I did take yesterday off. Sunday and my day of rest and all that. Actually, given our current lifestyle, I am a little embarrassed to admit to needing a day off, but Sunday was very busy. It was a nice weekend. We did very little on Saturday. Strolled down to Época and wandered a bit about town. Our real activity began in the evening as we went to Nacho Daddy's to enjoy Bobby and his group. However, when we got there we discovered that the "group" was now just Bobby, playing guitar this time, and a drummer. Apparently other members of the "group" just pissed people off and were no longer there.
Tried to get some pictures of the hour or so we spent there, but the lighting is so poor and the musicians are in constant motion that nothing was really worth passing on.
I say we only stayed an hour because we had a dinner date with our good friends, Pat and George, and their good friends (becoming ours as well), Jim and Molly. They are a couple we met last year and who live in Beaverton. The six of us had dinner in Portland this last fall and it was nice to get together again. We met at a place called Archie's Wok. Archie, the story goes, was the private chef of John Huston and discovered PV when he was here cooking for Huston while they shot Night of the Iguana. What real connection Archie had with the restaurant, I don't know, but it did take his name. I don't know whether Huston lost a chef or just that PV gained a restaurant.
Following dinner, we all strolled the lively Malécon on a Saturday night. Polley and I broke off from the group at the end of the promenade and stopped at El Patio for a nightcap. The place was packed again and we were told that the previous night, music did finally get going and that the place didn't close up until 3 am.
The weather continues lovely in PV. Mornings are still cool and some have the audacity to complain. We, however, find it heavenly! We were awakened abruptly by the church bells at 6 am. How quickly we forget. 21 bells on the hour and then 20 bells at approximately 15, 30 and 45 after . . . and then we start again. One of the delights this year as we come out of our apartment is a new batch of very cute kittens. They are very shy, but Polley is enticing them with food. First she lured on out,
then a second
and then a couple of others.
I think there about 6 in all. Very cute!
From our seducing the cats, we went down for a cheap beer at a little place that sits right on the beach. Very casual, but very quiet, except for the vendor that bothers you every 15 seconds! Anyway, it was a lovely day. This photo is looking back at the condominiums that our friends, Neal and July Higgins stay in and where Época is located.
Polley sitting enjoying the sunshine
and we both sat and watched a fellow shuck oysters and clams with incredible dexterity.
We trekked backup the hill (my third of the day with two more to come) to our place for lunch and a siesta before coming back down the hill. As Bobby's unofficial "groupies," we went down to Época Sunday afternoon as Bobby had told us of a guitar player with whom he has teamed up. They had Happy Hour prices and some great music for a very enthusiastic crowd (we are no Bobby's only groupies.
One thing that was nice is that I was finally able to get a picture of Bobby (on the left with the flute) in the daytime with plenty of light.
Very nice hour and a half. We are constantly amazed at Bobby's versatility. Saturday night is was him on guitar with a drummer and a whole set of songs. Yesterday, it was a different style and he was on flute. Sunday evening we had our regular table at Vitea and Bobby was there on solo flute.
So that was the weekend. Today we ventured out to Walmart again as we prepare for our journey to Guadalajara. This is a sort of sentimental journey although we are finding much of the sentiment fading with each passing day. We had oped to see Max, Rebecca and Gary from our time there two years ago. A few days ago, we learned that Rebecca would be in New York and today we heard that Max will be out of town. Gary I trust will be available. As you might remember, Guadalajara is quite a bit colder than here, so part of the Walmart excursion was to get extra cold-weather gear. We will be there until Saturday. I hope to report on our time there, however, you never know just how busy we might be!
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