lana-in-fl
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over a week ago. I thought I'd have time to shop and look for interesting food, but as it turned out, we spent most of our time assembling cheap furniture. Her desk ended up with its legs back to front, but by that we couldn't care less and just left it.
I was thrilled that we could meet Joe - it was so pretty drinking beer right on the beach, and Joe graciously did not complain when I ate all his calamari. Unfortunately, not one of us had a camera, but we had a wonderful time.
DD has been enjoying visiting the farmers markets and browsing new food stores. She went to a South African store today and had to be very strict with herself as we are penniless after moving her over there. However, she is going to get a lump sum just before Christmas, and has instructions to come home with large quantities of biltong, wine, chocolate and cherimoyas. In fact, when the cherimoyas turn up in the markets, she has instructions to pack unripe fruit carefully in a flat-rate box and send them home immediately! They are DH's favorite fruit, and our evil tree blooms but does not bear. (The flowers smell of rum truffles, and next year I am going to try to pollinate them with my paintbrush.)
We did notice one very puzzling thing. There is a quite extraordinary number of doughnut shops in Long Beach, and many of them are open 24 hours. I had every intention of visiting one to see if the doughnuts were different in any way, but we just never managed it. Every time DD calls, I ask if she has bought a doughnut yet, but so far she hasn't. When I manage to drag DH there (either this spring break or the next one, depending on the bank balance - he says never, in that case), I am definitely going doughnut shopping!
I was thrilled that we could meet Joe - it was so pretty drinking beer right on the beach, and Joe graciously did not complain when I ate all his calamari. Unfortunately, not one of us had a camera, but we had a wonderful time.
DD has been enjoying visiting the farmers markets and browsing new food stores. She went to a South African store today and had to be very strict with herself as we are penniless after moving her over there. However, she is going to get a lump sum just before Christmas, and has instructions to come home with large quantities of biltong, wine, chocolate and cherimoyas. In fact, when the cherimoyas turn up in the markets, she has instructions to pack unripe fruit carefully in a flat-rate box and send them home immediately! They are DH's favorite fruit, and our evil tree blooms but does not bear. (The flowers smell of rum truffles, and next year I am going to try to pollinate them with my paintbrush.)
We did notice one very puzzling thing. There is a quite extraordinary number of doughnut shops in Long Beach, and many of them are open 24 hours. I had every intention of visiting one to see if the doughnuts were different in any way, but we just never managed it. Every time DD calls, I ask if she has bought a doughnut yet, but so far she hasn't. When I manage to drag DH there (either this spring break or the next one, depending on the bank balance - he says never, in that case), I am definitely going doughnut shopping!