March is for Family.

The town is full of visitors from the North and you can include my family in that group. Younger brother pulled in yesterday, older brother gets in this afternoon and the 'rents get in tomorrow so it will be a welcome reunion.
The daughters and I played hooky yesterday in order to spend some quality time at the beach (isn't all time spent at the beach quality time?) and it was a nice way to break up the week. We slept, read, sunned, swam and said: pass the coco butter. Then we savored a few cold "Pacifico's", some fresh coconut seasoned with lime and chile, watched the boys toss a football around and a local man catch a series of tiny fish with a hand line. It was a perfect day for people watching and as usual, the beach vendors were out in full force offering everything from braids (the Bo Derek look has never gone out) to ink tatoos---barbed wire on the bi-cep anyone? It makes for an interesting day, to say the least.
Last night we hit "Ernesto's" for those baby back ribs and since it was Thursday, it's all-you-can-eat ribs which my brother does justice to. The price has gone up to $150 but the taste is just as good, so dig deep.
Many more adventures lie ahead as we play hosts to the family and it's really great to have Vallarta as the playground. Otra cerveza, por favor.