going to newport without making it out to balboa island
is like going to disneyland, and just deciding, 
“eh, maybe we won’t go to space mountain this time…”
it isn’t done.
 

 it’s a man-made island, 
with God-made Bal Bars…
dipped in naughty things….
or frozen bananas if you choose.
and either choice is a good one…
it was this lobster’s first one.
i was told that there are better tasting ones than this…
i will let you know once i’ve tried the knock-off brand…
the window shopping is great,
and there are a few cheap boutique-y clothes shops we like too.
2 of them are “everything under $15” stores, with TONS of cute stuff…
we may have left the babies with the dads and snuck away for a while…
sorry dudes.
 they even know how to get in the spirit of things.
apparently this cow gets painted over for all kinds of things…
cutest candy shops and yogurt and chocolate shops…
just to cover their bases…

and a beautifully lit harbor where all the rich beach house peeps come 
for one week a year…
or they retire.