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Banana pancakes today; must be Wednesday!
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Sep. 26th, 2007 | 02:26 pm
Hi everyone,
It still quite busy around here. We have been mostly full still. I'm not sure when the slow season is going to start for us. The new 1 bedroom bungalow is finished and rented already this week. It turned out cuter than we even thought. It has a huge front porch and can hold 4 nicely. The next one is getting the roof on today. It should be done pretty quickly as it will be the same as the last one; good thing as it is rented in December. We only have 1 bungalow left for Christmas week and January and February are filling up already.
Big news on the island is that the new Mall next to Jackson Plaza and broken ground and they are moving dirt like crazy. It is supposed to be done in 18 months. I saw the picture of it and it is hugh. It will have a 3 story Carrion, a food court with Applebee's, Wendy's, Pizza hut, lots of small specialty stores ect. I think it is to be like the mall in La Ceiba. I know some people are grumbling about the island looking like America; but I will like to be able to shop for things here and eat a fast food cheeseburger every now and then. I have only had 2 since a year ago July. If only they would put in a Taco Bell I would be very happy, thats the one thing I really miss. If only people could bring me one. Jacob misses Krispy Kreeme dounuts the most.
I talked to Dan Taylor; owner/developer of Keyhole bay yesterday and he gave me the info on the new mall called Keyhole Village right up the street from here. It sounds very nice and upscale. It will have Dr's offices, an attorney, other office spaces, a food court with some nice restaurants, 2 floors of secure parking, upscale boutique shops, a gym (yea!) and across the street will be a large supermarket with all high quality foods. His time frame is about the same; 18 months.
A couple of new places we have found to eat. Mavis & Dixies has great food and good prices. I had hog fish with mango/curry chutney and it was super and enough for 2 people. They are next to where the lighthouse was in West End. For those who didn't hear the lighthouse restaurant burned to the ground a few weeks ago, very sad but they will rebuild. The new Que-tel-cafe is open at Lawson rock. This is a new location for them but the same great food. My favorite is still the turkey wrap, it is a grilled tortilla with turkey,bacon,tomato and herb cream cheese for $5. I have started making this at home also. Bananarama's new restaurant the Thirsty turtle will be open shortly.
For anyone looking for flight until mid December there is no direct flight on Sundays from Houston and and 1 for Delta Continental on Saturdays.
Yesterday was my errand day for running around. I was so happy that it only took me 30 minutes in line at the bank to pay my phone bill. Which is great compared to 2 hours to pay the power bill at RECO. I was thinking in line, with this amount of money ($600) they should be able to hire more people on the day your bill is due which is when everyone goes in. They I got home and the power went out, good thing we have a generator. With the money they got from all those people they should have bought parts and more fuel. This island is teaching me much about patience.
Last week we had a lady here and she wanted to go to the Sante day spa. I didn't want to let her just take a cab and go by herself so I drove and we spent the day there. Great customer service huh?? We had a great time. We had massages, facials, salt scrub and she even has something with hot soybean oil dripped on her forehead and into her hair. We had a lunch that the owner cooked which was great with wine and then just hung out by the pool reading. If anyone elsa comes and wants to do this I don't mind helping out.
It has been pretty hot here except for Saturday morning when it rained and got down to 73',I had to put on a long sleeved shirt but I got to wear my new pink plaid rain boots. Very cute with shorts!
Have a super day. It is time for me to go to the Palapa on the beach for a cervaza and watch the sunset.
Celeste
It still quite busy around here. We have been mostly full still. I'm not sure when the slow season is going to start for us. The new 1 bedroom bungalow is finished and rented already this week. It turned out cuter than we even thought. It has a huge front porch and can hold 4 nicely. The next one is getting the roof on today. It should be done pretty quickly as it will be the same as the last one; good thing as it is rented in December. We only have 1 bungalow left for Christmas week and January and February are filling up already.
Big news on the island is that the new Mall next to Jackson Plaza and broken ground and they are moving dirt like crazy. It is supposed to be done in 18 months. I saw the picture of it and it is hugh. It will have a 3 story Carrion, a food court with Applebee's, Wendy's, Pizza hut, lots of small specialty stores ect. I think it is to be like the mall in La Ceiba. I know some people are grumbling about the island looking like America; but I will like to be able to shop for things here and eat a fast food cheeseburger every now and then. I have only had 2 since a year ago July. If only they would put in a Taco Bell I would be very happy, thats the one thing I really miss. If only people could bring me one. Jacob misses Krispy Kreeme dounuts the most.
I talked to Dan Taylor; owner/developer of Keyhole bay yesterday and he gave me the info on the new mall called Keyhole Village right up the street from here. It sounds very nice and upscale. It will have Dr's offices, an attorney, other office spaces, a food court with some nice restaurants, 2 floors of secure parking, upscale boutique shops, a gym (yea!) and across the street will be a large supermarket with all high quality foods. His time frame is about the same; 18 months.
A couple of new places we have found to eat. Mavis & Dixies has great food and good prices. I had hog fish with mango/curry chutney and it was super and enough for 2 people. They are next to where the lighthouse was in West End. For those who didn't hear the lighthouse restaurant burned to the ground a few weeks ago, very sad but they will rebuild. The new Que-tel-cafe is open at Lawson rock. This is a new location for them but the same great food. My favorite is still the turkey wrap, it is a grilled tortilla with turkey,bacon,tomato and herb cream cheese for $5. I have started making this at home also. Bananarama's new restaurant the Thirsty turtle will be open shortly.
For anyone looking for flight until mid December there is no direct flight on Sundays from Houston and and 1 for Delta Continental on Saturdays.
Yesterday was my errand day for running around. I was so happy that it only took me 30 minutes in line at the bank to pay my phone bill. Which is great compared to 2 hours to pay the power bill at RECO. I was thinking in line, with this amount of money ($600) they should be able to hire more people on the day your bill is due which is when everyone goes in. They I got home and the power went out, good thing we have a generator. With the money they got from all those people they should have bought parts and more fuel. This island is teaching me much about patience.
Last week we had a lady here and she wanted to go to the Sante day spa. I didn't want to let her just take a cab and go by herself so I drove and we spent the day there. Great customer service huh?? We had a great time. We had massages, facials, salt scrub and she even has something with hot soybean oil dripped on her forehead and into her hair. We had a lunch that the owner cooked which was great with wine and then just hung out by the pool reading. If anyone elsa comes and wants to do this I don't mind helping out.
It has been pretty hot here except for Saturday morning when it rained and got down to 73',I had to put on a long sleeved shirt but I got to wear my new pink plaid rain boots. Very cute with shorts!
Have a super day. It is time for me to go to the Palapa on the beach for a cervaza and watch the sunset.
Celeste