What is it about these type of settings that brings out the extreme goofiness in each of us?!

This is just before rice came flying out onto our food. (*I had a better pic of it coming out but to be fair to Mom and all of you viewing I saved that one for future black mail.)

The next morning we woke up and got everything packed up and then did a little more walking along main street. We went into two really amazing art galleries (where Rach pocketed at least 10 pieces of candy from the “take one please” plate) and hit another consignment shop where Abby, Rach and Mom made some great finds. We also hit a really lame, and very picked over, garage sale before heading back to the outlet shops where we made some last minute and returns and purchases before heading home.

Overall we had a great time. I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy Park City but the weather was great and the town was really interesting. We saw a lot of cool artwork. Along the trails we saw a tree full of people’s shoes (and I mean full, like a hundred or more pairs). There was also metal artwork, murals, and really amazing old homes to view. It is definitely a trip I wouldn’t mind taking again in the future. Thanks to everyone for a fun, kid-free couple of days. I am glad Lisa and Ava were able to sneak out and join us, if even only for one night.

Notice all the shoes in the tree above us…kind of cool!