My hope was to get up and go to the pool to get a little bit of sun, but mother nature really didn't like us and it was raining again. So instead i packed our bags and we headed to Starbuck then off to the front of the hotel to catch a cab. We were back in San Juan and checking into the Conrad Plaza Hotel.
By this time the sun had come out and we ran down to the pool to take advantage of the sunshine while it was out. The Conrad was the first hotel we were at that had a swim up bar. It would be wrong not to take advantage. Two pina coladas later the rain showed up. We hung out in the hot tub until it started pouring and we retreated to the pool side restaurant.
After realizing the rain was not ending we got cleaned up and went to wait for the bus into Old San Juan. Once in town we made our way to Calle Fortalenza. This street is full of little shops and we popped in all the ones that caught our eye. We got two veigjente masks from one local art store. We made it back to Calle de Cristo and went back to a store we visited the previous week to pick up another mask we had seen. The store director knew everything about pretty much every piece in the store. And on a look around we found a great print that we picked up as well. Of course it's dog related: Perro Elegante. I think it suits our household well.
We wanted to hit up a great local restaurant on our last night in town. Multiple people (locals) from San Juan to Vieques suggested a little place called Marmalade. We walked past the place on our way to Calle de Cristo and nothing really jumped off the menu at us. But after talking the Paul, the gallery director, we decided to go ahead and give it a shot. We were not disappointed. The place was plush! With wall fabrics and upholstered chairs, sofas with pull up tables in the corners, and different hanging lamps over each table.
We each decided to go with the five course sampler. To start out I had the scallop mojito and Jason had the Red Snapper Ceviche, both were equally good. Second course, I had open faced lamb ravioli and Jason had Lobster risotto, while both were good Jason's won out. Third course we both had their special tiny white bean soup topped with prosciutto, scallions and black truffle oil. Amazing! My dad would love this soup. Main course, I had Salmon with risotto and greens. The salmon was so soft it pretty much dissolved when you touched it. Very good, but very rich, almost couldn't eat it all. Jason had the beef tenderloin in a mushroom reduction, it again was delicious. To finish off our meal I had coffee and doughnuts which was a play on benigets and chocolate while Jason had a fruit tart. We left full and happy!
We decided since it was almost 9 p.m. to take a taxi back to the hotel rather than chance the bus. Once back we took our newly acquired art to the room and then tried our luck at the Conrad casino. We ended up playing together on a monopoly lot game and walked away with $100. We spent the rest of the night packing and thinking of how we could relocate to PR.
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