cabarete after dark

we just returned from a fantastic meal at "papi's" - aka, la casita de don alfredo. the restaurant is on the beach, though we sat upstairs in the restaurant, so that we could catch the action on the beach from all angles. this was our first evening actually eating on the beach with my mom. i think she enjoyed the food very much and the sights and sounds of the different restaurants/bars of cabarete beach.

the specialty of the house are these amazing shrimp in a garlic and cream sauce. yum! they serve the camarones (shrimp) in a big pan with the heads still on. it's really a wonderful taste treat. we had not been there since we went last year when on vacation here. we should go more often!


here is a shot of us at the table:



this was a great cap to a great day with spectacular weather. as i had worked a lot over the past 2 days on closing out 2 offers, i felt free to spend the day with my mom. we had a nice long walk on the beach at mid-day and then did some sunning on the sand in the afternoon. my mom is really starting to like cabarete very much - especially the beach and balmy weather.

veronica was not able to join us today on the beach because she had to go to puerto plata to list a house. too bad, because we missed her!