After our long day and long, long drives yesterday, we all agreed to sleep a little later on Saturday and ease into the day with our brunch omelets.
Since it was another sunny, gorgeous day, Sandy and I went to relax with some beach time on "our" Bucerias beach. We snoozed a little in the sun, read, walked the beach, went in the ocean, and did lots of people watching, too. The waves today were bigger and more forceful than we've seen in this spot before. They were crashing on shore and almost knocked Sandy and me down. The surfers, however, loved it and were out trying their skills. We also had fun watching lots of people para-sailing. At one time we counted 12 para-sailors up at once!
Ladd and Bob ran some errands and came to meet us at the beach for happy hour at "Karen's Place". Sandy and I tried a new-to-us drink: "Miami Vice". It is our new favorite drink...LOL!
At happy hour we met, Marta, the owner of the suites/condos named "Suites Costa Dorada". (They are next to "Karen's Place" on the beach.) Marta spoke both excellent English and Spanish, and we had such fun chatting and laughing with her and her friends & family! Happy hour flew by learning about Marta and her interesting life. Thanks, Marta, for being so nice to us and for spending the time with us!
Without a doubt the highlight of our day was our "Valentine's/Valentini's Day" treat at "our" corner cantina: "Mi Lola". Every day "Mi Lola" looks great: colorful, interesting, and "funky". For Valentine's Day it was decorated with roses, rose petals, candles, and heart-shaped balloons on the tables!
It was very crowded in "Mi Lola", and we did not think to make a reservation, but our very special amigo, Mario, found a table for the four of us. Thanks, Mario!
We wanted to make sure we tried "Mi Lola" pizza before we leave, but treated ourselves to appetizers first. We just couldn't resist having our now favorite "munchies": "Horus con Chistorra" - a melted blend of cheeses, spices, sausage pieces, that you put on tortillas and top with a variety of sauces! Wowie-zowie!
As you probably can tell, we tend to over-order, and our pizza order was no exception. Ladd & I ordered a Margharita Pizza with bacon. Bob ordered a pizza with oysters. Sandy ordered a pizza with goat cheese and veggies. Yum! Yum!! Yum!!! Needless to say, we took home leftover pizza!
Even though everything we ate at "Mi Lola" was super, that is not what makes our time there so much fun. The awesome atmosphere is created by Mario and all the hard-working, friendly staff!
Ladd and I got a little sentimental at the end of the evening because we feel like Mario could be our "second son" and thought it might be our last visit with him before we leave. (Sorry, Mario, for our sentimentality...comes with old age, we guess.) We hope our paths cross again!
Thanks to Mario and everyone at "Mi Lola" for making ALL our trips there so special and so much fun! You've helped us make forever memories!
P.S. I apologize to anyone reading our trip blog for the lack of pictures for this posting. I'll take the blame for forgetting to take the camera to the beach, and then we all forgot to bring cameras to "Mi Lola". Sorry!
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| Mexico's version of "Where's Waldo?" would be "Where's Bob?" |
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| Valentine's Morning Brunch |
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| Signs behind the bar at happy hour at "Karen's Place" |
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| Sandy & I with Marta at happy hour |
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| Mexico's version of Stewart's is called "Oxxo". Sandy may be staying and using her management skills here at "Oxxo"! |
Dear , Mrs.Valentini,
ReplyDeleteThat food sounded amazing!!!!!!!!!! It made me hungry.I kept looking at the dress picture, you looked beutiful!
-Isabelle B.
Hey, Isabelle! SO GLAD to hear from you again and HAPPY you entered another comment! Hooray! The food WAS delicious...you would have loved it...and I most definitely WOULD SHARE with you! :-) Thanks so much for your compliment re: my new Mexican dress! If it ever warms up around here, maybe I can wear it again somewhere. Thanks again! Take care, Isabelle!
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