Being the sole "in-between lunch and dinner" diner at Landry's on Hwy. 98, I had all the conversation I could want with the 19 year-old server, learning how he moved down here in January to be with his girlfriend, lived with her for a short time before breaking up, then moved into an apartment with a female co-worker (27) on a purely platonic level and how she cleans the place and he fixes stuff, including her car. Now why can't I find a roommate like that?! Ah, the younger generation.............
Afterward, a drive along the beach enticed me to park (scads of free parking here versus St. Pete/Clearwater and being off-season now...) and plop down my beach chair 10 feet from the waves. Although it was 70, the coolish breeze from the Gulf had me (in capris and a short-sleeved shirt) shivering after a short while. But I hung in there until sunset, a more tame-ish ball of orange sinking below the horizon than previous sunsets I've witnessed. Also found a cute and jumpin' (live music) seafood place that I made a note of for a future dinner. (Click, click, click on the photos to really see them...)
Two kids surfing the water's edge...
