Another beach day...

We spent the day on the beach in front of the Manta beach bar, swimming, sunning and enjoying a margarita. Then we went to Ojo de Agua for some food before heading home. 

Before we settled down for the evening, I took Jason and Botas to South Beach, one of my favourite spots and Botas's alltime favourite beach - he always finds new coconuts to chew..!!!

Sadly, there is still evidence of Hurricane Wilma here, a once lovely home trashed and then forgotten. If the owner did not have insurance, or the insurance company did not pay out enough, they have just walked away. 

Jason loved this beach, too - full wild breakers, and deserted of people in the late afternoon.

This is why we love this place......sigh!

Sunset over the mangrove as we walked back to the car with our sandy happy dog!

hockey and flowers....???

Jason brought down a full size Canucks flag which we proudly displayed at the bookstore one night - the night Vancouver beat Calgary, the team of owners Rob and Joanne....wonder if we still have a job.....?

Outside the bookstore was our favourite zylophone band.................

and over on the street median, the giant cactus started its' annual one night blooming....there were 9 blossoms in all, but only one out when I was there.....

Just for scale purposes, Renee is standing in front of the cactus....it is a whopper, and you can see the one bloom to the right of her head. Huge!

more music......

Miki was a little under the weather this night (fine now!!) so Jason and I had dinner at Chimichurra with Brenda and JP. The band Class was playing across the street, so we ate and listened from afar......










And then walked across the street to hear their last set close up!











Sunday after noon was the acoustic version of Men in Blues at Playita - fine music in a quieter, more melow mood.

The 3 of us shared a whole fried fish.....grouper......yummy!!! No, Amber, we will not make you eat one of these.....:-)

There was a gang of us enjoying the music, the lovely day, and some awesome food.

Mexico boy

Miki and Jason enjoying the pool. It has rained off and on ever since he got here, but there were times when the sun came out and the pool just called out......









Got about an hour of beach time in and stopped for a margarita at the beach bar.












Mariposa likes the pool, too - she drinks out of it and likes to walk around the rim, just like her predecessor, Chiik.










Jason is finally getting a crown installed on his 15 year old implant - WAY cheaper than in Canada, and he even got a temporary tooth to wear for the week it will take to get the permanent one. Dr. America Lara is very thorough, sweet, and in our neighbourhood! This is how Jason started his day at 7 am Sat. morning.

Jason has arrived!

OK, so I spent over 2 hours waiting for Jason's plane, but of course that gave me time to shmooze with a little black cat at the outdoor restaurant.......

Welcome to Mexico Jason!!! So the plane was late, but never mind, it was worth it!!! Picked Miki up in town and headed to Cantina Habarnero for a very late dinner and some music.

Weird pics, sorry - all the black lights play havock with cameras.....








Vertigo was at their best - good old fashioned rock and roll!











Thanks Natalie and the Cantina for welcoming Jason to our fine town!

Superbowl 2011!!

Is it a Mayan sculpture?.....a Toltec face?.......no, it is a big screen TV set up at David Lau's to watch this year's Superbowl!!!
















We joined friends Sue, Linda, Dan and Sandra, their friends Jack and Jan, and a room full of football fans (or people who just wanted to hang out and party) for the big game.








The place was packed with many TV screens around the courtyard, lots of great food, and Valorie and her team did an awesome job! There were raffles for Superbowl T-shirts, and whenever your team scored, you got either a free beer, or a shot of tequila!!

Since there were lots of scores, there were lots of free shots and Coronas flying around.







Sharon and Les and their friends doled out the tequila and beer, making sure no one double dipped..... :P

It was a fun evening, and Miki and I did our usual tag-team bookstore clerking, taking turns working in the store and watching the game.

Jazz on the beach

We had a light snack of shrimp quesadillas and guacamole at the new Playita restaurant on the beach, and since it is the old La Patita owners, the fish was fresh and the service was great.











This a huge beach area, mostly shaded, and can sit lots of people, many of whom are local families who come out in droves on Sundays, their only day off together, and some of whom were people like us who came to try out the food in the new locale and also hear some cool jazz on a hot afternoon.









A smaller version of the Men in Blues played some lovely peices, and this is their acoustic setting, so no loud speakers. Next week they will have a little percusssion and a bass player, but still low key to match the audience.









The lovely family who owns the house next door to us, as well as the current lovely family who is living there renting from them while they live in Cuba for a couple of years, had a big table with lots of food, kids and laughter!!