We have a great time on that deck, kind of hard NOT to have a great time on that deck. Funny stories abound as we are all repeat Negril visitors sharing our histories together. Bentley has a lot of history to add. At one point Ninja has left the table for some sort of relief when Bentley comes out of the kitchen. He scans the table and notices the empty seat. “Where’s this guy?!?” he asks excitedly as he sort of simultaneously lunges toward and points at Ninja’s unoccupied seat. The entire table busts out in laughter, Bentley is hilarious. “Hey, you’re back!,” says Bentley on Ninja’s return, “I thought you were gonna run off!” Another big laugh rolls around. We decide that Ninja is Bentley’s favorite tonight, quite a feat considering the high quality babes seated everywhere on the deck this evening. Bentley manages to make everyone feel a little special, though, he definitely has a talent for this. After everyone is served and the five things are pointed out in classic Bentley fashion and everyone has oohed and ahhed and moaned and offered many kudos, Bentley starts coming out of the kitchen with the pots and pans to serve up the leftovers. He starts with me on every dish before spreading the wealth to the rest of the table, which mostly involved Markus as everyone else was pretty much overwhelmed by the quantity of food. Everyone except Katho that is. You hear a lot of funny stories about what the tiny ones can put away, Katho holds up her end of that tale. A couple of the pots and pans, most importantly the magic sauce, come back to me for the last. If I had only been dealing with my original plate I would have finished it, might have even got close on the seconds but the thirds are going to require a doggie plate. Only this time there is only one dog going to get these leftovers. Woof woof…
Where’s THIS guy!
Good God did we laugh!
Sweetie Pie for dessert!
At some point well into our meal, GerryG, SuzieQ and wpyogi +1 gather up for goodbyes. They had to have been there a long time, they had just finished their meals when we arrived. It was truly an epic day with the MC, I have to thank him for a lot. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner together. He bought me dessert!I’m sure the only reason Bentley had enough crabcakes to serve all of us was because Gerry told him to be ready for a crowd. And it ends up being the exactly right number! Thanks for everything Gerry, you helped my head and you helped my heart this day and I will remember it forever. And I don’t think I’ve passed this on yet but later in the evening in a conversation I was having with Bentley the topic of Gerry came up. Let me be very clear about this. Dude loves you. You been berry, berry good to him. Respect, brother…
A great day with some awesome people – wpyogi +1 – or the Doppels…
Chillin’ with the Dude at The Man’s… Thanks Gerry!
