Jason and I love to travel, and the great thing about my career is that I get to visit different places, see different cultures and indulge in various cuisines. I am a hairstylist, however, I am not an ordinary hairstylist. I work for an amazing company called Redken 5th Ave. NYC! I love my career and all of the aspects of the beauty industry! For Redken, I educate other salon professionals and I am provided with great opportunities to travel, hone my craft and excel far beyond ordinary expectations. I am so very thankful for the chance to succeed. I remember from high school, a quote that one of my teachers lived by and that was, "If I ever walk through those doors and it feels like work or just a job, I'll walk out and never come back." That's how Jason and I both carry on our lives and we both are blessed to have careers that we love.
This particular blog will be the first of many travel/food specials. As I said, I travel a lot and Jason thankfully gets to travel with me when his schedule permits. This specific trip was to Sea Island, GA to share the Redken message at the Sea Island Spa. If you aren't aware of this special spot definitely check out their website and plan a trip!
We reached our destination around 3:30-4:00 in the day. We checked in at the hotel and asked the very knowledgeable front desk staff member to offer up a few suggestions on some local cuisine. We were given several suggestions on some great spots, everything from Mediterranean to American style food. We chose a nice seafood spot called Coastal Kitchen. The beautiful location right on the water created a soothing ambiance.
On the Menu:
To start, a wonderful little bread basket was brought out with some creamy butter to spread on the warm, soft sweet rolls. We also ordered the lobster nachos as an appetizer. Perfectly proportioned lobster to nachos along with a creamy cheese sauce and buttery guacamole, what could be a better beginning?!
Following that up was a scrumptious salad and our delicious entrees. Jason had the Blackened Redfish which was served with crawfish, Cajun sausage and peppers, Monterrey jack and cheddar grits with an almond brown butter sauce. The fish was unfailingly flaky and the butter sauce added the correct amount of juiciness. Grits are a southern delicacy, usually prepared with cheese and butter, of course! These were no different and Jason loved them. Apparently, I'm strange I don't care for butter and cheese in my grits, I'd rather have sugar! Jason says I am disgusting!!
I am a true pasta lover, so I chose the house made lobster and crab ravioli, which featured blue crab, lobster, tomato basil cream, sauteed spinach and shredded Parmesan cheese. The cream sauce was divine! The pasta pockets themselves were perfectly cooked, just enough bite to be al dente and filled with the crab and lobster. I truly enjoyed every last bit!
To round things out we shared the homemade honey and butter pecan ice cream. So Delicious!
The next afternoon, on our way out from Sea Island, we stopped at a recommended pizza place called Sal's. Sal, "The Pie Guy" formerly a professional boxer from New Jersey, decided to open up a pizzeria, with the idea of it becoming the neighborhood hotspot. So after helping the Cafe Portofino in NYC become popular, he and his wife decided to move down south to St Simons Island, GA and create their dream!
Jason had to be at work the next day so we had an early dinner of the signature Margherita pizza, which has mozzarella, ricotta, tomatoes, basil and extra virgin olive oil on it. We also decided to be fancy and add sliced meatballs, green peppers, onions and black olives. For anyone living in the South Carolina area is probably use to the normal pizza places around here, which menus include typically a meat lovers, a supreme, maybe a Hawaiian style pizza, but in NYC and Jersey pizza is typically called Margherita with the same basic principles and then added to with toppings. At Sal's they also offer a Deluxe and Neapolitan, along with a calzone renamed the "Salzone." After filling our tummies with the yummy, we headed back to Spartanburg. It was only a short stay over, but gave us the opportunity to enjoy each other, gave me the pleasure of meeting new salon professionals and visiting a beautiful establishment and allowed us some great new foodie experiences!! 
Does this make you want to see Sea Island?! If you do head out to the spa tell the girls Redken Artist Audra Worthy sent you! Along the way stop in for some great seafood and a pizza or two!
For more information visit these websites:
www.seaisland.com
www.coastalkitchenandrawbar.com
www.salsneighborhoodpizzeria.com
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