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    Sweetie Pie had asked for wine last night but someone had run off with the corkscrew so we couldn’t have any. Tonight we have a couple of glasses at sunset. It’s a beauty. Everyone is gearing up for the Super Bowl but Sweetie Pie has virtually no interest in watching televised sports so we hang out with a few other guests at the bar until just before the game starts and then we head to Chicken Lavish.

    We head down the road, Sweetie Pies first venture out at night. She is wearing her Golden Goddess sandals, not a lot of protection. We work on our safe walking plan. In her sandals she walks on the very edge of the road with me off the road until we see oncoming traffic, then it’s off the road and walking if the side is OK or off the road and stop if it isn’t. Over the week we get really good at what side of the road to be on at any given section. Facing traffic whenever possible but sometimes it’s better to be on the other side depending on curves and walls and trees and dogs and touts.

    We are the first dinner guests a Lavish, it was probably pretty slow until after the game. We order Conch soup, share a three piece and get some Red Stripes. 1700J!! The cook asks if we want fries or rice and peas. I say rice and peas and Sweetie Pie says fries. I’m trying to talk her into the rice and peas and she asks the cook if he’ll do half and half. As I continue to try to talk Sweetie into rice the cook gets my attention, “The lady would like half and half,” he says with a wry smile.”We’ll have half and half,” I say. “excellent choice!” says the cook.

    We settle into the people watching table in the corner against the back wall. I love the dining room at Chicken Lavish, it’s a big covered open air affair with a lot of tables and you can tell it gets hopping. Unfortunately it’s a slow night. Conch soup – amazing. I want a gallon of it. It sets the standard for the week as far as soup goes and I will have some good ones. The chicken without the sauce is kind of like southern fried, we didn’t sauce it because of my stomach. Fortunately this is the last time we have to worry about how spicy anything is. Chicken Lavish slaw – amazing. Tangy, crunchy, ever so slightly sweet. Great rice and peas but what totally surprises me are the fries. They are perfect. Extremely crispy outside but not overdone. They are still soft and tender inside. A lot of places in Negril seem to have figured out great french fries but I believe Lavish has the best. They may be the best I’ve EVER had.

    We finish up our dinner and one other couple has come in to dine and somebody else has stopped by for takeout. It is like a private dining room almost as the other couple has taken the table as physically far apart from us as possible. I turn to Sweetie Pie and ask, “Are you satisfied?” “For food,” she replies. “Well, let’s see if there are any other desires I can help you with…”

    We stop by the kitchen on the way out to give our respects and have a nice conversation with chef and the cook. The cook says, “I’ve been cooking 13 years and Chef been at it 30.” It shows.
    Last edited by Guirigay; 02-17-2012 at 08:49 AM.
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    We amble home and I tell Sweetie the best thing about being sick today is we still had a great day and now we have another first full day in Jamaica ahead of us tomorrow. We stop at the bar at HSH and have a nightcap then up to the verandah for a little bit. I read her Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson. She is absolutely one of the great poets and to know her own personal story and then read some of the things she was able to write, well, she was an incredible soul –

    Wild Nights
    By Emily Dickinson

    Wild nights! Wild nights!
    Were I with thee,
    Wild nights should be
    Our luxury!

    Futile the winds
    To a heart in port,
    Done with the compass,
    Done with the chart.

    Rowing in Eden!
    Ah! the sea!
    Might I but moor
    To-night in thee!

    Shortly after we settle in it starts to rain, then it starts to rain hard. We doze off in each others arms to the sounds of a tropical rainstorm.

    I awake a few hours later, the storm has passed but it’s still windy. I get up and sit out on the verandah for a while. The first few nights in the tropics are always a little restless for me as my body adapts, maybe a little more so with the sick and all the sleeping I did today. I listen to the wind rustle through the palm just off our balcony and notice the sound of the rain water being blown off the palm leaves. It is magical. I feel very much at peace. I think that I am in the right place at the right time with the right person. “Sweetie, are you up?” “Yes, Sweetie, I couldn’t sleep but I’m coming to bed…”
    What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding?

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    Great..! Your explanation of the road games...and the romance...pics...perfect...more please.

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    It was nice meeting you guys, nice story. The best to both of you. Carry on.

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    Respect Brasi, thank you.

    Aimee and Brian - right back at you. Pub Crawl won for Most Fun at the awards banquet! Did you see the pic I posted on Newfies thread?

    I'm trying to write things up a day at a time so it may be a few days before the next installment. The next few days on the rock were awesome. What am I saying? Every day there was awesome
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    guirigay
    Thanks for the report good reading and glad you had a good time. Thanks for the photo's of HSH looking at them thinking next Tuesday can not get here soon enough.
    Nick

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    Very nice writing. I'm really enjoying your story.
    Thanks

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    What a beautiful story..thank you for sharing..can't wait for more

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    OUCH! She is LOVELY, and I like the neckless too. I have one too.
    "I'll love you till the stars fall out of the sky "

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    "I feel very much at peace. I think that I am in the right place at the right time with the right person."

    PERFECTION~~
    "I'll love you till the stars fall out of the sky "

    :cool

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