Another cloudy day...where is that sun????
We had breakfast of mushroom omelet with bacon, toast, grapefruit, and orange juice on the porch. It seemed a bit warmer today.
We decided to visit the eagle's nest today.....Margarethe told us that one of the eaglets has left the nest and was seen on the ground. When we arrived at the nest we saw only one eaglet sitting on a branch of the Australian Pine Tree but the other one soon joined him/her. The one eaglet seemed to be encouraging the other one to fly.
The sun finally came out and it was warm enough to head to the beach. We gathered our chairs and towels and to the beach we went. Not many beach goers out today or birds. But it was sunny enough to enjoy the gulf.
Tonight we had 6:30 reservations at Traditions on the Beach. The host of the restaurant is Andrea Mucciga whom we have know all the years that we have been coming to Captiva. We have followed him from Bellini's on Captiva to Riveria, Dolce Vita, and now Traditions all on Sanibel.
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| Andrea and his wife with Award |
We started dinner by sharing PRIME BEEF CARPACCIO-Hearts of palm shavings, rugula,
reggiano, lemon EVOO drizzles ...not as good as I remembered. I shared a salad of greens and artichokewith a shallots-balsamic vinegar with Cecilia. Al had the Julius Caesar salad. He ordered Veal Chop with sautéed chanterelle mushrooms and brandied-creamy veal pan demi, Cecilia ordered Grilled Scottish Salmon with asparagus, roasted garlic, ciboulis, vino cotto white wine fusion. I had Crab Cake with creole spiced jumbo crab meat withsautéed, red bell pepper remoulade. For dessert, we shared Amaretto crème brule with a caramel crust. Andrea treated us with after dinner cordials.
The best part of the evening was music by Joe McCormick and the vocalist, Marvilla Marzan. She has a beautiful voice. I think Cecilia really enjoyed the music and entertainment.
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| Marvilla on the left and Joe performed. Barb on the right performs other nights. |
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