the morning started off cloudy, we decided to gas up the car early since we aren't driving any distances the next days before departure a short trip over the new bridge and a couple of lefts and we filled up at the Cadisco in Sandy Ground my thoughts are they offer a low price as well as 1:1 also on the way back hit up Chez Fernand bakery one last time finally before going back home, a quick stop at Zeebest by the airport for another piece of their carrot cake
around 11:00 AM the skies opened to another lovely day by the pool we skipped out of the pool around 4:00 PM and shared a frozen mudslide and fresh fruit daquiri at the Driftwood or the boat bar as I call it got to be one of the best places on the island to just hang and relax while the big birds land just yards away, never gets old and they make good drinks fun watching the bartender make their renowned rum punch, five different rums almost fill the glass with only a little room for the punch one of the best on the island
just before dinner we stopped by Jewels & Beyond to pick up wife's new ring, she is very happy a few steps down the street and make a return visit to Roma as there were some menu items we wanted to try earlier
we requested Shana who just got married a few days ago and provided attention service earlier in the week
after cocktails my wife reordered the fried calamari we usually don't reorder anything, but it was that good I wanted the tuna tar tar but decided on the "seafood salad" bite size pieces of fresh calamari, octopus, bay scallops, whole baby clams and mussels both in shell, and several medium sized shrimp were served marinated in a delightful lemon dressing much like a ceviche over a bed of greens like everything else, delicious
wanting to try the homemade pastas we shared the pumpkin agnolotti served in a traditional browned butter with sage and parmesan with a little balsamic reduction my pillow like gnocchi stole the show with a gorgonzola sauce with spinach and walnuts both fresh pepper and grated cheese were offered I treated myself to a special glass of Argiano Brunello di Montalcino ($28 / glass) which is offered coravin which is a way to preserve wine one once it is opened the wine seemed a bit light when drunk before the main course, but after the gorgonzola sauce it was full of dark berry and well rounded in the mouth with good tannins on the finish
we opted to skip desserts since we have bakery goods "at home"
back to porto cupecoy to finally give back a few dollars but still remain a bit ahead
should be quite by the pool today as most guests are departing and week 36 the last week before RI LaPlage closes for 2 weeks for yearly maintenance up keep for those long time RI owners, John from maintenance is doing well as he is back to assist for the yearly up keep and Sherell (front desk) is enjoying retirement miss them both but the new staff are friendly and wonderful
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