I had a great lunch yesterday – California lobster at the Las Olas Mexican/seafood restaurant in Cardiff by the Sea. A California lobster is a variety of clawless spiny lobster. It’s been so long since I’ve eaten a Maine lobster that I can’t compare the two, but my lunch was delicious.

The photo shows a single lobster split in two. And sides of guacamole, salsa, rice & beans. Also, a small bowl of melted butter for dipping morsels of lobster. There was a comal of warm tortillas, which I didn’t use.

Even without the tortillas it was very calorific, so I skipped supper except for a small bowl of blueberries.

I forgot to mention the guacamole & chips appetiser and Corona beer.

That looks mighty fine

Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

I don’t know. My financial guy paid. I see him every quarter to discuss the state of my account. Afterwards he takes me to lunch.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

I don’t know. My financial guy paid. I see him every quarter to discuss the state of my account. Afterwards he takes me to lunch.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

I don’t know. My financial guy paid. I see him every quarter to discuss the state of my account. Afterwards he takes me to lunch.

Nice little bonus, but make no mistake, you paid for that lunch.

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

I don’t know. My financial guy paid. I see him every quarter to discuss the state of my account. Afterwards he takes me to lunch.

Nice little bonus, but make no mistake, you paid for that lunch.

Had to be 80+...While back I paid 30 bucks for a lobster roll (make that several lobster rolls...LOL), was either in Costa or Huntington, can't remember which.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Not bad, wondering what the tab was for that?

Well, they have a web page for the inquisitive

Las Olas Linkola

https://www.facebook.com/lasolasmex

Looks delicious… There’s just nothing better than California Mexican food sometimes. I really miss it.

I wish I could try something like that someday.

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Originally posted by architect:
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Nice little bonus, but make no mistake, you paid for that lunch.

Kinda yes, and kinda no.

On one hand, ”yes” – the cost of my lunch came from the account fee I pay.

On the other hand, ”no”. The account fee is a certain percentage of funds under management. A glance at that percentage number makes it clear that it wouldn’t change one iota if I always declined the lunch, and he knew that I always would. So in that sense, the cost of my lunch came out of his income.

On the third hand (as Click and Clack, the tappet brothers, used to say) he can probably list the cost of both our lunches as a business experience.

As long as he isn’t a partner in Dewey, Cheetam, and Howe.

Looks delicious. And you also had great weather to go with it. I drove down to Miramar yesterday from OC to transfer a rifle to a friend and it was a great drive. Very scenic down the coast and as usual your moderate climate was great. Thanks for sharing.

That looks delicious!

The meal is almost exactly what my friends and I would get in Rosarita, Mexico, back in the late 80s. A group of us would drive down from San Diego, and for $5 US, we would each get our own lobster (picked fresh by a boy diving off the coast, in front of us ), rice, beans, tortillas, chips, salsa, and a bucket of beer (IIRC, Dos Equis). Of course, we were only 17-18 years old, but we felt like kings for lunch!

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Originally posted by architect:
Nice little bonus, but make no mistake, you paid for that lunch.

He absolutely did.

I had just finished doing a week long job in Anchorage Alaska and offered to take the guy I was working for, his wife and stepson to a teppanyaki place downtown.

We were sitting there having a beer and he said something to the effect that it was nice having someone else pay for his dinner. Then he said, "wait a minute, I am paying for this dinner."

I said yes, you are.