After our 10-day sugar detox we set off for vacation in Cabo San Lucas.  Good intentions for sure but the options were not so terrific.  Even finding a simple steak and salad was hard.  Maybe it was the type of restaurants we chose but everything seemed smothered in sauces.  Unfortunately I got sick the day before we left.  I thought it was the mussels that I ate but usually with food poisoning you get sick and then you get better.  I did not.  It dragged on, a subtle but very real nausea until Wednesday night.  Similar to the way I remember feeling when pregnant.  It was comforting to know that was not the case with this plague.  I couldn’t bear the thought of eating fish which I might have found on the menus.  I wanted chicken soup and crackers but they were not to be had.  Not even interested in wine, you know I didn’t feel well.  A little Bourbon and water was manageable.  Morning tea and yogurt was ok too.  Salads put me off so I resorted to turkey sandwiches, no condiments and I took it out of the bread.  Meanwhile John was enjoying everything like a man released from food prison.  By Thursday things were looking up and by Saturday night I enjoyed a filet cooked at the table on a hot lava rock.  Very cool.  So all was not lost.  We still managed two days of golf but I was happiest reading at the pool.  Here John is enjoying soup in a bread bowl.

This taught me something.  Next time bring along some soup that can be reconstituted with water.  There must be some that is not full of preservatives and MSG.  I’ll have to look.  We had packed some healthy snacks that we made ourselves from nuts and dried fruit but these were gone after a few days.  Not sure how much food one can bring into Mexico.  By the way, I did not get sick here it was before we left the US.

The restaurants here are heavy into Italian and of course Mexican.  Most of them have fish and shrimp on their menus but very heavily doctored up with cheese sauces, cream sauces, and lots of breads and tortillas both corn and flour.  The one salad I did try for lunch sounded like it had all the good things in it but when it came it did not have any of the good things.  They had run out.  No tomato even.  I am not good at making a fuss and frankly I cared so little about food I couldn’t be bothered.  Mealtime was to be endured not enjoyed.  Except for the company.

One restaurant, Edith’s, put on a real show for dinner and we all agreed it was a truly fun experience.  Their specialty is Bananas Foster made table side.  The waiter really gets into the whole process and interacts with the folks at the table.  Our table did order one and by all accounts it was delicious.  I had a tiny taste and it did seem good but very sweet.

By and large our evening restaurants were wonderful for atmosphere.  We tried two new ones and went back to a couple of favorites.  I love being by the water at night where the boats come in and we did enjoy an evening by the harbor.

We are here with our good friends Tom and Rosemary Baxter who we have now known for 45 years.  We have had many wonderful adventures with them over the years in London and Mexico as well as New Mexico, Canada, Texas, Vermont, New York and South Carolina.  You are very lucky when you can find friends to travel with and enjoy.  Thank you Tom and Rosemary.  Memories of Cabo 2016 will get us through the rest of winter and hopefully a move for Katie and family.

Have a great week all.  We return to Canada mid-week.  Hope it isn’t too terribly cold.  It was high 40’s when left.  I shall miss the sunshine and the blue water but shall be happy to go back to cooking for myself again.  Hmm, did I really write that?