Meanwhile, life goes on. Tuesdays feel like that day of the week when there is nothing new to say: grocery shopping, neighborhood walk, Baloy Beach. Been there, done that. Over and over. Rinse and repeat. So, we’ll skip most of that nonsense and keep this post blessedly short.
I do want to share about our first time visit to a new venue: Champs Sports Bar. Well, more accurately, a newly named venue formerly known as the Drunken Sailor at the Baywatch Resort on Baloy Beach. We had gone to Drunken Sailor twice before, and it sucked so bad that we never went back. The owner, who also owns MacArthur’s in Barretto) has been posting on Facebook about Champs, so I thought I’d go see for myself. It’s been redecorated with wall murals of sports stars instead of drunk sailors, so that’s an improvement. They had a couple of cute waitresses, and service was good. Wine by the glass was available, which hadn’t been the case previously. The music was too loud and not to our liking when we arrived, but they turned it down and changed the genre when we asked. We were the only customers during our short visit.
Swan still needed to get her toes in the sand, so we paid our tab and hit the beach.
Our beach walk took us past Kokomo’s, and once again, it was closed. So, as far as beach bars go, Champs doesn’t have any competition. We may make Champs a weekly stop, at least until the floating bar returns to service.
Then we did our Tuesday routine of dining at Treasure Island.
We decided to do our nightcap at Snackbar and enjoy its unique view of the 7-Eleven parking lot. There was a big, big-spending customer there, treating the team to lady drinks, and he had a pizza delivered for them all to enjoy. I’ve seen him there before, back in the days when I used to frequent this venue more often, and he seems like a nice guy.
Just prior to our departure, the MacArthur’s/Champs owner came by and went inside with the Snackbar owner. As usual, they both ignored me. Not that I care, it just seems that being friendly is a good business tactic.
And that’s how another Tuesday came to a close.
It’s now July 2014 in my journey through the LTG archives. This post had me shaking my head as it recounted the time I was admonished in Korea for being too loud. And here I am in the Philippines, where one of my top complaints is about how noisy everyone around me seems to be. Is that what they mean by Karma?
Changing things up a little for today’s YouTube video. It’s a quiz to see if you recognize songs from the 1960s. As bad as my brain is, I still managed to score 100% correct. How about you? (It’s only a three-minute effort.)
And you knew these were coming for you:
And now, on with my Wednesday.
At least the enchilada looks like an enchilada!
Tuesday may be a nothing day, but at least one day out of the week should be just for chilling.
As always, great sunset pics.
Re: Music quiz
Missed two, and guessed correctly on a few others. A bit before my time, though some of the questions made it pretty easy to get the right answer. E.g. giving a 60’s song and 3 of the 4 possible answers are artists who were not around in the 60’s! LOL
re: Big guy in the chair
Recently in a doctors office and they had these chairs that were wider than a normal chair and looked a bit uncomfortable for one person as the arm rests were pretty far apart, but definitely too small to fit two people. Took me a while to figure out that they were for one plus sized person. But, good on him for getting out and about, and good on the bar for doing what it takes to make him a happy customer.
Brian, yeah, having illogical groups in the mix made it a lot easier to identify the actual performer. Still, I knew the songs and groups well enough to have passed a non-multiple-choice test.
A big chair at a small bar is the perfect fit for that guy. Everyone there seems to like him, and he is generous with the gals, so good on him.
Kevin, well, being smothered in liquid cheese isn’t standard fare for an enchilada, at least where I come from. That said, it was delicious!
I don’t know… I see a lot of pics of enchiladas covered in cheese. Yes, there’s usually a red sauce, too, but cheese is normally pretty integral. Or is this a case of “the Filipino way”?