Food and Rummoli

The prices here really are very low. Here are a few for instances:

The other day I bought a big bunch of asparagus, 2 stalks of fresh broccoli, a cucumber, two yellow peppers and a couple of tomatoes for 24 pesos. That's about $2.

We bought those two big bougainvillea plants for $500 pesos, about $43. Here they are again:


We purchased 2 great terra cotta pots today for those plants. They're large, and we got two for $30 US. We love them!!


We've been having trouble getting good fish here lately, in spite of having our own fish guy. He's sold us three things that he said were sea bass. From talking to people, we've determined that maybe that first chewy one was an old black cod, and the ones that fall apart in the pan were frozen for a long time. The only times we've bought really good fish from him was when we saw it being filleted. He'll say it's flounder, and we'll be pretty sure it's tilapia. So we're not too trusting of him anymore.

Yesterday we had a chat with our friendly Canadian-born waitress, Tanya. She told us she goes to a certain guy across the street. She said to go there and tell him she sent us. I did, talked to Alex our new fish guy and told him we liked a meatier fish, really fresh. He assured me the red snapper had been caught that morning, I had a smell and a poke, and it seemed really fresh, so I bought it. And it was delicious!!


Tanya speaks Spanish. Tanya(thanks again, Cheryl):


She was saying he takes her out to the fishermen, and I'm hoping we'll get to that point as well, but for now if we can get really fresh fish, I'm happy.

Tonight we'll have fish tacos with the rest of it. I'll make a pico de gallo with fresh tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, and a little fresh garlic. We have an avocado, fresh tortillas, and here is a jar of salsa Cheryl and Dan bought- pretty much what you figured, guys, the picture was too good to be true:



Puerto Penasco has an interesting resemblance to Italy. Just a random thought. They're a high-heeled boot, we're snow boots.




While Dan and Cheryl were here, we instigated what will probably be the game of choice down here when we have guests- Rummoli!! We had quite a few matches, and also played a game or two of Aggravation that they brought along.

We have quite a few guests lined up- my uncle and his wife(? sorry, Betty, not sure if you're married or just living in sin) coming down this month some time. Dan's coming down for one day in March, just because he's in the vicinity- a behavior most of you should emulate! And our friend and pastor Bill is coming down with his grown up kids sometime in April. Bill married Carl and me in a ceremony famous on the east coast. For those who were there, no, I'm still not telling you what he said! Here's Bill now:



Don't you just want to smooch him? I do.

The newspaper's doing well, it's very popular hereabouts, and thanks to all of you who are reading it. Here's the address again for anyone who has forgotten:

http://www.rockypointnewsonline.com

I have another website contract because of the paper, and hoping for more. We've been to a couple of different places because of the paper as well, including JC's Bar & Grill (website coming) and The SandBar, where we saw a couple of guys creating a terrible drink for the table who had beaten them at horseshoes. Cranberry juice, vodka,Tabasco sauce, some other liquor, then they threw in some horseradish for fun.

We spent most of Superbowl day at The Thirsty Parrot, and we went there the Thursday before as well for Ladies drink free night. Cheryl and I did the best we could, but you can really only drink three of those frozen cocktails before the sugar gets to you.

The last night they were here, Cheryl and Dan kindly took us out to the Lighthouse, a restaurant on Whale Hill. We'd never been up there, and the view is fantastic!!
I can't bear to steal yet another photo from Cheryl, so I'll steal someone elses'. I have to admit, it was great not to have to carry a camera around for a while!


The food was wonderful, Cheryl had the flounder in white wine and garlic sauce, Dan had Mexican steak, Carl opted for the filet mignon, and I had the chicken cordon bleu. All incredibly rich and tasty, served with nicely steamed veggies and a baked potato. A very talented jazz guitarist played in the background, and we watched the sunset. Oh, what the hell, one more theft from Cheryl- I wouldn't but she's so damn good!


And the final news: Marysol had her baby!! That's all we know, it's a boy and Oswaldo called us yesterday before he'd even seen the little guy. I'm sure there'll be pictures, etc. to come.