Lost Boys & Co.

Lost Boys & Co... O kay, we thought it should be spelled with 2 "L's", but this is the Portuguese spelling and not the Cuban (#1).  They had every imaginable type of codfish for sale, including planks of dried cod in salt that you have to reconstitute for several days in water.  We had some great fresh cod that came from the Grand Banks.  Basque, Portuguese and Spanish fishermen were fishing the Grand Banks for years before Columbus.  They didn't tell anyone because they didn't want the secret to get out... N o parking in Hermosa, they're setting up for the Fiesta.  But we checked early and it's 12 miles visibility under partly cloudy skies.  Winds are light out of the west and the sea surface is smooth, looking like a wind line out there through.  62.7º in the air and 71. 6 º in the water.  Amazingly, high tide was at 6:07am +2.9' and low tide follows at 7:33am +2.8'.  Talk to th...

Lost Boys & Co... I n Madrid there’s a museum that you probably haven’t heard about.  It’s the Reina Sophia Museum and it happens to be the home of Guernica (#1) and dozens of Picasso’s, Dali’s and other modern artist’s works.  We spent about an hour checking out the posters from the late 19th and early 20th century.  The type styles alone were worth it! H azyy sun this morning in Hermosa and 14 miles visibility.  Light winds this morning and the sea surface was tacked.  The air was 64.5 and the water is 75.7.  Low tide was 6:19am +1.9’ and high tide will be at 1:06pm +5.4’.  It’s a SSW swell out of 197deg at 2.6’ and it was 2’ to 3’ in Hermosa. T his is El Retiro Park in Madrid (#2).  You might see the resemblance.  We sure didn’t, but we had to see it to make sure that ours was aptly named.  Maybe a water feature would help… L ast year this restaurant (#3), Botin, ...

Lost Boys & Co... Q uite unbelievably the Prado Museum in Madrid rivals the Louvre in Paris.  Certainly not as large but its  collection is wide ranging and impressive.  Take this self portrait of Albrect Durer (#1).  We walked around a corner and there it was with a number of things that were less impressive.  We thought we knew a bit about Durer, especially his prints, but we didn’t realize until this time almost no one did self portraits!  It was king of advertising for his portrait work… S unny skies and 14miles visibility.  Winds have been light all day and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temperature is 70 and the water is 75.4. Low tide was at 5:54am +1.4’ and high tide will be at 12:21pm +5.3’.  It’s a South swell out of 173deg at 3.0’ and it’s 2’ to 3’ and keep looking for corners. W e heard from Tandis that Tio Ted passed away and leaves another ho...

Lost Boys & Co... H ad the best bacallao (codfish, yes they named it after Jose) that we’ve had since we went to Marco’s uncle’s restaurant in Raimonda.  Baked with scalloped potatoes that melted in your mouth and some tomato bits thrown in.  To wash it down?  Some Tinto d’ Verano, which is red wine mixed with limeade.  Quite refreshing. Looking over at this lifeguard tower (#1), it’s about two and half stories tall and has a ladder that could evicerate a descending lifeguard.  Great view of the beach, snazzy architecture but a little impractical.  Then they have to run across the rocks… M eanwhile, Hermosa is bracing for a hot weekend.  Hazy sun with 14 miles visibility.  Winds light out of the west and the sea surface is smooth.  High tide is at 10:28am +4.6’ and low tide follows at 4:00pm +1.3’.  The water is 75.2 at the buoy!  It’s a south swell out of 184deg at 3.3’ and it’s ...

Lost Boys & Co...   S o we’ll give you some things to remember when you decide to participate in La Tomatina. #1. Wear good fitting lace up shoes.  NO FLIPFLOPS!  We watched single flips (or flops) floating down the river of tomato purée.  Also it’s cobblestone streets and they get incredibly slippery and uneven.  We wore shoes that apparently were made with zero natural materials.  They stayed white, but the laces are now pink… #2. Depending on your hair or lack of it, you might want to wear a cap or even a like a bathing cap.  Yes it looks silly but you can avoid spending an hour trying to remove seeds and peels (#1 It took LoLa 3 showers)…. #3. Take off all the jewelry you don’t want to lose.  Things get slippery out there and people are grabbing and trying to stay vertical, a lot don’t (#2).  Waterproof watches are good, but it to...

Lost Boys & Co... A n unbelievable day, even by Sruf Familia standards!  In photo #1 we have Sancho fortifying himself for the Tomatina.  If one cerveza was good, two had to be better.  Look, it was a long walk and you needed to stay hydrated.  At 12 o’clock sharp the festivities began as six dump trucks cam down the Camino about a block apart throwing thousands of tomatoes into, onto and through the crowd.  It looked like the start of the Super Bowl 10k with nowhere to run and tomatoes flying everywhere.  By the time the second truck came through the street was wall to wall tomatoes and the air was thick with tomato mist.  At truck #3 the road was ankle deep in tomato sauce and the playing field became a bit uneven since you couldn’t see the curbs.  We held our positions…   H ermosa is in for a hot one today!  Should be a skosh over 80 in the air and 76.5 in the wa...