Sand Sculptures, Acrobats, and Some Damn Good Eats

Hi Everyone, and welcome back to the blog.

We had another great weekend here, and the weather has been glorious. Lots of lounging by the pool and feeling grateful for our good fortune.

Friday, Glenn and I took the pups for a long walk, and then headed to Clearwater Beach for the evening. We went to Crabby Bill's for dinner, which looks like a tourist trap, but ending up exceeding all expectations. They had a gluten free menu, and we had an amazing blue crab, spinach and cheese dip that made my day. They also had "Cleveland-style" (?) oysters which are baked in garlic butter and parmesan and were delish.

Clap, clap, clap.

This is from right outside of the restaurant.

So then we headed down to the beach to attend the...Sugar Sand Festival.

It cost $8 a person and took us about 5 minutes to walk through, so honestly, we were not that impressed. A competition would have been more interesting than a themed display (the theme was The Movies). But nonetheless, we took some pics with the blog in mind.

 

"Here's Johnny!"

This guy was my favorite.

So that's it for the Sugar Sand Festival.

On Saturday, Glenn once again had a very long day going to Relays around the state. I think this is his relay map. Overall, there are something like 265 relays in Florida, so he is just hitting the big ones, but it is still a lot.

Saturday, he drove to Naples, Marco Island, and Port Charlotte. He again got home around 1 am. He took a ton of pics, but mostly of employees or volunteers we don't know. Here are a couple nice shots....

Meanwhile, I went to the mall which is a mere 5 minutes from our house. While there, I discovered that my life has come full circle. As I walked to the center of the mall, I looked down over the railing and discovered that the mall had...AN ICE SKATING RINK! Can you believe it? I haven't seen a mall with a skating rink since going to Monroeville when I was a kid. (Hot pretzels at the Pup-a-Go-Go! Good times!)

Later, while laying out at the pool, I noticed that our Bougainvillea bush is in full bloom and snapped a couple of pics.

Chad calls Bougainvillea "God's Barbed Wire" because it has the most wicked thorns you can imagine. He assured us no one will ever climb over our fence here. Pretty though.

Don't you love how random this blog is? :-)

Ok, so Sunday, we had a quiet day around the house - Glenn did some yardwork, and then we went to a Mexican restaurant in Dunedin, called Casa Tina. It is decorated in a fun Day of the Dead style. We were surprised to see a big ring being lowered from the ceiling shortly after our arrival, and were soon treated to an acrobatics show.

Weird, right?

Shortly thereafter, girl number 2 began twirling from two strips of purple fabric, also suspended from the ceiling.

Here she is upside down.

Just your typical Sunday evening. Hanging around.

The food was really good - I had some wild mushroom quesadillas that were delicious and Glenn had fajitas - so we may have found our new Mexican place.

Hoo-ray!

So that's about all that's new here. No relays this coming weekend, since it is Easter. I even get Friday off work, so that is swell. I hope you all have a lovely holiday.