Weekend Coffee Share

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that despite having another busy week, eating out, and socialising with friends, entertaining, dancing, working in the garden and in the charity shop, etc. I’ve tried to pace myself (LoL) as I’ve not been feeling that great. But we smile and keep going, yes? One foot in front of the other, rather than dwelling on aches and pains and this and that. It would be easy to mope around and curl into a little ball like a leather jacket or retreat into my shell like a snail, but I am not that type of person. What about you?

This week I’ve tried NOT to butt heads with some very strange and contrary people. As they say, there’s now’t such strange as folk, so I have tried not to let them upset me and eat them alive. But it is tough.

Out to lunch

No wonder I am struggling with my weight! But we live for today, yes?

AZENHA DO MAR

One of our favourite seafood restaurants is located in a small hamlet by the sea called Azenha do Mar. Not only is the food good, but the views are, too. The only problem is that you can’t book a table, so timing is crucial.

We arrived at 15.30, and the place is still busy, so we took a G & T at the cafe-style rustic bar opposite, which has sea views to die for. This is the view from our table. We ate there once, but the wine menu was zilch, as was the choice of food.

Finally, the lunchtime rush at the restaurant opposite peters out and we bag a table.

We ordered fried prawns in garlic

followed by dressed crab

Just in case you were wondering…these dishes were to share.

LADIES THAT LUNCH

Moving swiftly on….

THE CURRY LEAF

Thursday, we had to go shopping to spend the discount accumulated on our grocery store card which we had to spend this week or lose the money, so we treated ourselves to lunch at the Curry Leaf, a renowned Indian Restaurant in Lagos. We are not usually curry people, but it is good to ring the changes from time to time. I ordered a buttered chicken and Mr P, a lamb dish of some description. Both were delicious

Are you a curry person? I like mine mild, what about you?

SPANISH TAPAS and WINE

Following our recent visit to Granada with our close friends, we decided to host a tapas evening. We started with Tinto de Verano and Spanish cheese and Iberian ham, followed by more drinks, meatballs, beetroot salad and finally some mini pizzas which I made myself.

In Granada, it is the tradition that every time you order a drink, you are given a tapa. I prefer the tapa idea rather than cooking a full meal. I also made some mini quiches, but we never got around to eating those… haha, they made the perfect lunch the following day.

FOOTBALL anyone? Driving down to Lagos, we tuned into LBC radio, an English phone-in channel that was discussing the World Cup. The gist of the discussion: why did the English fans not seem as fired up as they usually were? Maybe it was because it was hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, and the exorbitant prices, and the time difference? The politics. Even Mr P seems to lack the enthusiasm of other World Cups. Are you waving the flag and following the World Cup?

IN THE NEWS

Once again, despite my best intentions, I have been drawn into the drama of UK politics, such as two-tier policing, the Makerfield by-election and Andy Burnham, the loony Greens, the craziness of trying to achieve net zero, the lack of defence budget, can a man be a woman, blah de blah etc. I suppose my heart is still in the UK because most of our family is there and we had promised to return when we were seventy … at least that was the plan.

Also…

Apologies if I am a little tardy visiting blogs, etc., but at the moment, the garden is absorbing most of my free time. Actually, I need to organise myself a little better. I start one job in the garden that leads to at least six more so I never get to the end of my job list. What about you?

That’s it for my #weekendcoffeeshare for this week. My thanks to our host Natalie.