Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:15:26 -0700
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: wabbott@mtest.teradyne.com (William Abbott)
Subject: Gas Prices, portent of things to come?, honeymoon
Bay Area gas prices just went up pretty painfully-
I can remember ( :) ) $1.37 for 89 octane, just paid $1.69 last
night. NPR story I vaugely remember hearing was that the major
oil companies saw no end to the rise in prices but I missed why
it was.
Wedding and honeymoon went off without a hitch EXCEPT that
Little Martha's clutch cable failed the morning of the wedding and
I haven't had a chance to get back to fix it :( Hope this isn't
a sign of things to come now that its finally legal and has
a license plate and all.
Music at the wedding was performed by one of Martha Rubin's
former music students, very well performed too. And my brother and
sister-in-law carried the presents home for us in their Vanagon!
Honeymoon in Pacific Grove: Saw many T2 & Vanagons, including
a T2 Single Cab painted plastic-watering-can-green and a Splitie Single
Cab painted dark brown overall. Looked but didn't see any listmember's
stickers.
Last time I was at Point Lobos was 1969- its fabulous and
I recomend it to anyone passing that way. The new Outer Bay exhibit
at the Monetery Bay Aquarium is pretty cool too- two schools of tuna
+ baracuda, etc, behind a clear wall the size of an aircraft hanger.
And many jelly-fish exhibits.
We ate many fabulous meals and spotted a extra place we didn't have
time for, so if you're looking for a good meal in Pacfic Grove:
Fandango. Very expensive. Worth it. ($60 dinner for 2 + $42 wine)
The Fishwife. Moderate prices, excellent food & service. 1/3 seats
are reserved and 2/3 open, but the wait can be 1 hour+.
El Crocodilo. Moderate prices, neat, central-american influenced food.
(same owners as The Fishwife, it turned out)
or Carmel:
Cafe Gringo - new-wave Mexican/American, and tasty. Moderate-cheap.
We didn't have a change to eat at La Boheim (sp?), but $21.50 fixed
price for the nightly special, and no reservations taken, make it different
from the rest. Walked by two nights in a row, having already made other
plans, and it smelled WONDERFUL. We'll go back.
Happy Motoring!
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