Wrightsville Beach weekend...much enjoyed.
(My pedi still in action from Mommy's Day pedicures last weekend)
Saturday we took our lunch hour off the beach and decided that sandwiches just wasn't going to completely cut it for us. So Oceanic played a role in the crab dip, hushpuppies, and Shecrab soup. And Robert's (the local grocery at the beach) played the role in the rest of the PB&J ingredients and the new Jalepeno Jack SunChips. If you like jalepeno flavor, try these new chips, you just might love them. I think there was certainly a thumbs-up consensus in our group. And now that I have finished "Water for Elephants" I got a book recommendation, "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. And by golly, it is the first book I have purchased on my Kindle. Yes, I completed the Amazon transaction this morning and it is wild to think that I have a whole book in the palm of my hand that can go anywhere without having to step in a bookstore. I am sorry bookstores, especially our small local ones, I will still be visiting you just not as often. And the visit will probably consist of using your quaintly quiet atmosphere to sit on my other electronics, like my computer to do more reading and learning. I have not thought of a new way for bookstores to get the customers in there, but I think Barnes and Noble has the right idea of combining the coffee shop. My favorite small bookstore is one called Quail Ridge Books and Music in Raleigh on Wade Avenue, a few stores down from the Whole Foods. They provide a good atmosphere and offer book signings by authors, speakers, etc for the locals. And they also always have great customer service and selection of books. But they do not have the coffee shop. That has not come into play for them, but I feel that the customer service that they provide and events they put on, brings the customers back.
Sunday...besides the wind, the sun came by for a bit to let us soak up some vitamin D. And although they look like ants in this photo, the longboarders were out in the water catching the waves. Pretty cool to check out the surfers. I always enjoy watching because I can imagine the rush that they get whenever one is caught. One day I will live at the beach...
Beach shopping is always fun too and we managed to get enough in today to get some laughs and a Starbucks frappuccino. Guiltily I say yum and good day!
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