Bobbie and Kurt are here. We have gone to Playita and Rincon. We went to a “Dominican Dinner” at Isabelle’s, where Bobbie was stuck because she is a vegetarian and they were inflexible even though they had advertised a buffet. The French couple who run the place were very friendly until we asked if we could substitute something for the main dish, a Dominican specialty called "san cocho" (sp?), which must be Dominican for "we've emptied all our meat scraps into this bowl and poured stock over it." As I said, they advertised a "Dominican buffet" which made me think there would be a variety of foods - but they offered one entree only and, as I said, when we asked for a non-meat substitute they didn't seem pleased. And they didn't offer us any options.
There was a lunar eclipse during dinner.
After Rincon we had dinner at home – fish and beans and plaintains and rice. I feel bad about the food here, especially since our visitors have been foodanistas. I think they expect to come down here and find an exotic food mecca, only to discover a bunch of uncreative restaurants and markets that are at the end of the produce delivery line. The best food we have had here has usually been made at home.
BOOK CURRENTLY READ: “Landmarks in 20th century Murders” by Robin O’Dell, a compilation of the author’s choices of the most famous / infamous murder cases in Britain during each decade of the 1900’s. Very British in its writing.
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