A quiet day today in and around the resort at Myrtle Beach. After yesterday's long and hot excursion down to Charleston we thought a quiet day "at home" was in order. In the morning Sara decided to "carry coals to Newcastle" and have a makeover session with an American cosmetics representative of Mary Kay (the USA's equivalent of Avon I gather) whilst the kids stayed in the apartment watching TV. I wrote up my blog for yesterday on the terrace overlooking the lake and generally tidied up the apartment - how can two children and one wife make such a mess! At lunchtime we went along to Planet Hollywood where they had a special "Bingo Lunch" - a buffet comprising chicken soup and hot dogs with fries. As we entered the restaurant we immediately brought the average age of the participants down to about 75! We were given clappers and bells to ring when certain numbers were called and played about ten games in all. The prizes were truly amazing - the star prize being a toilet brush! Still it was fun and Sara enjoyed looking at all the props from the movies which are dotted about the building in glass cases - e.g. one of the monkey suits from Planet of the Apes a "phaser" from Star Wars etc. etc. as well as some props from Titanic (many of which I had seen on my trip to Fox's studios in Mexico a few years ago. We visited a wonderful golf shop across the road afterwards. Everything possible for the golfer. This is certainly a golfer's paradise and I now understand why so many people travel hundreds of miles to come to Myrtle Beach to play golf. Back at the resort, I spent some time playing ball with Mary in the pool and we also played a game of mini golf. We ate in tonight - pizza, cheese and biscuits and fruit washed down with some of my favourite Woodbridge red wine from the Robert Moldavi winery in the Napa Valley, California. Sara is having a nasty reaction to the sun at the moment and has broken out in a horrible pimply rash. The pharmacist at the local BiLo suggested an anti-allergy medicine which she took last night. It completely knocked her out and she was sound asleep by 9.00 a.m. leaving me alone to watch the World Series Game from AT&T Park, San Francisco with the Giants winning by a convincing 9-0. The series moves to Arlington, Texas on Saturday night - Halloween Night in the States.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Bingo - American Style
A quiet day today in and around the resort at Myrtle Beach. After yesterday's long and hot excursion down to Charleston we thought a quiet day "at home" was in order. In the morning Sara decided to "carry coals to Newcastle" and have a makeover session with an American cosmetics representative of Mary Kay (the USA's equivalent of Avon I gather) whilst the kids stayed in the apartment watching TV. I wrote up my blog for yesterday on the terrace overlooking the lake and generally tidied up the apartment - how can two children and one wife make such a mess! At lunchtime we went along to Planet Hollywood where they had a special "Bingo Lunch" - a buffet comprising chicken soup and hot dogs with fries. As we entered the restaurant we immediately brought the average age of the participants down to about 75! We were given clappers and bells to ring when certain numbers were called and played about ten games in all. The prizes were truly amazing - the star prize being a toilet brush! Still it was fun and Sara enjoyed looking at all the props from the movies which are dotted about the building in glass cases - e.g. one of the monkey suits from Planet of the Apes a "phaser" from Star Wars etc. etc. as well as some props from Titanic (many of which I had seen on my trip to Fox's studios in Mexico a few years ago. We visited a wonderful golf shop across the road afterwards. Everything possible for the golfer. This is certainly a golfer's paradise and I now understand why so many people travel hundreds of miles to come to Myrtle Beach to play golf. Back at the resort, I spent some time playing ball with Mary in the pool and we also played a game of mini golf. We ate in tonight - pizza, cheese and biscuits and fruit washed down with some of my favourite Woodbridge red wine from the Robert Moldavi winery in the Napa Valley, California. Sara is having a nasty reaction to the sun at the moment and has broken out in a horrible pimply rash. The pharmacist at the local BiLo suggested an anti-allergy medicine which she took last night. It completely knocked her out and she was sound asleep by 9.00 a.m. leaving me alone to watch the World Series Game from AT&T Park, San Francisco with the Giants winning by a convincing 9-0. The series moves to Arlington, Texas on Saturday night - Halloween Night in the States.
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