This past weekend Hubby-pants and I visited some dear friends of ours down in Maryland. They were so gracious and hospitable, the memory of will warm my heart for days. Here’s how it all started. A few days prior to our trip, this text message exchange took place, sparked by a 90+ degree forecast for their area:
Me: Please tell me you have AC.
J: We have central air. No one is gonna pass out.
Me: Had to ask.
J: Fair enough. You need fluffed pillows and lime slices for your water?
Me: F*** You! …I take mint leaves in my water.
J: You can’t say “F*** You” and then say mint leaves.
Me: Cucumber slices? Sliced thin though.
With that last message, I created a monster. I went on to say that I was “accustomed to a certain lifestyle” and at that moment was drinking “chilled Akura green tea in a frosted mug with German rock sugar.” I was serious about my current beverage choice, but I was joking about the snooty lifestyle part. In return, he jokingly told me to keep my ass home. It’s okay, I know he didn’t mean it.
Anyway, on the day we made the trip, when we were about ten minutes away, this next text message exchange took place:
J: You okay, dude?
Me: Ten minutes out.
J: Ok! Your cucumber water is waiting.
Me: Sliced thin?
J: I don’t like you.
Little did I know, THERE WAS ACTUALLY CUCUMBER WATER WAITING FOR ME! His lovely wife had made some with lemon and cucumber slices and everything! Muddled and marinated and ice-cold and just pure refreshing awesomeness! And that’s why I love them! She even made homemade white sangria.They brought us to a seafood restaurant on the Baltimore Harbor that night and to a Latin Rum Bar in Annapolis for lunch the next day. We even had satin sheets! All around great time. I highly recommend Hotel My Friends if you’re ever in the Jessup, MD area.
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