A Quiet Weekend

One and all,

I am a bit late with the post weekend blog, but it seemed a busy morning and things, even when you are doing nothing, just seem to get away from you.

It was a quiet weekend. Some sun and some reading. Polley finished a novel called "The Sunshine Girls," which she apparently enjoyed very much and is now reading "The Silent Wife" (I will refrain from making some smart remark after that title). I finished an old Elizabeth George novel, "The Great Deliverance," the first of her Detective Linley series. Good stuff!

It was mostly a weekend about eating, with a forecast of scattered drinking. Saturday we returned to a restaurant we hadn't been back to in several years, Cafe Naranjo (the orange cafe). It sits up in the Mexican section of town and is always inviting. It had just faded from our radar as it is not an area that we pass regularly. I was reminded of it on a morning jaunt on Friday. It was excellent! Polley and I, who both very much enjoy soup, have decided that when you go to a place, you try the soup. If it is good, then there is a good chance that other offerings will be good as well. Cafe Naranjo passed with flying colors! Polley had a wonderful crab bisque and I had an equally terrific Cream of Mushroom. Both were so perfectly seasoned that we need to add nothing. Also, a wonderful pino grigio. Strong recommendation and we will be returning. It was as we left the restaurant, the third evening out of 14 so far, that we have had a thunderstorm. The streets were flooded as we chased down a cab for the trip home.

It is interesting that when you look at the weather map of PV, there is an indication of thunderstorms everyday. That is really misleading. While it is hot and humid and there certainly is a threat on a daily basis, we have experienced them only 25% of the time. They seem to hit in the evening hours, after sunset, but while they are intense, they are brief.

We have also been enjoying the reopening of Roberto's, which sits right on the Malécon.

It is a great place to watch the action along the seaside walkway

and to catch a sunset

For those of you in the know, it was definitely "A F G P V S." Enough said. For those who want a translation, just contact us and we will provide it.

Sundays are great times to get to the Malécon early and watch the Mexican families. It is always delightful to watch, often, several generations strolling together. It is the one day that Mexican families have off and they talk full measure of it. There is a real carnival atmosphere, with carts of food, vendors, street artists, etc. As it is still early in the season and there are very few of us Americans and Canadians, so there is a more authentic Mexican atmosphere, which seems the point of visiting a "foreign" country.

Sunday evening, after "pre-functing" at Roberto's, we enjoyed dinner at our "restaurante favorito," Vitea.

It is just down from Roberto's and as most of the people down here know, if you want to find Ed and Polley at 7:30 on a Sunday evening, just look at Vitea. From this picture, the place looks empty, however, at this time of the year, most people are choosing to enjoy air conditioning. For us, why come to a warm climate and stay in an ice box! As always, we are treated like royalty at Vitea. Everyone seems to know our names, we have our table(!), though in this picture we are not at it as two young guys with computers had come in early and sat at our table (how dare they!) just drinking some beers for a couple of hours. Not a big deal, and the establishment more than made up for it with little free additional sauvignon blanc!

All-in-all, a very nice weekend. It is a very quiet time of the season. That is beginning to change as is the weather and in another month we will be longing for these nearly tourist-free first couple of weeks. We will see if we can pick up the pace as well and bring more exciting reports. For now, all is well.

 

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