Catching Up Over Pizza & Pasta

My lovely friend, author Sandra Bradley (read her every Monday in Vallarta Mirror), walked over to my house yesterday for our luncheon date at the just reopened after a month of vacation, Veggitalia Pizza & Osteria Vegetariana.

We took our time strolling through the streets of downtown, chatting a mile a minute, catching up and enjoying the hot but clear day. We were, as we always are, greeted warmly at the door with solid and loving hugs by long, tall owner Marco, who gave us our choice of tables in the small, bustling place.

Veggitalia always asks their clients if they are vegetarian, vegan, or ‘normal.’ Sandra and I are vegetarian, and we wanted everything on the menu, so a split in half was made in the kitchen for our salad, pasta puttanesca, and veggie pizza. The latter had a line of spinach separating Sandra’s half riddled with bell peppers.

Lunch took hours, and we left just before the early dinner crowd wanted in!

On our way home, I took Sandra into the gigantic new Waldo’s on Juarez. I bet thousands of people walk by the unmarked front door and don’t even see it. The store is beautiful and bright and packed with stuff you actually need and lots you don’t, but the choice is yours! Tons of Halloween candies, costumes, make-up kits, etc, and more Christmas stuff will be added next month, I am sure.

Scrabble this aft at Qulture at 12:30; we expect a couple of new players today. Let the games begin.