We have an update from HinTN!
Proof of Life in the South Bay.
Mr Bemused Senior, HinTN, and The Other Hank had a grand time at La Costenada in Half Moon Bay. We raised a toast to you, WaterGirl, for coordinating this event.
Others who had planned to come but were unable to be there signaled their desire to try it again. We three are certainly agreeable to that notion.
That looks so lovely! That looks like open air, yes? Not windows? So jealous. Looking good, everybody!
Open thread.
Carlo Graziani
What I like about Proof of Life posts is that they also prove that BJ is made up largely of grown-ups. Which I would infer anyway from the very non-internet-stupid discussions that we have, but that’s just an explanatory model. It’s nice to have this model validation data.
Anyone going to be in Chicago in 2023-24?
eclare
Thanks so much! I love putting a face to a name.
SpaceUnit
How long did it take you guys to notice that your table was on fire?
WaterGirl
@SpaceUnit: hahahaha
HinTN
@SpaceUnit: It was on fire when we sat down at it. 🤔
Which is a really oblique reference to a wonderful book of vignettes.
HinTN
Open air? Kinda… there were plenty of openings for the fresh air but there was transparent sheeting to cut the breeze. It’s a delightful place but The Other Hank says the really good place is the dive around the corner. (It’s where the locals go.)
SpaceUnit
@HinTN:
Looks like a good time.
Alison Rose
Looks very toasty! Although I wonder if it gets a little too much so after a while? Or maybe not since it’s such an open space.
HinTN
@Alison Rose: It’s the Pacific coast. Those fires ain’t for show. It was VERY pleasant, environment wise and conversationally. Food and drink were good, too.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Alison Rose: fine by me, though water jugs got a bit warm.
hotshoe
I would love to meet y’all there next time — anytime if there is a next time. Have never been to La Costenada (or the dive next door) but surely it’s worth a short drive up the coast. Directly on the bay, what’s not to love!
HinTN
@hotshoe:
Surfers were out in droves when I passed by on the way there. Waves were forecast to get dramatically bigger the next couple of days.
Just Some Fuckhead
So this is how the 1% lives.
Alison Rose
@HinTN: Having lived no further than 40 miles or so from the CA coast, I definitely hear you. Just looks like quite a blaze in a small space, but I imagine it must be nice in person :)
pacem appellant
Sorry to have missed it. Looks lovely. Cheers.
WaterGirl
@pacem appellant: Next time!
TheOtherHank
It was a good time. The bay we were next to is Half Moon Bay, which opens on the Pacific. Directly east of us, on the other side of the ridge created by the San Andreas Fault, is San Francisco Bay.
The other restaurant referred to in a comment above is Barbara’s Fish Trap.
pinacacci
that looks so nice
HeartlandLiberal
I want to know what they were eating?
HinTN
@HeartlandLiberal: The bowl was a thai-based seafood stew with a piece of grilled fish on top. The individual elements were good (the fish was most excellent) but the coconut milk base was a little overwhelming. I should have gone with the grilled fish by itself.
The signature Pisco Sour drink was worth the journey!
Jeff Del Papa
Anyone attending the Maker Faire this weekend? (On Mare island). I am giving my Mechanical Artillery 101 talk at 2 today.
TheOtherHank
I had a beef empanda that was quite yummy. I believe it had already been cleared, but a flight of ceviche varieties was consumed. I believe Mr Bemused Senior had a beet salad.
Nobody got it, but their arroz chaufa (think Peruvian fried rice) is very good.