Random Musings and More.
What follows is a variety of random musings, discoveries and realizations compiled over the course of the four day "puente" thanks to Cinco de Mayo.
If you're hankering for a really tasty shrimp taco, belly up to the bar at the taco place across from Rizo's and order a couple, then douse them in the special sauce and savour away. I don't know what my husband enjoyed more--the taco or the waitress with the paint-on denims. Either way, it's a deal at $16 pesos a pop. Eye-pop: free.
Price gouge of the weekend was discovered at the mini-super next to Villas del Mar where a bottle of Chilean red (Concha y Toro) is priced at $140 pesos when the regular price anywhere else is $59. Ouch.
Tastiest wine discovery: Undurraga Cabernet Pinot 2003 for $89 pesos at La Playa wine store by Hotel Las Palmas. I don't pretend to be an expert, but the sexy little bottle and the smooth taste has made us converts.
Best newish Cyber Cafe: Underneath Mega Commercial is a place called Byblos. It's clean, small and comfy and they only charge $10 pesos an hour. That's quite a difference from the price at the Gloria Jeans Coffee place where they quoted me a price of $50 an hour. Yikes!
Worst new Slasher film: My daughters report that the new scary flick at the Cine Versailles called "Cursed" is just that. They said from the opening scene it's just so cheesy they spent the whole time laughing at the bogus plot and stilted acting. They said to go if you want a good guffaw, or something to that effect.
Highest waiter: The dude at Holli's beach gets this prize. It took him three attempts to take an oder for two rum and cokes, one with regular coke and one with diet coke. I gave him the hairy eyeball but he wasn't fazed. He did redeem himself somewhat later on when he offered us the key to the executive banos which turned out to be a couple of paddle-locked Johnny-on-the-spots behind the restaurant. Naturally we felt special and gave him a good tip, because you never know when you'll be back. No point burning those important bridges. By the way, it's still one of the best places to watch a sunset.
More musings to come...
If you're hankering for a really tasty shrimp taco, belly up to the bar at the taco place across from Rizo's and order a couple, then douse them in the special sauce and savour away. I don't know what my husband enjoyed more--the taco or the waitress with the paint-on denims. Either way, it's a deal at $16 pesos a pop. Eye-pop: free.
Price gouge of the weekend was discovered at the mini-super next to Villas del Mar where a bottle of Chilean red (Concha y Toro) is priced at $140 pesos when the regular price anywhere else is $59. Ouch.
Tastiest wine discovery: Undurraga Cabernet Pinot 2003 for $89 pesos at La Playa wine store by Hotel Las Palmas. I don't pretend to be an expert, but the sexy little bottle and the smooth taste has made us converts.
Best newish Cyber Cafe: Underneath Mega Commercial is a place called Byblos. It's clean, small and comfy and they only charge $10 pesos an hour. That's quite a difference from the price at the Gloria Jeans Coffee place where they quoted me a price of $50 an hour. Yikes!
Worst new Slasher film: My daughters report that the new scary flick at the Cine Versailles called "Cursed" is just that. They said from the opening scene it's just so cheesy they spent the whole time laughing at the bogus plot and stilted acting. They said to go if you want a good guffaw, or something to that effect.
Highest waiter: The dude at Holli's beach gets this prize. It took him three attempts to take an oder for two rum and cokes, one with regular coke and one with diet coke. I gave him the hairy eyeball but he wasn't fazed. He did redeem himself somewhat later on when he offered us the key to the executive banos which turned out to be a couple of paddle-locked Johnny-on-the-spots behind the restaurant. Naturally we felt special and gave him a good tip, because you never know when you'll be back. No point burning those important bridges. By the way, it's still one of the best places to watch a sunset.
More musings to come...
posted by Andrea J. Carman @ 2:07 PM
1 Comments:
At 2:56 PM,
Andrea J. Carman said…
I have a couple of typos in this blog, but try as I might to edit my own work, I still have not been successful. I'm a neophyte blogger with a low threshold for tech. errors. Sorry.
Andrea
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