In the afternoon we walked up to an indoor mall, very new and very modern, called the Plaza Caracol. There are many shops, especially jewelry stores, many of which specialize in silver. There were certainly some lovely pieces. All had discounts and/or sales. I wonder if this equates to good prices, or high prices lowered to normal prices. There were also many shops with souvenirs, tee shirts, etc. Interesting to see but there seemed to be very few buyers. We had a very nice dinner there in a nice restaurant a few years ago, but it is no longer there. Quite a few empty stores, too.
We walked down the main drag to a very large building whose principal occupant was the Hard Rock Cafe. There were many smaller places. We stopped at one, called Hagan Daz, where we had two cups of ice cream. Very good, as always, but $12 was a bit steep.
Alexandria made friends with a local character in front of the Hard Rock Cafe. I think he may be the head chef there.
Back at the Clipper Club we met our friends Janet and Kingsley and, with two others, Bonnie and Katherine, we went to a small restaurant hidden away in a rather up-scale residential area about 1/2 mile from our place. It was an execellent restaurant located in the lagoon front. It is called La Palapa Belga and the chef/owner is from Belgium. The food was, basically, continental, mostly French and Belgian specialties. It ranks up with some of the finer medium-priced restaurants in Paris. Here we are along the lagoon.
After dinner we were able to enjoy the moon rising over the lagoon.
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I'm so jealous!! It's been cold, wet and dreary here in Washington. Could really use some California (or wherever) sun!!
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