Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Breakfast at home: coffee and pastries. Phil and Danny ate other leftover food that Danny had cooked earlier. Green Chairs, aka Ritmos. Snacks and drinks on the beach. Vendors selling goods and services. We stayed for several hours. Back to D'Terrace to rest and freshen. We rode a short funicular then visited a resort that had rooms for rent or purchase; the others are mildly interested in renting or buying in the future. The resort room we visited was spacious but each room seemed too cramped with furniture. Nap. Drinks and snacks at Joe Jack's Fish Shack. Bought snacks at a small grocery. Returned to D'Terrace and lounged in the pool for a few hours. Shower. We walked to La Cueva where we thought we were going to have dinner but our dinner date was a no-show. We rode a taxi to Vista Grill. Dinner at Vista Grill. Appetizers: we shared the short rib potstickers (mezcal sauce, morita pepper, chives) and seared tuna (roasted garlic vinaigrete, avocado sauce). Entrees: Danny had the fried octopus appetizer. Phil had the citrus tuna. Drew had the catch of the day. I had shrimp filled with local blue crab (small) (wrapped in bacon, rice with poblano pepper and mushrooms, queso fresco, tomatillo and guava compote, watercress salad). For dessert we shared and enjoyed the dessert sampler. Nearby tables had ordered the flaming mexican coffee, which was an exciting tableside show. We rode a taxi down the hill to Olas Altas. Walked to Los Amigos—closed. Drinks at La Margarita bar. Stopped briefly at C.C. Slaughter's which was empty. I asked in Spanish when everyone would arrive and was told cerca once. We were all too tired to wait until then, so we returned to D'Terrace for bed.