Still
Sunday December 10th, 2006 ~ Pirate law #9 ~A pirate should always remove his hat in the presence of a bartender.
Dark skies cause erratic behavior in many humans, as in, make them scatter like bugs on extermination day. These were not yet everyone out of the water skies
.simply a summer storm, in the dead of winter. Being a native Floridian, skies like this usually last between 20 and 40 minutes and then Mr. Sun comes shining through.
POOF! Just like that, the beaches cleared, scads of floats were left for just anyone to snag, and it was a
HAMMOCK HOGS heaven! We had a nice chat with a couple who were ecstatic to have a hammock, regardless that we had to be back on the ship in a matter of moments. 5 minutes in one of those
.with no one around, well
could be heaven??!!
We decided we better head back after all tonight was our
Palo dinner and we (meaning I) needed to get beautified!
We gathered our belongings happily heading out on foot back to the ship
.knowing we would be back within the week was such a comforting thought. We still have yet to ride the tram in all of our visits to
Castaway Cay. Maybe one of these days. I do know it will be odd seeing the tram naked as in not dressed as Rudolph.
The ship as we headed back
The Flying Dutchman
Both gangways were open as we returned but alas, no cookies and eggnog were there to greet us
.just antiseptic lotion and hand washing materials. Our bags were scanned for any illegal goodies, our cards swiped and surprisingly we made it back on the ship!
As we got back to the room to start sprucing up for dinner, both girls promptly fell asleep. We had switched our
Palo plans which in turn led to last minute
Flounders changes. We had a message from
Flounders that yes, in fact, they did have room for Haley this evening. Pixie dusted yet again.
That pixie dust would not last long, in all my precise packing I had forgotten an essential element. The
Palo TIE!
I was in a panic
immediately. I knew I couldnt have forgotten a tie
.or could I? We cant go to
Palo without a tie could we? Someone on the
DIS would surely report us back as the flip flop, jean wearing, bare shouldered, gum smacking rednecks ruining their dining experience and I could not have that.
Without delay I called Amy and John (
Jhalkias, waltsgirl) surely they would be able to rescue me from the depths of despair, as well as from embarrassing ourselves beyond belief. (why yes, that is an Anne quote ~ she is my kindred spirit!)
They did have a tie, but would it go with a pink shirt? Yes,
Crusher is man enough to wear pink in public. After all, he did wear pink socks to the hospital on the day both his daughters were born, in Samanthas case they lasted two days! In the meantime he had crafted his own tie out of a pirate bandanna we had brought along.
He felt it was perfectly acceptable and could serve a dual purpose in napkin usage.
Help had finally arrived in the form of
OSU? Desperate times call for desperate measures
.and red can be pulled off with pink, I think. (no really, we were greeted with an
Ohio State tie and an alternate
.thank goodness John and Amy pack well!)
We finished up, gathered the girls, dropped them off and headed to
Palo.
Palo, is well, fantastic. I may be a small town Polk county girl but I love the food, the servers, the atmosphere the no kids thing is nothing to sneeze at either. And Crusher what can I say, he ADORES
Palo
.which was quite a shock to me.
We were
Palo royalty this particular evening, we had the private dining room
.(
Crusher is still questioning how in the world we were invited!) Our dinner mates were Lisa and Mike (
lbgraves), Kim and Steve (
kimerinc), PJ (
pjpoohbear) and Amy and John (
waltsgirl and Jhalkias). The infamous
Marco was our server, I had heard lots about him, but this was our first dining experience with him. He truly is fantastic! Instead of ordering appetizers he simply brought us one of everything.
This is what was left of the calamari
We shared family style and got a bit of everything.
This was either mine or DHs, at this rate I cannot recall
.
Alas, this was the end of
Palo fine dining photos for the evening (I shall be more diligent next time). Truth be told, I was a tad embarrased to be "click, take a pic" about my food.
Dessert was up next ~ chocolate soufflé everyone RAVES about
was something I dont like as I dont like chocolate. I know a chic who doesnt like chocolate, but whats even wilder there was another one at our table!!! Kim (
kimerinc) a fellow kindred spirit was after the tiramisu. Which, I really didnt care for either. Gimme a cheesecake already!
The meal, the company, the atmosphere, the food, the service ~ GOOD TIMES!
Now, I dont have a functioning scanner (rather, it is user related) so I took a picture of a picture!
OMG - Dh and I are looking at this tonight, he looks really LIT! He did have a beer