Monday, February 9, 2009

Greetings from Puerto Vallarta

Hola Amigos! We arrived in PV on Saturday evening and have been having a marvelous time. One of the things that keeps us coming back is the exceptional restaurants. Last night I had the most amazing octopus I´ve ever had. It was seasoned then seared so the skin was crispy and flavorful and the meat was tender and juicy. It was incredible. It was served on a stew of potatoe, fresh green beans, tomato and chorizo. Un-frickin-believable. We heart the seafood down here.
We´ve already developed one bad eating habit- Choco-Bananas with toasted coconut. Holy crap. These are as they sound- frozen bananas with chocolate- except these are made fresh while you wait, dipped in a thick dark chocolate and rolled around in the crispiest, tastiest toasted coconut you´ve ever had . Holy cow. We´ve had one after each dinner out. This could get dangerous.
One strange thing. I think sleeping on a different bed has made my dreaming a little freaky. I woke up Sunday morning with these words on my lips "This little guy is the only species of sand beaver here in Mexico." It was like I was going to say them aloud. I think I was running my own little National Geographic special in my head. Last night I had a dream that I was doing a stand-in acting bit on Frasier. The problem was that they had replaced the father with a very fey man in his early 30's. I lost the job because every time he opened his mouth I was caught up in uncontrollable laughter. ¿Is this internalized homophobia? <--- look at the fancy puncutation my Mexican keyboard can do. I love it.
Today we´re planning to take the water taxi over to Yelapa for a day of relaxation on a great beach on the southern end of the bay. They also make pie over there. Mmmmm. Pie.

4 comments:

Mnmom said...

Darlings!! I'm enjoying this through you. Funny thing, we made frozen choco bananas this week but sans the crispy coconut. I heart choco bananas.

Remind me someday to tell you my 4-yr-old + Frasier story someday.

Little Sister said...

Oh, how I would love to be dining with you...it all sounds fabulous.
I want a choco banana right now, only problem is I am not eating refined sugar for a while. POO!

Enjoy, you two. Take lots of pics and post one if you can.
Love you!

themom said...

Man I miss Mexico. Although I am used to a different area - Cancun. The warmth would be quite welcome right now.


The choco-bananas in coconut would be orgasmic. Enjoy.

Coaster Punchman said...

I would like to take a Mexico driving vacation one of these days. If it weren't for those damn drug cartels kidnapping people, I might actually try it.