Not the sunniest day, but what day isn’t a good day to be near the ocean. Met my friend Julie for lunch and a test for my recently declining taste buds.

Entry is almost like being in Hawaii – ALMOST!!

Now for the food………

Everything tastes better with wine (I forget who told me that, but it is often apropos). I could taste my fish chowder – it was creamy and pretty tasty (At least I think so). Ditto for Julie’s coconut shrimp. Since I can really taste anything sweet, guess what came next?

That is actually a tower of ice cream on the left. On the right, one of my all-time favorite desserts – key lime pie. I am not even shamed to admit that we made short work of these treats (Truthfully, just me).

A few pix from the Huntington Beach pier area.

The Other Thing – This area always brings back memories for me. In the 1960s-70s, Duke’s was called Maxwell’s, and we frequented it a lot to listen to our friends Rosie & Eddie (She sang, he played the piano). During our first visit to their home, I discovered that one of us sang offkey. I will not name names, but the first initial is “B”.