So the theme song of the week was Nikki Minaj’s Starships. I am not sure if my fellow travelers were feeling it as much as I was since I caught a few eye rolls before the plane even left EWR, but hey I was in vacation mode! Ya know, “let’s go to the beach- each… ” This being my first Caribbean rendezvous, I was floored by the natural beauty of Aruba. The minute my toes hit the sand I had a “Coming to America” moment, what is this velvet? The luscious texture and purity of the beach caught me by surprise. I was prepared for turquoise water, but you still can’t imagine looking down and seeing your pedicure 3 feet away while vibrant fish are passing by. Pretty surreal for a girl who grew up along the Hudson River, just sayin. Now take that beauty add in some exotic cocktails and a group of fun-loving party animals and you have arguably the best trip I’ve been on to date. We laughed, we hurled well actually only I lost my cookies because apparently there is a big difference between fishing and deep-sea fishing. {Thanks Simon for leaving out that minor detail when I signed up} I thought we were going to row our boat gently down a stream and throw a few poles in, instead I felt like I was on Tilt-a-Whirl while going down a rollercoaster all while being on an episode of deadliest catch. Lesson learned. Then there was Mable, correction, Great Big Mable {another Simon idea} which is a group water raft ride that isn’t even legal in New York so I should’ve known flying off a raft at 50 miles an hour would have been in the cards. Things got crazy Hangover 2 style, as we channeled our inner international gangster as we explored the wild side of Aruba via the Kukoo Kunuku party bus, EPIC! The icing on the cake, was the Jolly Pirates who I like to refer to as the Barnum and Bailey of the high seas. These guys were hilariously entertaining, acrobatic and excellent bar tenders. Triple threat? You know it. I brought my own traditional pirate garb so obviously a good time was going to be had by all. Here are a few photos from the highlights of the week. 

Where we stayed, the Marriott Surf Club Aruba

My, My, My, like pelican fly

Not sure what we we’re getting into…

Deep in the “Deep-Sea” before it all went south

Red, white and blue frozen drinks in honor of 4th of July!

Fireworks!

When I see this raft, what I hear in my head is “We’re all going to die!”

The ladies before our wild ride on the Kukoo Kunuku

Not bad arm candy right

Toast the town!

Even more fun than it looks!!!

Pirates and Booty… I’m there.

Starfish were meant to flyyy {you know you like my remix!}

Jordan busting a move

Stef of Women’s Workout Daily in mid flip

Someone’s getting some serious air : Seth!

My first gif! Piggy backing a Pirate!

Whatever’s next on your vacation agenda, I hope you step out of your comfort zone and live a little! It is totally worth it.  Thanks for checking out some of the highlights of the week. Now we return to the sweet styles of summer.