Day 146 – Chowder Fest

The Annual Chowder Fest is here today in Newport. I have never had clam chowder- ever. It just didn’t look appetizing to me so I never tried it. I decided however for my intention that today was the day to give it a go. Elijah is off sailing for the day with his friends’ family. Vinny had to work today for a bit. So I was to meet up with Jen and Carlos at the festival at Fort Adams. There were way more people than we had anticipated. By the time I got there and was in line to buy tickets, they were holding the line up for a while cause they said too many people were there and the lines for chowder, drinks etc were unbearably long. So we decided to leave.

On the way out as I was talking to Jen and Carlos- I decided that since I was already resolved to try chowder, I wanted to keep that as my intention. So we dropped Carlos off and Jen and I decided to go. I googled the best place in Newport for chowder and a bunch of reviews came up for The Black Pearl, which I’ve never been too. So that’s where we were headed. I just parked back at my house and we walked, it was only a few blocks away. It’s a beautiful day and as usual on these glorious weekends, there are thousands of people out and about. So, I had my first go at clam chowder and afterwards we split a piece of chocolate pecan pie with ice cream….yum! Loved the chowder- loved the pie! I love that I stretched out to try something new cause something that never really appealed to me turned out to be really quite good.

So afterwards, Jen and I walked the town- went to a couple of different spots on the harbor, walked along a pier and stood at the ocean chatting for a bit. We walked through a building where they are building a large ship – which was quite a sight (seeing the bones of a huge ship). We mosied through some shops and just enjoyed our day. She and Carlos have plans tonight as do Vinny and I so we had to go to get ready for our evenings. We made some plans for a future date and that was that. What a magnificent day- and I am looking forward to an amazing night as well!! #HGAL