By that, I mean just changing things up a tad. I hope that flies. But first, we stretched our legs with the Saturday Sweets Stroll.

I did a short (less than 5 minutes) video of one section of the stroll so you, too, could sample the sweetness we dispensed:

The title to this post might be somewhat misleading, but we didn’t do our usual venues, and that felt a bit like soaring to new heights. Different in the same way is perhaps a more accurate framing. Whatever you want to call it, we made our way to Baloy Beach to start our Saturday adventure.

I’ve been waiting to find a true beach bar to enjoy whilst I partake in my evening beverages. I’m still waiting.

Oh, and they didn’t have wine. The floating bars will be shutting down for the season soon, so I was scouting some possible alternatives. We won’t be back to the Drunken Sailor.

Keeping with our keeping it fresh modus operandi, we walked up the road to Harley’s for some grub.

When I asked Swan where we should go next, I was surprised when she suggested Whiskey Girl. I reminded her that they didn’t have wine the last time we visited, but she said we should go and see my waitress friend there anyway. So, we grabbed a trike outside Harley’s and headed for Whiskey Girl. We were the only customers there when we arrived. And they still didn’t have any wine. Swan went to the bar and taught the bartender how to make her a Mai Tai cocktail. Talk about going with the flow.

Kim got a lady drink, we had cookies and lollipops to share with the rest of the girls, and it was a pleasant enough visit. I suppose it will again be months before we return, but that’s what happens in a small town with fifty bars.

We then crossed the highway and did our nightcap at Queen Victoria. The joint was surprisingly hoppin’ when we arrived.

We had an enjoyable visit (with wine for Swan) and then headed home to give our “wings” a well-earned rest. You might say our Saturday flew by.

I saw this today and found it worthy of sharing:

From the LTG archives is a post from November 2007 that included the obituary I wrote for my boss, Walt Washington, after he succumbed to cancer. He’s the guy who took a chance and hired me to work for the Army in Korea. I wound up filling his position as Deputy Director, and a year later, was promoted to the 8th Army Director, Human Resources Management. Fate has a strange way of taking you places you never thought you’d go.

From Facebook memories, I became a smarter man twelve years ago.

Today’s YouTube video is also a long-ago memory. I came across a post on Facebook that the mall in my old hometown of Westminster, California, is being torn down. Wow, I remember when it was built. Malls are shutting down all over America these days, but here in the Philippines, they are still very popular places for the locals to go and hang out. Probably for the aircon and Wi-Fi, but still…

Let’s see if I can do better today:

And here we are, back to my Sunday normalcy. Coming up, the Hideaway feeding, then some beers on the Arizona floating bar, followed by dinner at John’s place. It never gets old.