It’s been a nice busy couple of days. I like being busy with work. Then I don’t have to look at my messy house. This week is going to be busy, too, yay!! Ka-ching!! I feel like Lucy collecting that nickel from Charlie Brown.

Last night we worked late. We had a 6pm couples massage to do at Chenay Bay. It’s after hours, so we charge more. I felt bad for the people we massaged because there was an “island style” party going on right outside their door. They’d had music on (the “Buzz” 104.3fm not my favorite….and the speakers were tinny and the volume was up too high) when we got there, but then the DJ started outside and we had dueling lousy music up too high while massageing these guys. I thought my head might explode. They are really young, though and were cool about it. I asked if we could shut off the indoor music at the half-way point when they turned over. The control button was right next to my massage table, so the guy on the table just reached over and turned the knob to “off”. The outdoor music had reached the point where the glasses in the cupboards were dinging against each other, the walls were shaking and the windows were rattling. I would have been extremely irritated if I were paying for that room or one close to the party. Chenay Bay has made some big changes with the new management, and being a place for loud local parties while the hotel is filled with guests is not one of the better ones in my opinion. But who am I? I just wouldn’t recommend it to anyone I like coming down to visit the island now. I would have before the party thing, though. I thought the new policies were positive before last night.

Mmmm, Tiramisu….

Anyway, after work, we went to the Cultured Pelican for dinner. We both hoped it wouldn’t be too windy (brrrr!). The weather has been very volatile for weeks. That’s why the boat parade was cancelled on the 8th. Even the following week-end was gusty. Fortunately the day they chose for the parade was perfect. So, the Cultured Pelican is open-air with a north view and also open on the east and west sides. I was sure that since we made our reservations so late they’d give us a cozy table in a back corner, and I was pretty accurate. It was a perfect table - not too out of the way, but not in the face of the blowing gale force winds.

They had some great sounding entrees on the menu, but were already out of a couple of them. Alexis was our waitress and she was great! Finally, a place with excellent food and service! After choosing a bottle of Montes Alpha Syrah, we started with the fried calamari and New England clam chowder. Both were fabulous. The calamari crunchy and flavorful. The Spinach salad was overdressed with a too-tart lemony vinaigrette, but Michael enjoyed it. The tuna was like buttah. So very fresh, sesame crusted, and perfectly, just barely seared. The sauce was delicious and complemented it (along with the wasabi squiggles on the edges of the plate) just right. For dessert, they had some wonderful selections, but I didn’t recall ever trying their tiramisu. We opted for that with a couple of decafs and it was amazing (as Wroger would say)! Tastebud heaven (as Wjerry would say)! Michael was full and I was happy. He must have just had too much spinach salad!

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