Quest for Warmth 2010-- Part 8-- 'Laxin' at the Beach

February 22nd.

Had quite the big rain storm with regular rolls of thunder and plenty of lightning in the early morning hours. Looked like it was going to really mess up the rays for the day, so I made plans to go over to the movie theaters by Pier Park and see a movie I have been wanting to see since I first heard of its debut, "Crazy Heart" starring Jeff Bridges and a definite favorite to win best actor Oscar.

For some reason, no theaters in our area back home had shown it. So, here was my chance.

It cost $7 and was every bit as good as I thought it would be. Bridges definitely deserves the Oscar. And, besides, I really like country music so got plenty of that.


WE GET SUN ANYWAY

By the time I got out of the theater, the sun was out, so went back to the Driftwood and caught some rays OD.

We took a ride later in the afternoon to the east and saw a pretty sunset at the Barefoot Beach Club and enjoyed $2 Miller Chills. Looked at their menu after seeing one couple get an order of hot smoked tuna nachos and ordered it. It was every bit as good as it looked. However, we misjudged the amount of dip and finished the nachos way before the dip, which was partially hidden under the chips. We had to ask for more chips which they were happy to oblige. Pretty well filled us up for $7.99.

Then stopped at local favorite Shuckums which has been operating since the 1960s. The place can best be described as rustic or primitive. Delicious-looking serving of many types of oysters, but, unfortunately, I can no longer eat those ever since I got ahold of a bad one.

Back to the room and watched several great old black and white movies on TCM: Five Graves to Cairo, Fighting Sullivans and It Happened One Night. I had never seen any of these and the last one was hilarious. No wonder it won so many Oscars. We don't get this channel on our cable, but perhaps we need to.

Rain's Not Gonna Stop Us from Having Fun at the Beach. --RoadDog