On this lazy Sunday afternoon, there is enough for me to share my activities in the past week plus. In the most interesting few days I've had in several months, one of my sisters and her beau came down here for a few days. I picked them up at the St. Pete/Clearwater airport (after killing some time at the International Plaza shopping center in Tampa) on Saturday the 17th and from there headed on over to Clearwater Beach. Mainly due to its location right on the beach, a late lunch was had at Palm Pavilion Beachside Grill & Bar, attached to the hotel of the same name.
The shrimp was on the salty side and it took a few minutes to receive the check but by 2023 restaurant standards, it was still a good time w/ a great view. After all, two nights later the family went out to a local restaurant and while my food was tasty, otherwise it was a rotten experience so bad that it turned everyone off. They flew back on the 21st but on the 20th, time was spent at Walt Disney World, from the morning to the early evening. Three of the parks were visited and while busier than what we would have all liked, it at least wasn't boiling hot as it usually is in June (after not much of a winter, there's been some milder than usual days this month) & overall, it was a lot of fun having them down here. For the first time in probably two years I was on Disney's Skyliner cabs, which was neat. Sometime in July I'll return to WDW on my own.
Otherwise, not too much else to mention. Recently I purchased Coca Cola's new limited edition flavor, Ultimate; it's based on the League of Legends videogame. Apparently, “Laffy Taffy” is what you're supposed to think when thoughts drift towards that game; that flavor profile was stolen from someone else but that is not an inaccurate description of Ultimate's flavor. Anyhow, I do have two movie recommendations to make, both on Netflix. Extraction 2 is as much fun as the first and even at three hours, the Arnold documentary-yes, about Schwarzenegger-was great. As for a film I don't recommend...
Last Thursday evening I went and saw The Flash; that is despite my distaste of how Warner Brothers Discovery have operated this year, my tremendous disinterest in superhero movies AND what a gigantic creep star Ezra Miller is. Yet I was sold a bill of goods by a YouTube reviewer who overhyped the film. Yes, it was neat seeing Michael Keaton as Old Man Batman but the story squandered the multiverse concept (expect for a great cameo literally years in the making) and had AWFUL humor. The most effective scene involved the lead character and his mom; the plot is that he wants to go back in time to save her-I understand the feeling-and a moment at the end did “get me in the feels”. Otherwise, there was no need for me to have that theatrical experience. Then again, this upcoming week I'll be checking out the new Indiana Jones and that is something I fear will actually be bad.
My return will be sometime next month.
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