Sometimes, life can be a beach. It was yesterday for me.
It began with walking Swan to work at the Subiza Resort on Baloy. Then, I did a beach walk before returning home.
I had plans to meet Swan at the end of her shift so I headed back to Baloy at beer o’clock. I’ve been wanting to get a feel for how I might like Harley’s as a regular venue for imbibing.
I had three or four beers at Harley’s and decided to change things up, so I headed over to McCoy’s.
I chatted with the owner about hosting a Hash On-Home. She was interested but asking for 65 pesos per beer. I told her the most the Hash could pay was 55, and she agreed. We will have our first McCoy’s On-Home on February 26.
Then it was time to head over to Subiza and check in with Swan.
Subiza was totally devoid of customers at 7 p.m. Swan says there was only one person before I arrived. I have no idea how they stay in business. Or if they will. It had been years since my last visit, and other than Swan, I’d have no reason to return. It’s a nice venue with lots of potential, but I’m not seeing any effort to attract visitors.
I asked Swan if she wanted me to order us some food, and she responded, “Let’s eat somewhere else.” Hmm, maybe she knows something about the kitchen I don’t. So, when she got off work we walked up the road to that new restaurant in town for some takeout.
I fell asleep watching “Shameless” again, but all in all, the day was beachy keeno. I’ll have to do it again one day soon.
I’m off this afternoon to a birthday in San Marcelino. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.
If looks could kill, Picard would be a dead man. (did I leave something dangling here?)
That’s just a normal old complex sentence (i.e., one independent clause and one dependent clause). “If looks could kill” is the dependent clause, not a modifier.
A lot of the problem comes back to knowing what a clause is. It’s a group of words with both a subject and a verb. A modifier is just a phrase acting like an adjective—no subject, no verb.
When he was five, Robert saw a turtle.
(Clause. “He” is the subject; “was” is the verb.)
As a Vulcan, Spock betrayed no outward emotion.
(Modifier. “As a Vulcan” = a phrase w/no subject or verb, modifying “Spock.”)
dependent clause = incomplete thought that can’t stand on its own
independent clause = complete thought that can stand on its own
(See Commas, Part 1.)
I hope Swan’s restaurant continues to exist. (Was tempted to say “stays afloat,” but that might prompt a bad floating-bar pun in response!)
Google Image Search thinks your lizard is a gecko.
Nice sunset pics as always. It’s becoming a recurrent motif. Your blog banner is also a sunset, so I’m tempted to extract some deeper meaning from all of the sunset images. (Or does your banner show a sunrise?)
Sounds like a pretty boring way to spend a shift. Just the fact that you have to be there and you do nothing, can make the time really drag.
So, did the McDonald’s meet expectations in regards to taste?
Thanks for your patience in trying to teach this old dog new tricks!
Yeah, I figured it was a gecko when it tried to sell me insurance.
There is no deep or hidden meaning in the sunsets…their beauty alone is my inspiration. The banner is indeed a sunset.
Brian, spending twelve hours with nothing to do seems nightmarish to me. I’d much rather be busy.
Regarding Mickey D’s, I was drunk enough that I wouldn’t know the difference, but my fuzzy recollection is that everything was tasty. Well, as tasty as McDonald’s ever is anyway.