October 26 - At sea on our way to New York City

Last night we had a girls’ night in the alternative restaurant Solis.  This place replaced the steakhouse, Thomas Keller Grill, which used to be here.  It has more of a Mediterranean theme and a much more varied menu.  We were six solo women and we had a great time.  We were also international – a Brazilian, a French Canadian, a woman from Washington state, a Southern Californian, a Texan (and that’s a whole other country), and me from the Commonwealth.

The venue has some signature cocktails and we sampled those.  I have no idea what was in the ones I had (a Twiggy and a Brigitte Bardot) but they were awfully good!  Susanna from Brazil and I shared the branzino (sea bass) cooked in a salt crust.  It was absolutely delicious!  For dessert I had something with meringue, whipped cream and raspberries and I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.  I don’t usually upload photos of food, but these were just too good not to do so.  We laughed a lot and lingered for nearly three hours.  

This filet is what came out of that salt crust above.  It was yummy!

What's not to love about a dessert like this?

Today we’re sailing off the New England coast and once again the wind is blowing but the seas aren’t very rough.  I slept late and caught up on some emails before going to trivia.  Once again we didn’t win; we missed by 10 points but such is life.  I had lunch with three lovely people from Texas.  It was nice sitting with people who are somewhat like-minded.  Tonight is the Seabourn Club cocktail party followed by our second formal night.  I’m probably going to go the party since it’s the first one.  There will be more along the way and I doubt I’ll make those.  I didn’t go to the first formal night because I was tired after visiting Québec, but I think I’ll make this one.  And that’s about it for today.  Tomorrow I have to get up early to see us sail into New York harbor.  I haven’t done that since I was a teenager.  I’m pretty sure the skyline has changed. 😀