We celebrated Ed’s birthday yesterday with our friends John and Jennifer and Bill and Maureen.  

We had spent the morning walking to the  hardware store (about two miles) to get a can opener because mine crapped out, but no luck.

Then the afternoon was laundry day at the marina.  Fifteen bucks and three hours later our clothes were clean.

I don’t have a lot of clothes because Ed made me travel light – worried about the weight on the airplane coming over here.

So I am slowing adding to my wardrobe when I can sneak something in.  After all, we are taking the boat back at the end of March, not the plane, so what’s a few more shirts or hoodies.

Yeah hoodies.  It’s been pretty cool here this week and I got tired of wearing the same one so I broke down and bought another.

Damn wind.

Back to Ed’s celebration.  We met at our favorite place- Wine Down Sip Sip- two drinks for $6, unheard of here in the Bahamas.

I had arranged for a homemade cake from Vernon’s Market.  Mr. Vernon is about 75 and he makes fresh coconut and banana bread daily.  As well as custom cakes.

He made me a Mr. Bird cake, a Jamaican recipe that’s kind of like a carrot cake.  But no carrots.   

Pineapple, coconut, mango, raisins and who knows what else.  Viv do you know this cake?  Is it named after a bird or a man named Bird?

Mr. Vernon had been running late on it because his power went out and his phone line went down too.

It was supposed to be a small bundt cake but he forgot and made a big one instead.

“He forgets things,” Mrs. Vernon told me.  “He needs to retire.”

They just charged me for the small one anyway.

I brought it to our gathering and we ate it for appetizers.  And we offered it to our servers Ken and Clarice, as well as everyone else there, except Ziggy.

It was delicious!

Bill gave Ed a toy ball (for his sports fanaticism) and made him wear a party hat.  Oh, and a new line for the dinghy.  Practical stuff.

And Bill says this is the week of Ed.  So more shenanigans to come.

A bocce ball challenge today…