26th Wedding Anniversary

This past week Tom and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Oct 2. As with most celebrations food is part of it. We decided to have dinner at one of favorite places, Cafe Marquesa. Not one of our usual places since it is expensive to eat there but reserved for special occasions.
http://www.marquesa.com/cafe-marquesa.htm

As we as we were getting ready we lost electrical power. Now this is not an unusual occurrence. It happens quite frequently with living on a island and had already occurred earlier in the day so we didn't think anything about it. We got dressed up island style, our 'dress' shorts, a shirt that is not a t-shirt, and sandals that are not flip flops (the Cafe is a little more upscale than our usual haunts) and headed out.

The Cafe is only a few blocks from us and a nice evening was taking place, the sun was just setting and there was a breeze as we walked for the few minutes it takes to get there, thinking that the power would come on any minute. Usually the power is not out more than an hour so we figured we could arrive and while having a drink then the power would return.

We arrive at the Cafe where there is still no power but a few people setting at the bar waiting for it to return. We sat at the bar (this is a small place with only 8 seats) and talked with Maggie, she is a great bartender that we have had before. She makes an interesting margarita martini that Tom loves and I just couldn't decide. She recommended a new one she had just created, pear and pineapple martini. It was AMAZING! I fell in love with it!!!!

We order the martinis, had some bread with hummus and wait for the power to return. Since it is never out for long we were all sure it would come on at any moment. Now the time passed, the sun set and started to get dark. The Cafe is all windows on 2 sides so we sat, drank and watched the world go by with the employees and 4 others who were hanging out just like us, all of the tourists that were staying at the hotel. Minutes turned into hours and it became dark. The candles came out and the Cafe offered us salads & desserts for dinner since it was the only thing that could be made without power. We had a salad, bread and more martinis with good conversation with those around us. The couple sitting next to me was from England who were at the end of their holiday and returning the next day. What a way to spend their last night in KW.

So this went on for a couple of hours... still no power! Hmmmmm interesting........
After 3 martinis on a salad/bread dinner we decided it was time to make our way home. What a HOOT!!! Not only had we had the martinis but there were no street lights so it was a dark and slow walk home. Most of the sidewalks in towns are not in great shape due to wear and tear so the walk was an adventure in itself.

We arrive home and of course all of our neighbors are out on their porch's discussing the lack of power. We found out the power lines had gone down into the water and the power company had to get a barge out to carry the crane to fix the lines which would result in the power being out for an hour to 3 hours more. So we grabbed a couple of beers, settled in on our porch chairs and waited as we watched and listened to the neighborhood. Eventually the power did come on, it was out 3 1/2 hours, and we were off to bed with the A/C cooling down the house.
The never ending adventure on an island!!