Avid Reader,
Today is EH's birthday. Nobody wants to admit to how many. This OC led to reminisces about that day -- too often heard, it seems. Don't believe the one about me leaving my wife in labor to go pick up final exams. Lie! Damned lie!
Anyway, before we get to today, we have to discuss last night's dinner adventure. We ate at SKOB (Siesta Key Oyster Bar), which was objectively the "worst" place we've eaten so far. Though it was good. They had a live band (a three-piece group that started with Buck Owens) and they were right next to us. The one ate some of my shrimp cocktail. :). So, it was atmospheric, if the food was only okay. The best two pictures I got (epic fail on me getting quality photos) are of The Kid's mahi mahi tacos and RR's shrimp and grits (which might not be recognizable).
To be clear, the food was good. I wouldn't mind going back there. It was also the least costly so far for dinner, even with drinks, an appetizer, and dessert. But it was no match to the high quality of Tuesday and Wednesday night.
We played cards again. In a story that will go down in lore, I had a bad night (not the lore). At one point EH made it (I was her partner) and we got set (euchre players will understand). She lamented "I counted on my partner for a trick." Her mother, my life partner, responds, "sometimes you can't count on them. Look at him!" What the F?!!?!? Thanks. ): 😢
We then played Clue and EH won both games. We let her win for her birthday. 😀
This morning we went back to Another Broken Egg for breakfast. RR went for the bourbon pancakes -- here.
My joke about the host being "Mrs. Egg" went derided. 🙄
Our first activity of the day was to visit the botanical gardens. I guess you know what kind of place it is when you have multiple botanical gardens to choose from. We went to Marie Selby's version, which is south of town on Sarasota Bay. The above pic (I've learned the first pic is your thumbnail shot for the post) is of one of the many butterflies they had in the butterfly house. One thing you get reminded of when you do historical stuff here is how newly settled Florida is. The one house, dating to 1901, is the oldest (it said) in Sarasota County. It's also interesting they had an orange growing business there, but it was unusual for this part of Florida back then -- they were bigger in the Jacksonville area (which is really Georgia) until the middle of the 20th century.
FYI the wind was 20+ again today and it was cloudy, though in the low 70s. Not beach weather, again.
So the day's second activity!!! An escape room. EH found this one, halfway to Tampa (LoL), and settled on it above others because it had a a North Pole themed puzzle. If you've never done this (I know one avid reader or two who have done one with us), it is fun, if a bit taxing on the old noggin. I don't know how many padlocks had to be unlocked and Nicole (another avid reader) will be bemused to learn that a major player in solving the puzzle were elves on the shelf -- there were three of them of different colors. Lots of clues and lots of chatter among us about what this meant and "oh, yeah, that must go with this"...we got out with 8 minutes to spare! Our genius children. :). At least no one said "Look at him!" this time. :)
Tonight is our last night here with EH picking the place for her birthday dinner. It is "Asian fusion." I doubt it can match last year's adventure to Fort Worth (with someone riding in 'the boot', me driving on the wrong side of the road for a few moments, and the great food -- high high end Mexican), but we'll see. Maybe the waggy beef will sing to us.
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