Messy Eating: Cracked Crab in Pismo Beach

When we were seated at a table at the Cracked Crab in Pismo Beach, I knew we could be as messy as we wanted to be after seeing the bucket of paper towels that sat on the table. It was when we ordered the bucket of seafood (crab, lobster, shrimp, potatoes, sausage -- the contents of the bucket gleefully dropped on the table by our waitress) that I knew I would need to reach for the roll of paper towels frequently. Good food and good fun, too.

New Year

Sitting on the couch watching the "Twilight Zone" marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel is my idea of the perfect New Year's Eve -- but I sometime get talked into being social. This year, there was a lovely party at a beach house close to home. (No complaints.) But I spotted this sign during a trip up the coast to the Pismo Beach area a few days before New Year's Eve and thought this might be a good alternative. I don't know who these Dentures are, but I hope they rock.