I’ve been without cable (not surprising that there’s a delayed reaction — again), so now that it’s back on, I’m trying to play catch-up as fast as I can.
Did anyone recall seeing recent pictures of a restaurant called Fish Tales at 2502 Seawall in Galveston? I know a group of people who met at Fish Tales regularly, so I went down there once in July 2007 with my daughter and a family friend who was familiar with the area. We came into Galveston via the Interstate and left town via the ferry route, so I’m really glad that I had one opportunity to see the city of Galveston and the Bolivar Peninsula before Ike. We had spent a really pleasant day in Galveston and planned to go back again in May 2008, but we had a family emergency and went to Florida instead and didn’t get a chance to return. Someday, in what I imagine will be a very distant future, if there’s anything left of Fish Tales, I’ll bet those regulars would return again given the opportunity. I wonder what happened to the place?
I dunno. I don’t think Galveston got wiped. A lot got flooded and major repair will have to take place, but the seawall protected it (again.) The Bolivar Peninsula (where you got off the ferry and drove through) got wiped.
I just realized, actually probably knew it in the past and forgot, but I just realized why beach property has that sort of rustic, weatherbeaten look to it. There’s really no point in spending a lot of money to pretty up something that might be wiped off the map at any time. Not that the rest of our homes can’t either, but the beach property is particularly vulnerable.
