One and all,
Very few surprises the last couple of days. People continually talk about the weather. We keep trying to convince ourselves that it is changing. With every little breeze, we think, ah, relief is on its way. The locals have been saying the humid, sticky weather has continued far longer than usual. Apparently storms that normally strike the Baja, have been diverted to the mainland of southern Mexico and pushing very warm air our direction. The result has been pretty stifling!
So much for weather. Our days have been routine. Wednesday we needed to do some errands, so the beach was not part of the routine. We did have a nice lunch at our regular haunt, La Fuente del Puente, just down the hill. We tried their Shrimp Ceviche, which, not surprisingly, was delicious. We keep raving about their kitchen. It looks very touristy, but the food is very good.
We also settled up our debts with a group of local musicians. There are two sets of 3 musicians that we have become friendly with. Of course, familiarity breeds, in this case, not contempt, but a sense of obligation. We try one a week to let them seranade us at our table. You have to understand that over the course of a day, we see them two or three times. You can only say "no" so often; financially, you can only say "yes" so often! So, Wednesday, Lorenzo, Victor, and Pedro gave us a couple of "cancións," one romantico and one alegre. It was very nice and it does continue to strengthen our bond with some of the locals.
We did get down to Roberto's on Wednesday evening and the sunset was spectacular!
However, what was even cooler, as a kind of "art shot" that I was able to get.
This is that same sunset that I discovered reflected in the window of the cafe. I am not sure how it worked, but it was very cool
II may have to play around with this some more and see what other effects I can get.
We also managed to pick up a little local color as this group of street performers wandered by.
It was so nice of them to pose. 2 minutes late they would be dancing madly and they would have been little more than a blur!
Thursday was a beach day. We headed for Langosta Loca, a little beachside shack that we enjoy. We drag the chairs from the restaurant out on the sand and enjoy a couple of Coronas. With the weather so warm right now you don't remain in the sun long. So would do a few minutes in direct sunshine and then retreat to the umbrellas for a few minutes before venturing out again.
Last night was another hot, humid evening, but we ventured down to El Patio for their 2 x 1 margaritas . Then, we moved on to Miel. We enjoy the place and the people at Miel and while we had been there a week ago, they had not had their new menu in place. We went back to see what changes had been made. The truth was, very little. However, we did try their lamb chop special last night. They were delicious and were served with a kind of chopped salad couscous. Very interesting idea of taking the basic ingredients of a Greek or Mediterranean salad and combing them with the couscous. It was really very good.
Having filled out stomachs, we caught a taxi up the hill, just as a thunderstorm hit. And just as we stepped from the cab, it really came down! We inched up the final 65 steps, trying to walk between rain drops about the size of bullets. We were less than successful. As we stepped in the door, I snapped these, one of Polley
another of me
Naturally, some serious tequila was needed to dry ourselves out! It seemed to be a day for water. Earlier, at the beach, a rogue wave had washed up and taken out shoes, my bag, and my wallet. All survived, but as with the end of the day, and probably with our livers at the end of this trip, they needed to dry out! More later.
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