Friday with a twist

Our bed is small (a double) and comfortable, but the pillows are terrible. We slept well anyway. Josh and Jen were in the queen sized bed upstairs and couldn’t figure out how to turn the radiator off, so they didn’t sleep as well as we did. Fortunately there are more bedrooms so they will try a different one tonight.

Dave and I had pie for breakfast, then walked on the beach down to midtown. We popped out there to use the public restrooms and also to see the restaurant “coming soon” that we both remembered seeing this summer. It was in the same parking lot as the Speakeasy, which we will never go to because it is CRAZY expensive and each person is required to order their own entrée which we are now too old to believe in. The sign says the restaurant is called Flatbread Fred’s and it is still coming soon, which makes us think maybe it is not coming at all.

When we got back to the house the kids were at Morris’ Fireside for breakfast, which Josh thought was good and Jen thought was meh. I went into town to do some Black Friday shopping and found some good shirts and a pair of pants at Ter Hars. I took my purchases back to the house and we all walked over for our annual family yoga class at Cannon Beach Yoga Arts. It is one of my favorite traditions; we do lots of twisting poses designed to make more room for pie. All that twisting also makes my back feel really good.

We got done with yoga at 12:15, which always makes us a little nervous that we won’t get into Bill’s, but there were still two booths on the adult side when we got there. Earlier, Jen had pointed out to Dave that we’re lucky we don’t have to worry about finding a table on the minor’s side, a reverse nag that he and I thought was very daring. Not much to say about Bill’s except it was its usual excellent self.

After lunch we all headed for Bruce’s where I got salt water taffy and salty licorice for myself and some gifts to send to absent offspring, and Josh and Jen got a mega-assortment of gummies and some chocolate truffles. Dave and Josh took the candy back to the house (that was the plan, at least) while Jen and I stopped at the knitting store (we touched all the yarn), the toy store, and the store with exceptional things that is where Maggie and Henry’s used to be. We had a funny moment at the exceptional things store (I can’t remember what it’s called) where a woman was trying on a very handsome corduroy coat and her friend was asking her “how many coats can a person need?” and I said “how many days are in a year” and the coat-buyer was quite pleased. Then it turned out the coat was even on sale (I verified the price tag) for $29 which was just amazing. I feel like every time she wears the coat she’ll think of me.

When we got back to the house the door was locked (there’s only one key to the house, but it’s in a combination locked box by the door so that works). We checked life 360 and sure enough Dave and Josh were at Pilot Distillery doing a tasting. They liked the gins and some of the infused vodkas but not the whiskey, even though it is aged in barrels that are lashed to ocean going fishing boats for a year.

Then it was relaxing time at home until dinner at Castaways, which is a nice walk from here. It’s cold and Dave didn’t want to mess up his hair with a hat so he was a little chilled when we got there, but a warm welcome from our usual waiter made him feel much better. The food and drinks at Castaways went through a doldrums period but since Covid have really perked up; the menu is very tempting even if the jambalaya has disappeared. Dinner was fun and we didn’t have dessert. Josh told the waiter no before Dave could order the brownie with ice cream – he says if we want to order chocolate desserts we need the other brother).

The walk home felt much warmer, and after a brief duolingo break we broke out an escape game from a new manufacturer, only to discover that it needed batteries (??!). So we did one from a series that we’ve done many from before. It was a difficulty level 2, which is a bit too easy. The last time we did one it was a level 3 and it was too hard, so now we know level 2.5 is where we want to be. It was a fun game and we escaped from the haunted roller coaster with all of us having both flashes of brilliance and moments of total incomprehension.

Then it was finally time for group pie and relaxing. It wasn't much of a picture taking day.