It feels like a whirlwind of activity since my last post but really it's only two days. Christmas dinner was a delicious combination of flavours concocted by four of us. On Christmas eve I created a cranberry dish, cooking up craisins and orange juice. Then, after finding a can of cranberry sauce at a small deli, Rich decided to add kumquats and grand marnier to the canned contents for a second variety. Harvey made a yam casserole with pecans and maple syrup. Rich made cheese sauce for the cauliflower, adding some of his homemade mustard. The mashed potatoes were creamy. JAP made the stuffing with secret ingredients and I crammed it into the turkey cavities. The oven cooperated, on its own terms, finally reaching the desired temperature. Harvey carved, JAP made the gravy, John & Doug set the table and we finally sat down to share our meal at 8:45pm!!
Taking a break from turkey, we went to Hot Frida's last night for dinner. On several screens they show clips from old movies and campy little videos, some quite raunchy, all funny. Our waiter treated us all to slices of a decadent chocolate torte baked by a young woman who is just setting up a bakery here. It was a successful promotion for her.
During the two hours that we were in Hot Frida's, a dog lay sleeping at the feet of the fellow who was controlling the video content for the screens. We learned later that she was a three month old Great Dane!!! Hard to imagine was size she'll be in another year!
This morning five of us went for a long walk uphill and downhill, along the river and over to Gringo Gulch, along the malecon with a rest stop at Page in the Sun for coffee and freshly baked, hot muffins.
After a hike back uphill to the Quinta, the pedometer read 6.75km. The others were just getting out of bed at 10:30am!!
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