These big swells just keep coming, from winter into spring, which means us mellow-day surfers sit by the sidelines and watch the pros. It's kind of a bummer, I have to say. I wish I was braver about big waves. Still, I've said this before but you can learn a lot just by watching good surfers, and so a trip to the beach isn't a total loss even if you can't get in the water. Meanwhile, I'd been waiting for heavy rains because of El Nino, but while Northern California got dumped on, we didn't get them here in LA. Why wait for rain? Well, if you've been following along on the Women Like Us voyage to publish (and click the link below if you haven't!), you'd have seen updates that had to do with my getting a tattoo honoring our dog Derric, who was rescued from life in a lab by the Beagle Freedom Project. When you get a new tattoo, you're supposed to stay out of the ocean for two weeks, which seems like an eternity if you love to be in the water. But if we had the heavy rains, you'd most likely want to steer clear of the ocean anyway so I'd been waiting for a series of storms because that would have been a good time to get the tattoo done. Unfortunately I was out of luck on that front (plus we could have used the heavy rains). Still, we're getting these big swells, which for me means not a lot of surf time so I finally made the appointment and just got the new tat. But just because you can't get in the water, you can still have good eats with the ocean in view. Like at one of our old favorites, Malibu Seafood. Here was a recent lunch when the nephew was in town:
This is a combination platter. It includes really nicely fried fish, shrimp, scallops and squid. Of course we also had clam chowder. You have to eat chowder at a place like this. And don't forget the oyster crackers. They're integral. It's all extremely delicious. Why does food always taste better when you eat it by the sea? When we lived in Malibu, I'd often stop at Malibu Seafood to buy fish to cook, but we'd eat there too, sometimes in the car if it was too crowded! This place gets super-busy, especially on summer weekends, so it's best to try and time your visit so it's not at a prime lunch or dinner hour.
So if you can't get into the water, you can eat within sight of it. Here's more info about Malibu Seafood:
www.malibuseafood.com
And if you want to read about the tattoo and Derric the beagle, and maybe even order a copy of my upcoming novel, here's that link too:
https://www.inkshares.com/books/women-like-us
