Il Pesce and ‘Midnight Radio’ with Friends
Today is busy, starting with a walk and workout, then Scrabble at Qulture at 12:30, followed by Colina Spay and Neuter Clinic Bingo at Nacho Daddy at 4 pm. Patrice and I will go directly from there to Il Pesce Cocina de mar for dinner with Kevin and Rob at 6, and then the four of us will hike to The Palm Cabaret for Midnight Radio, the fundraiser for Jordon Carnegie at 8 pm. And my darling kitty Bogie made sure I was up an hour earlier this morning, at five instead of six. He doesn’t want me to miss anything!
The tianguis at Coapinole was far less busy than a week ago, which made shopping less frantic and more enjoyable, and we did well. Patrice finds her favorite winter clothes here in Mexico!
My sister and I are planning a major trip to Europe this summer. One of our nieces is getting married in Sweden, and we have not seen our brother for years, and I have never been to Scandinavia, so… it’s time. The plan is to fly to London for 3 or 4 days, wander around and undo the jetlag before proceeding to Stockholm. If anybody has fave hotels, restaurants we shouldn’t miss, and sights, museums, etc., we would love to hear all about them. It has been so long since I have been overseas my knowledge is likely useless.
I am gunshy with the planning thing. The last time we made a concerted effort to go visit our brother Mark Kosman, who has lived in Sweden for close to 40 years – a couple of years longer than I have been in Vallarta, COVID reared its ugly head and canceled everything including our trip to St. Petersburg, Russia, for the ballet and Hermitage bucket-list visit. And, even our last closer-to-home trip to Guadalajara a couple of years ago was thwarted the night before when my wallet was stolen with all our spending money in it. So, I am reticent and, honestly, never happy to leave Vallarta.
This month off for a real vacation will entail shutting Vallarta Mirror and the Rearview Mirror down when I am literally away from my desk. I thought about packing my computer and continuing to work on the road but it makes no sense. So, that’s the plan for August – spending time with my family, seeing a part of the world I have never experienced, and revisiting a few fave places in London. And I have not seen my sister’s new house nor her new kitties in southern Alberta, so I will do that on the backside of our trip to visit our Swedes.
After our shopping spree in Coapinole, we caught a bus to town and had a fabulous lunch of puttanesca spaghetti and pizza at Veggitalia, one of Vallarta’s best vegetarian restaurants. More pasta to be consumed today at Il Pesce.