beach day uye

beach day uye
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

steph & a fellow yelper hosted a uye beach day, which was a perfect excuse to spend the day at the beach. because of our previously scheduled tour at la espagnola, mike & i didn't make it until the afternoon. the weather was great. despite the bits of wind and still colder than i'm used to water (i was raised on warm gulf of mexico waters), it was a fabulous day.

steph had an extra boogie board, so i went out for a little bit with her. once you get into the water, it's actually not so bad. i had fun, but we had parked at one of the dreaded 2-hour limit meters, so had to leave to move the car. in retrospect, i realize that though we saved a few cents, it really was not worth the trouble and would have been better off paying $12 to park in the lot. my body was also not liking the cold water next to my skin as i started to break out profusely from cold uticaria (yeah, look that one up!). kind of annoying since i was having fun. i lounged for a bit on a towel under our easy-up, which was quite perfect as it let in some sun but provided some protection.

in the evening, rob started up the grill. the marinated portabellas i made were better grilled than any that i ever roasted. i also brought a caprese salad and some marinated veggies for the grill. after experiencing how good the food tasted and considering how hot our unairconditioned apt gets especially when cooking, a grill seems like a great solution for summer cooking. keeping my eye on a portable weber.

thank goodness for the fire and some sweat pants from steph as i would have frozen my ass off--really--when the sun went down. once again, i underestimated how cold it would get, thinking hey, it's huntington, can't be as cold as san francisco. we made s'mores, which were good, although i would like to try to make some gourmet ones with dark chocolate, homemade marshmallows & shorbread.

so glad we finally made it out to the beach!