Today, we introduce to you: Budde's... the hole-in-the-wall place directly down the street from our house... when we're not at home or working - this is our other home. Literally, it is not an exaggeration to say that we are there 4 or 5 days out of 7. The team goes there to catch the sunset and have a 70 cent "lime and soda" at the end of the workday, and we do eat a lot of meals there, too. (The prices and service absolutely cannot be beat. For example: Adam and I had: 2 lime and sodas, a bottle of water, a cheese/tomato/onion omelet, a chicken and rice dinner, and a banana pancake with chocolate sauce and ice cream -- for five dollars and 30 cents.) And on the weekends, this is homebase while we play in the water, go for walks, sit and journal, etc. And just when you get good and hot, the pink signs welcome you in from the beach for the best lime and soda you've ever had... served by the best server you've ever met ("Sunil"). We love him; and, welll, needless to say, he loves us. =) And the view isn't all that bad either, from this spot on the beach:


The other thing that is great about Budde's - is that he has about 4 dogs that hang around and go banana's at any dogs or sketchy strangers that walk up trying to get the customers to give them money. (Mindy loves this feature.) Our favorite dog, who we deamed the namesake for the restaraunt ("Budde") - but whose actual name is "Charlie" - is the Alpha dog of the whole beach. He has more scars than you can count and is missing part of his ear. His right front leg got jacked and now bends forward instead of backward at the joint. He is a fantastic manipulator and likes to use this paw to beg... which worked on Mindy. Until the day she saw him FULL OUT sprint on all-fours (can you believe it?!) and tackle another male dog that had tried to enter Budde's part of the beach. (The other dog could be heard yelping for the next 5 minutes as he ran away.) Job complete, Budde hobbled back lifting his right leg up in front as he walked. Unbelievable. He looks a bit demonic below, but he is fantastic. He propped his jacked up leg up on Mindy's chair in hopes of receiving due love and affection (and food)...