VACATION!
I figured since it’s been nearly a month since our last post, I’d write. We’ve finally made it to P-town, and it’s been well worth the trip! We made it in at a reasonable hour on Saturday–breaking the trip up into a couple of legs was good. We met up with Alex & Dom on Commercial, and walked down for South African at the Karoo Kafe. I think we had the same dishes as last time! Dom was craving the bobotie, we shared some ostrich kebabs and snails rangoon, Shawna had the Cape Malay Stew with chicken–the best dish at the table, a simple yellow curry with coconut milk–and I had the beef pie. The beef pie was in a puff pastry, and the beef tasted similar to the bobotie.
We then came back to our apartment, put Em down to nap and hung out the pool–it’s been FREEZING! We had beer and cold cuts for snack, with some of Grammy’s jelly beans to cleanse the palate! We all got dressed and decided to hit Clem and Ursie’s for dinner, which we were sad to find had changed ownership and is now Townsend’s Seafood. The food was acceptable, but the ambience was well, boring. We picked up some tequila and had margaritas back at home.
We decided to have a low-key day on Sunday, given that the weather was crappy, so we just hung out. Shawna and Graem slept in, Emmy and I hung out until Grammy woke up and we just watched tv. Emmy got her morning nap, which was great. The skies cleared by around 10:30, so we all got dressed and decided to meet up with the guys for lunch. We ended up at Bubala’s for martinis and good food. We had pomegranate, pear, espresso and ginger martinis that were very good. Shawna had a lobster roll, I had Caribbean fish cakes, Graem had a cheeseburger, Alex had fish ‘n chips, and Dom had some kind of salad. We all shared a Caesar salad (most of which Grammy ate!) to keep things moving along… From what I recall, the food was pretty good–but halfway through the martini, I didn’t much care!
We walked along Commercial and window shopped, picked up some t-shirts for the kids and some gelato. I’d promised Graem beach time–she’d been begging since we rolled into town–so we stopped by to pick her up a replacement pail. I have no idea how, but back at the apartment she was walking along carrying her pail and all of a sudden I hear a thud and crying–somehow she managed to step into the pail and break it, and ended up scratching her face too.
We got back to the apartment to get our stuff and get dressed, and headed out the door. Shawna and Emmy stayed home to nap and do laundry. Our friend said the beach was a block away, so we started walking toward the water. To our dismay, it was not really beachlike, so I had to run back to the car. We didn’t know where to go, so we ended up driving down to Herring Cove. I sucked it up and bought a season pass–I figured 3 trips to the beach would pay for the $15 parking fee. We picked our spot and unloaded. The beach was sparsely populated–either the weather or the economy to blame. We hung out for a couple of hours, it was really nice. We built a a little sculpture with sand and stones–Graem was good at convincing us to “help’ her with a task, and then would abandon it as soon as she deemed it “done.” I set up the kite for her, and she got bored of it within 10 minutes and left me holding the string.
We did a quick grocery run, and came back to the apartment and ordered 2 pizzas from George’s. Surprisingly, we ate very single slice of one veggie and one pepperoni pizza! The kids picked off all the veggie toppings of a slice or two, which was pretty gruesome. The pizzas came at the right time, in order to feed the kids and get back to the pool when “adult swim” time was over. Kind of an annoying rule–there were no adults in the pool, but we didn’t want to be rule-breakers, since most people on vacation dislike kids. Again the pool was ice cold, but Graem, Alex, Dom and I ventured in.
I’m enjoying vacation so far–it’s great not being at work, and also to be able to be “yes” mom. I’ve been saying yes to soda, candy, cookies, staying up late and sleeping in our bed! Graem and I are going to join the boys for some sea kayaking this morning, and then meeting up with Shawna and Em for lunch in town. I’m bummed they aren’t staying the whole week, but we’ll see them again in October.
