Ivar’s Mukilteo for Dinner , The beach and shells. Etc the Ferry.

Sadly Ivars has , like others, gone downhill and cut corners even though prices have escalated and tips are larger as is pay for workers. But waiters all over this country don’t know or have a clue about what real service is. The servers don’t bring condiments that everyone needs with certain foods. By the time they come back by you’ve eaten half the food without condiments. Then you get the ketchup but it won’t come out of the bottle. Your margarita order precisely with rises lime and triple sec has a large slice of orange and two limes in it. Once extracted your drink is at half the glass and it’s also full of ice. You get about 1/4th a glass of a drink.  You notice you need malt vinegar. But your food is now almost gone. Oh well. That is what you pay for these days!  I had a gift certificate   When it’s used, I won’t go back. It’s a few blocks from home.

 I was there the night of the storm some friends went to storm watch. 

Ended up the floor came up to the sea in part of the dining room. 

No one was being a customer really, waves were hitting over the roof. Distraction. Everyone was trying to be a customer or a waiter. But it wasn’t quite manifesting. Suddenly they tried rushing us out the side door. They were panicked. My friend kicked a pail of water in the way over, and it tipped over spilling water everywhere, I asked a tall man to fix the door to stay open, he was too flustered and ran out the door. It was crazy. 

The storm. It took the restaurant out and took years to rebuild. Now All these years later prices 3 times as high, not as good,,servers who can’t serve. It’s a mess. They should send waiters to Mexico to learn to be professional. 

The beach still has a shell or two at times. These are from various beaches around the world. The glass is from this beach. An overused smal beach. So it’s rare to find small shells and glass anymore but I have jars full from before. 

Above special shells from the shell man’s collection at Aransas Pass. 

A friend sent these in a glad bowl from Florida. It wasn’t even wrapped in paper. It came intact! Years ago. 

Gifts I picked up mostly in Laconner for kids.

A Trip to Leavenworth WA

Castles found in the sand. Vegetables. And stuff.

Views from home; snow, beach, ferries,,sunsets, home, Valentines I helped my neighbors son make for his parents.

                 It’s illegal to burn driftwood or remove it from the beaches here. It’s a beautiful natural beach. All our beaches are rugged except one very long sandy beach. If the city hadn’t put in fire pits I and jungle Gyms I’m not sure people would be burning logs. And illegal wood that gives off fumes etc I’m sure the number of signs saying don’t do this,,and do that wouldn’t instruct the beach view and beauty. The beach used to be a ‘strolling beach’. Now it’s hardly noticeable as a beach anymore trashcans are stuffed to over flowing and there’s not enough parking for the cars that come in to do what people come here to do. But it was, a very lovely beach until the city commission set it up to be a disaster. It’s very sad how unthinking people can be. So out of touch with nature. I hope at least people coming to the beach will be more respectful and take their trash home  and leave the beach furniture alone. It’s amazing stuff. And stop burning crap wood. The signs do tell what can and cannot be burned. Signs signs everywhere a sign. Do this don’t do that!!!