TGIF

Friday Night - Beach Night Evenings on the beach are the best. The weather is usually always balmy with a light breeze. Even when it rains we just squeeze closer over the big umbrella that covers our table. We go to our favorite kiosk "Satéhut" which is just down our street two blocks. There is a huge wide promenade along the beach with kiosk's along the way. Ice cold beer, or a Brasilian drink, Caipringa. It is made with pure sugar cane alcohol, fresh squeezed limes and lots of lime slices and sugar. They are very good, but two is the limit. They are potent. While we sit and listen to music and converse, vendors come to our table to sell anything and everything from cigarette to hammocks. We have made friends with a lot of the vendors, so they will stop to chat. Francisco sells carved wood items. He was excited because he and his wife were expecting. When the baby was born he couldn't wait to tell us and show us pictures of the baby. His wife is deaf, which poses some problems when he is working. They have to make arrangements for afamily member to be there when Francisco is working. Vendors on the beach ar some of the hardest working people I know of. From around 9 or 10 in the morning they are walking the beach. If you have walked any distance in the sun and hot sand then you know how hard it can be. They are carrying their wares in huge bags, leather flip flops, "flips", clothing, food, and people like Francisco who carrys a huge bag full of carved wood and they are still working at night. I have much empathy for how hard they work. And it seems they always have a smile for you. Francisco

"Daniel"

"Our collection of Flips"

Hope you enjoy your Friday night. I will leave you with a painting of "Jake's Room

"Jake's Room"