I finally made it out to the third of three floating bars here in my quaint little village of Barretto; the Kokomo’s floater. Smallest but in some ways better than the ones at Arizona and Blue Rock. For one thing, zero drink pressure (although the girls are as thirsty as ever, they do wait to be asked!). I think the smaller size creates a more friendly vibe as well.

My only real complaint I guess was the comfort room situation. One toilet for everyone on board and no pooping allowed. Well, I don’t care about pooping in a public toilet anyway, but sometimes the wait time for peeing was extraordinarily long. I almost peed my pants once while I was waiting. And of course the culprit was one of the waitresses whom I suspect was busy with something other than urination. Oh well, I survived.

For the second time of the day I was recognized by a bargirl which is always a little disconcerting. The massage girl on the floater asked me if I remembered her, I shrugged and shook my head. She said she used to give me a back rub at Rum Jungle. Oh ok. Nice to see you again. Earlier during the day while walking with Justin an hour from the house and in an unfamiliar and somewhat dicey looking area, I observed a cute young gal with a sweet ass. As I was admiring her beauty, she turned around and gave me a smile. I of course smiled back. Then she said “hello, John”. I was gobsmacked because I had no idea who she was or how she knew my name. So I just said “um…” and stood there looking confused. She said “I work at Cheap Charlies”. Ah okay. Well, I know I’ve never bought her a drink (I have a set of regulars for that). I’m definitely going to look for her next time I’m there though. Wish I had had the good sense to ask her name. Oh well, I’ll find her. And I know where she lives. Damn, wouldn’t this make a great love story?

Later today will be the “candy run” Hash. We will walk the streets of Baretto and hand out candy to the street urchins sweet children we encounter. Justin and Marissa will be making their virgin appearance with the Hash. That should be fun, especially witnessing their initiation ritual during the after-Hash circle.

I’m in the process of baking a carrot cake today for the holiday. Christmas dinner tomorrow will be at Mango’s.

Best wishes to you all for a special holiday season and a very merry Christmas!