Days Passing By

One and all,

In some ways it is hard to believe that we have moved inside 3 weeks until we return to Oregon. In other ways, it is hard to believe a month has gone by. We look forward to seeing friends and family, but we also have grown a family of friends here as well.

Both and Friday and Saturday were the usual. We managed to get to the beach both days and get a little sun. Sunbathing is a bit difficult at this time of the year; it is still very warm. More than 5 or 10 minutes and you must seek the shade or the water. Friday, for a bit of a change of pace, we took a taxi up to the little village of Paso Ancho to a kind of beach restaurant, El Rio Barbq. Some of you may remember it from last year. The former owner of a beachside restaurant, Época, last his lease and then opened El Rio, which is up the river about 5 miles. The owner, Kurt Sinner, is a former Portlander, and still runs the Blues Festival on 4th of July, bought the land, cleared it, brought in sand and created his own little paradise that runs along the Rio Cuale River.

It really is a gorgeous setting. Friday, it turned out, we stumbled into a wedding party, so we sat on the periphery and enjoyed the beer, the setting and the music. Our friend, Bobby, the bearded Scotsman, and his very talented guitarist, Gilberto, play music for a couple of hours every Friday afternoon. Here you see them accompanied by an amateur stand-in from Seattle.

Couples dance and eat and drink. Here I caught the ring bearer and his little girl friend enjoying a few spins on the concrete dance floor.

We highly recommend an afternoon on the river at El Rio.

We came back from that and were pretty wiped out. We managed to stagger down to Roberto's for a beer and a sunset, but the activity up river had done us in.

Yesterday is was back to the beach for some sun and a few beers (and some excellent guacamole). Just read and relaxed. We did talk with a nice fellow who is always sunning himself on the beach. At some point we do need to learn his name!

We read a bit and got our siesta before deciding that instead of eating out, we would just return to Roberto's for some wine and people watching along the Malécon. I did try some of the grilled corn-on-the-cob from a nearby cart. This was in a cup rather than on the cob and had been mixed with red chili peppers and a Mexican herb, epazote. I then added a bit of a popular sauce, sriracha, which has recently been featured in a number of recipes. It was quite spicy, but I will say that I was less than overwhelmed.

One of the fun things about PV is that it is constantly changing. Yesterday, we discovered some new art work, right across from La Fuente. Catch this handsome iguana.

It is a combination of paint and three-dimensional mosaic type pieces. A lovely addition to the neighborhood.

The weather continues to grow more mild, with more air moving all the time. High season is coming and for the Mexicans, I am pleased. It has been painfully slow in the month we have been here. The burden of carrying the whole PVG economy on our shoulders was beginning to wear. Thankfully others are beginning to contribute!

 

 

 

They

 

Posted with Blogsy