Tremendous savings in the food budget can be made by cooking from scratch, compared to using pre-packaged, pre-processed convenience foods or eating at restaurants, even the cheapest and fastest ones. According to market research firms, there is a strong national trend of eating at home to save money.

The Mandalay Bay Resort have a fantastic swimming pool area, they have a sandy beach too! What child does not like a good swim and splash? The Mandalay Bay Resort also has an aquarium for the more adventuresome. dinner around me and a pleasant environment also adds ambience for the parents.

When selecting dining chairs, you should test the construction and make sure that they don’t wobble. Pick up the chairs and find out if they are heavy. Heavy chairs indicate that they are made of solid wood. Besides that, don’t forget to check the chair joints.

The Sugar Shack is one of the first restaurants you see as you drive on 1st Street on Tybee. Look for it on the left hand side of 1st Street as you are headed for the beaches or on the right side as you are headed off of Tybee Island.

The food on the menu for lunch was mouth watering. Nick’s Lake House offers a variety of foods to choose from. Burgers, Fish, Steak, Salads, Pizza and more. No one was disappointed with the choices available. We placed our orders rather quickly as more than half of us are starving artists literally! We get hungry and want to be fed quickly. A few people ordered Grilled Reuben’s, one of us ordered a small personal Pizza, another had an Italian Sausage Sandwich and one of us ordered a burger with fries. I got to splurge on myself a little so I ordered a house spinach salad with sirloin steak medium rare.

The California Pizza Kitchen also has a kids menu which is sure to please the pickiest of eaters. The restaurant also serves seafood and although it is limited, it is quite delicious. Crab cakes and Ginger Salmon I must say are the highlights of the menu. The prices are higher than your standard restaurant, but it still remains affordable.

Orlando might be a big draw for visitors to this 447-mile peninsula, but there is more to this place then just a famous mouse. Florida has more then 1,000 miles of beaches, major airports near each city, inexpensive airfare to get here, this is the destination for those who thirst for the fun-in-the-sun atmosphere.